iron his shirt.

As I just noted/quoted from "Audacity"

P. 40: I am convinced that whenever we exaggerate or demonize, oversimplify or overstate our case, we lose. For it is the predictability of our current political debate, that keeps us from finding new ways to meet the challenges we face. It is what keeps us locked in “either/or” thinking: the notion that we can only have big government or no government; the assumption that we must either tolerate 46 million uninsured or embrace “socialized medicine.”

What a total fuck you to universal healthcare. Invoking the scary commie phrase "socialized medicine" ... and (unlike Michael Moore) not defending it.

... to one of her doctor's appointments?

With his mad diplomatic skills, what could go wrong?

Lambert seems to accept axiomatically that Obama is a smart politician. The second, implicit, axiomatic use is that every politician is flexible enough to play ball. (Hate the health plan but still appeal its creator.)

As it stands, we know little about Obama. We have a myth, a cult, a mob, but he was never fully analyzed by any astute observer.

His acrimonious meeting with Elizabeth Edwards hints that Obama is not smart and inflexible.

he'd just smile and talk pretty to her and win her over, just like everyone else.

Via Mark Halperin:

On NBC’s “Today,” Elizabeth Edwards criticized McCain’s health care proposal for not covering pre-existing conditions. Denied New York magazine report that she and Obama quarreled over his plan, though said Obama does not believe his plan is “truly universal.”

On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Elizabeth Edwards again swiped McCain’s health care plan. Said she and her husband may not endorse the same candidate. Denied report that Obama was condescending when they met recently, calling him “charming.”

(emphasis added)

I think its safe to say, we should Elizabeth Edwards at her word.

Now that's the story here. I don't really need yet another post on Obama's misogyny.

But to hear the Universal Health Care walkback that started with the creative class types from Obama's own lips, and validated by Elizabeth Edwards? That's huge!

[x] Any (D) in the general. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

'Obama does not believe his plan is 'truly universal'"???
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Submitted by lambert on Wed, 2008-04-02 09:45.

Now that’s the story here. I don’t really need yet another post on Obama’s misogyny.

Neither candidate has a universal plan. Both claim to be proposing paths towards universal. You keep mistaking Hillary's image with reality.

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/mich...

Clinton's plan tries to cover all Americans without dismantling our private, for-profit insurance companies, but it fails to fix some of the systemic problems with the current system.

http://media.www.vanderbiltorbis.com/med...

And for an explanation of what happened the first time Senator "I will fight for you or is it I will send you to fight in some desert" Clinton tried to deal with health care http://www.counterpunch.org/navarro11122007.html

His acrimonious meeting with Elizabeth Edwards hints that Obama is not smart and inflexible.

She's apparently too misogynistic to accept this account.

Here’s the video of her denying the report that she found Obama condescending. Of course, earlier in the interview, she does note that only Clinton’s healthcare plan is truly universal (although she spends most of the time smacking around McCain, which is a lot of fun).