Live Thread: Barack Obama State Of The Sham Wow Press Conference 8 p.m. 7/22/09

Wednesday, July 22, 2009 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

We know the drill: Read the teleprompter for a few minutes, take questions from a few plants in audience, total of twelve or thirteen questions in an hour, filibuster, end to rave reviews from the state run media.

White House propaganda e-mail sent to NextGov.com

[Loud Mime]

(a) In General- The health care benefits under this Act cover all medically necessary services, including at least the following:
(1) Primary care and prevention.
(2) Inpatient care.
(3) Outpatient care.
(4) Emergency care.
(5) Prescription drugs.
(6) Durable medical equipment.
(7) Long-term care.
(8) Palliative care.
(9) Mental health services.
(10) The full scope of dental services (other than cosmetic dentistry).
(11) Substance abuse treatment services.
(12) Chiropractic services.
(13) Basic vision care and vision correction (other than laser vision correction for cosmetic purposes).
(14) Hearing services, including coverage of hearing aids.
(15) Podiatric care.
(b) Portability- Such benefits are available through any licensed health care clinician anywhere in the United States that is legally qualified to provide the benefits.
(c) No Cost-Sharing- No deductibles, copayments, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing shall be imposed with respect to covered benefits.

[bgill]

And spend and spend and spend and spend and sp...

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

“WE INHERITED AN ENORMOUS DEFICIT!”

[WVKayaker]

Hey, you got 420!

Steve Kroft interview: Was Zero stoned? (1:19 long)

[Texas4ever]

BUSHES FAULT...I KNEW HE WOULD GET TO THIS....ALWAYS DOES

[Mad Dawgg]

"the system right now is about red pills and blue pills??"

THERE IS NO SPOON!

[hsalaw]

HE is just throwing lines out connected to nothing

He's throwing out numbers that aren't connected to anything either. And, BTW, he throws those numbers like a girl, too. My gosh, he's really defensive now: inherited an enormous deficit (that's got to be the fourth time in this same sentence that he's said that).

[MarMema]

I am just waiting for him to use the term “useless eater” any minute now.

[tapatio]

Can anyone tell me what the heck he is talking about?

I thought the question was about sacrifices!

[Dinah Lord]

There he goes again with that inherited bs...

[keepitreal]

We somehow went from blue and red pills to the F-22. I can’t understand the line at all.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

did he just say “everyone is ginned up”?

[WashingtonSource]

On my god. Healthcare will not add to deficit. it will lower it. WHAT BULLSH*T

[newnhdad]

Obama speak.. spending more is actually less...

[crunk]

All lies and half-truths.

We can never truly cut costs without tort reform and the dems don't talk about that at all. Doctors afraid of being sued (by John Edwards-esque lawyers), authorize all sorts of unnecessary frivolous tests and so on and so on. It's not the only cause of rising costs, but it is an important factor that shouldn't be ignored if we want to do this right.

[bgill]

Hey, health care is going to reduce our debt!!!!!!!!

[McGruff]

I am very worried about Federal spending.

We inherited an enormous deficit.

[Nasher]

Coming up on 30minutes 35 minutes and he’s fielded 4 questions?

[MOgirl]

Hello,

Interesting that he picked those colors, don't cha think? (BTW, this is horrific...)

MOgirl

[swheats]

How are we saving money by ending no-bid contracts?