AP sources: Obama OKs taxing high-end health plans

Drudge Report ^ | 12/06/2010 | ERICA WERNER

[Beave Meister]

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama signaled to House Democratic leaders Wednesday that they'll have to drop their opposition to taxing high-end health insurance plans to pay for health coverage for millions of uninsured Americans.

In a meeting at the White House, Obama expressed his preference for the insurance tax contained in the Senate's health overhaul bill, but largely opposed by House Democrats and organized labor, Democratic aides said. The aides spoke on condition of anonymity because the meeting was private.

[Oceander]

Hmmm, let’s see; gawrsh, you’re correct, there are so-o-o-o-o-o many so-called “moderates” and “independents” saying “oh, what am I going to do - I know, I’ll surf on over to freerepublic.com and then to democraticunderground.com, and then compare and contrast the positions and whitepapers I find there, and through the process of dialectic criticism, I will determine what to do.”

I don’t think I have a rolling-my-eyes smiley that’s big enough for that one. Get real, and get a clue.

[Oceander]

And, just because I like to keep a "good" conversation going, let's review some facts, shall we? First, here's a sample of the Democrats' graphics - and not just any graphics, this was considered good enough to run as part of a recent pro-Coakley ad:

Meanwhile, here's the only directly anti-Coakley pic I've come up with to date:

I guess I've got a bit of catching up to do, eh? Perhaps I should just photoshop her into this (GIMP, actually, I'm an open-source/freebie kinda guy, being unemployed and all, thanks to Dear Leader):

[Oceander]

Ok, just 'cause I like beating dead horsies, here's Coakley, suitably photoshopped (GIMPed) into the original pic you couldn't stand (which, I submit, is still pretty tame compared to what liberals/Democrats think constitutes reasoned discourse aimed at your so-called "moderates" and "independents" - I doubt the Democrats are trying to preach solely to the base in Mass. right now).

First, here's the photoshopped image itself - Coakley took Waxman's place (I can't stand that little worm anyways, so he won't be missed):

and, just to make sure you didn't miss her, here's a smaller copy, with a suitable blue "halo" highlighting Ms. Coakley:

How's them apples?