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Kathleen Sebelius is resigning because Obamacare has won
Vox ^ | April 10, 2014 | Ezra Klein

Posted on 04/10/2014 8:38:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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In February 2007 Klein created a Google Groups forum called “JournoList” for discussing politics and the news media. The forum’s membership was controlled by Klein and limited to “several hundred left-leaning bloggers, political reporters, magazine writers, policy wonks and academics”. Posts within JournoList were intended only to be made and read by its members. Klein defended the forum saying that it “[ensures] that folks feel safe giving off-the-cuff analysis and instant reactions”. JournoList member, and Time magazine columnist, Joe Klein added that the off-the-record nature of the forum was necessary because “candor is essential and can only be guaranteed by keeping these conversations private”.

The existence of JournoList was first publicly revealed in a July 27, 2007, blog post by blogger Mickey Kaus. However, the forum did not attract serious attention until March 17, 2009, when an article published on Politico detailed the nature of the forum and the extent of its membership. The Politico article set off debate within the Blogosphere over the ethics of participating in JournoList and raised questions about its purpose. The first public excerpt of a discussion within JournoList was posted by Mickey Kaus on his blog on March 26, 2009.

In addition to Ezra Klein, members of JournoList included, among others: Jeffrey Toobin, Eric Alterman, Paul Krugman, Joe Klein (no relation to Ezra Klein), Matthew Yglesias, and Jonathan Chait.

On June 25, 2010, Ezra Klein announced in his Washington Post blog that he would be terminating the JournoList group. This decision was instigated by fellow blogger Dave Weigel’s resignation from the Post following the public exposure of several of his JournoList emails about conservative media figures.

Klein had justified excluding conservative Republicans from participation as “not about fostering ideology but preventing a collapse into flame war. The emphasis is on empiricism, not ideology”.


21 posted on 04/10/2014 8:49:31 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ezra Klein writes while wearing a DNA stained blue dress.


22 posted on 04/10/2014 8:51:44 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

As a postscript, Vet, loonies like Klein would save us a lot of time if they would introduce articles like this one with:

“Attention comrades! Comrades, I have glorious news for you!”


23 posted on 04/10/2014 8:52:48 PM PDT by tumblindice (Are all Democrats inveterate, habitual liars?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

As a postscript, Vet, loonies like Klein would save us a lot of time if they would introduce articles like this one with:

“Attention comrades! Comrades, I have glorious news for you!”


24 posted on 04/10/2014 8:52:49 PM PDT by tumblindice (Are all Democrats inveterate, habitual liars?)
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Dear friends, the Republicans make too much of Sebelius' resignation! They haven't liked Obamacare from Day One. She resigned not because it failed but as a result of Mission Accomplished! Her successor has an enviable legacy. No matter what they say or do - the critics can't find anything superior to Obamacare. Their spin is as pathetic as their lies. We will win in November and the Republicans will be shocked to discover the country really does want to keep Obamacare. And its flaws - aren't there always some in life? - are well on the way to being fixed. All they are is nattering nabobs of negativism. But they can't argue with the fact people have signed up. You go girl - you go - out with your head held high for making affordable health care a reality at last for millions of Americans.

25 posted on 04/10/2014 8:52:56 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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And Sebelius can leave with her head held high. She can leave with the law she helped build looking, shockingly, like a success.

Did the author of this take lessons from Tokyo Rose?

26 posted on 04/10/2014 8:53:07 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ezra Klein. Pffft. A typical liberal pretentious twerp.


27 posted on 04/10/2014 8:53:22 PM PDT by A message
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“Kathleen Sebelius is resigning because Obamacare has won”

I have come to the conclusion that arguing with a liberal/progressive is like the Dead Parrot sketch in Monty Python. The parrot is clearly dead and nailed to the perch but the liberal will tell you it’s resting or it’s pining for the fjords.

They will literally say ANYTHING and what’s worse is, people will believe them!


28 posted on 04/10/2014 8:53:46 PM PDT by Castigar
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To: tumblindice

(Sorry about the stutter, but this is Orwellian through-and-through.)


29 posted on 04/10/2014 8:54:32 PM PDT by tumblindice (Are all Democrats inveterate, habitual liars?)
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To: kcvl

Yes, I posted threads about Weigel:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2541945/posts

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2553375/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3034158/posts


30 posted on 04/10/2014 8:55:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: dragnet2

See my post! Don’t I give great spin? Ezra Klein should be fired. :)


31 posted on 04/10/2014 8:55:49 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: kcvl

“On June 25, 2010, Ezra Klein announced in his Washington Post blog that he would be terminating the JournoList group. This decision was instigated by fellow blogger Dave Weigel’s resignation from the Post following the public exposure of several of his JournoList emails about conservative media figures.”

But Dave Weigel resigned because JournoList won!


32 posted on 04/10/2014 8:58:14 PM PDT by ari-freedom (Obama is the biggest joke. But I can't laugh.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He’s right. The House GOP is already surrendering. The Chamber of Crony Capitalism likes it. ObamaCare will never be repealed.


33 posted on 04/10/2014 8:58:27 PM PDT by montag813
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To: FlingWingFlyer

:)


34 posted on 04/10/2014 8:59:50 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: tumblindice

You got to hand it to the Left, they really do know how to make silk out of a sow’s ear.


35 posted on 04/10/2014 9:04:07 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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36 posted on 04/10/2014 9:05:20 PM PDT by Slyfox
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“See my post! Don’t I give great spin? Ezra Klein should be fired. :)”

Then he’ll say that means he really really won


37 posted on 04/10/2014 9:06:10 PM PDT by ari-freedom (Obama is the biggest joke. But I can't laugh.)
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” A new team ...can be brought in to continue to improve the law.”

Silly me. I thought once voted on, a law was a law and could not be changed or “improved”.


38 posted on 04/10/2014 9:08:20 PM PDT by kik5150
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To: ari-freedom

My point is these people live in a fantasy world with no acknowledgment of reality. The way they see it - the symbolism of Obamacare is more important than whether it actually made health care insurance accessible to the previously uninsured.


39 posted on 04/10/2014 9:09:52 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: kik5150

That’s why Obama has flexibility.


40 posted on 04/10/2014 9:10:58 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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