Tony pays very CLOSE attention to the freepers that post on his thread every morning...I would suggest you give that a shot...
And, you could always call his show.
ping.
The President did a GREAT job getting the message out yesterday and today.
[PROBLEM: Given its partisan bias, the antique media is 'BLACKING OUT' the President as much as possible. Unfortunately, our 'rightwing' talkshow hosts are almost as bad. Most of them spend more time playing DEMOCRAT soundbites and interviewing DEMOCRAT MEDIA WHORES (e.g., Howard Stern) than they spend covering the President. [Did Sean even acknowledge that the President made an historic trip to India. Do any of them ever mention our amazing economy. When was the last time any of them interviewed one of our frontline generals (e.g., Pace or Abizaid) or informed military pundits (e.g., Ralph Peters -- Tony did, but none of the rest bothered). Pathetic!]
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Medicare Part D isn't a private plan. Private companies are intermediaries--and make profit--but just because they are surrogates doesn't mean it is private. You have an odd definition of "private." If it were, then there is no need to have the government involved and there is no need for the government to spend money on it.
These surveys that show senior contentment with the program are interesting--if not bogus. I know no one who is content with the program, especially the 30 or so retail pharmacists I know personally who, without exception, are taking loans to survive or are on the edge of bankruptcy.
The program bought Florida in 2004, but it took away any pretense of the Republican party being the party of competence.