healthcare summit megathread

[papalovesmambo]

healthcare summit megathread#1

Posted: 2/25/10 at 8:35am

olympics, schmolympics, this is must see tv.

granted i am at work and can't watch it, but i hope that the rest of you will and thrill me with your witty and insightful analysis (emphasis on the anal).

r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.

...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty

pray to st. jude

i'm a sonic reducer

he was the gimmicky sort

fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective

[ErikJ972]

healthcare summit megathread#2

Posted: 2/25/10 at 9:19am

I think I heard Meredith say that this was going to be a "scripted" dialouge on the Today Show while I was putting on my snow boots this morning? Is that true?

[papalovesmambo]

healthcare summit megathread#2

Posted: 2/25/10 at 10:12am

well, joe biden siad that it could be pure theatrics and that could be a bad thing.

i'm following it on twitter...until it crashes under the weight of the #hcs tweets.

r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.

...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty

pray to st. jude

i'm a sonic reducer

he was the gimmicky sort

fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective

[Unknown User]

healthcare summit megathread#3

Posted: 2/25/10 at 11:02am

I'm listening on the Stephanie Miller show. Pretty entertaining.

[YouWantitWhen????]

healthcare summit megathread#4

Posted: 2/25/10 at 12:48pm

Cantor and McCain look like one step above o Moron.

Grumpy still looks grumpy, and Cantor looks like a idiot with his props.

I thought Coburn made some good points.

[madbrian]

healthcare summit megathread#5

Posted: 2/25/10 at 1:26pm

If the GOP continues to limit the scope of what they would consider to include only tort reform and tax credits, they can't be taken seriously.

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

healthcare summit megathread#6

Posted: 2/25/10 at 1:32pm

Did John Boehner crash it like he said he was going to? Did he wear a lampshade on his head?

And I have to say, as much as I find him to be a repugnant human being, my god, is Eric Cantor sexy.

[tazber]

healthcare summit megathread#7

Posted: 2/25/10 at 1:38pm

Sadly, yes. He is hot.

....but the world goes 'round

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

healthcare summit megathread#8

Posted: 2/25/10 at 1:44pm

And he's got that little southern lilt that makes him sound just a titch queeny.

[Unknown User]

healthcare summit megathread#9

Posted: 2/25/10 at 2:00pm

Eric Cantor sweats douche water.

[PalJoey]

healthcare summit megathread#10

Posted: 2/25/10 at 2:02pm

Eric Cantor is too sexy for his voting record:

* Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Nov 2007)

* Voted YES on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman. (Jul 2006)

* Voted YES on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage. (Sep 2004)

* Rated 7% by the ACLU, indicating an anti-civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002)

* Rated 0% by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance. (Dec 2006)

* Rated 19% by the NAACP, indicating an anti-affirmative-action stance. (Dec 2006)

* Amend Constitution to define traditional marriage. (Jun 2008 )

Updated On: 2/25/10 at 02:02 PM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

healthcare summit megathread#11

Posted: 2/25/10 at 2:13pm

Oh, yeah, he's despicable.

[Gothampc]

healthcare summit megathread#12

Posted: 2/25/10 at 2:14pm

Big waste of time. Republicans make some suggestions, Obama doesn't know what he's talking about but lectures the room from his perch of know-it-all-ism.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

healthcare summit megathread#13

Posted: 2/25/10 at 2:16pm

I thought he wasn't going to be lecturing. Like negotiating with North Korea, the Republicans want a big table.

And what have the Republicans brought to the discussion, besides wanting to gut Medicare?

[Unknown User]

healthcare summit megathread#14

Posted: 2/25/10 at 2:23pm

Goth could you please give some examples of when Obama didn't know what he was talking about? I haven't been able to hear every minute so i missed the parts where he didn't know what he was talking about.

[madbrian]

healthcare summit megathread#15

Posted: 2/25/10 at 2:32pm

"And what have the Republicans brought to the discussion, besides wanting to gut Medicare?"

Tort reform!!! Don't you realize, tort reform is the panacea? Just ask the folks in states like California, where they've enacted tort reform, and the state's largest insurer is hitting policyholders with a rate increase of > 30%.

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

[Unknown User]

healthcare summit megathread#16

Posted: 2/25/10 at 2:38pm

I found this VERY helpful chart at thePoliticalCarnival.Net to help you follow the debate- it was drawn specifically to illustrate whether Eric cantor "got told" but could also help to determine whether John McCain did also. (Yes.)
Updated On: 2/25/10 at 02:38 PM

[Unknown User]

healthcare summit megathread#17

Posted: 2/25/10 at 2:41pm

It is being obstinate.
Oh Snap!