WHITE HOUSE HEALTH CARE MEETING - LIVE THREAD

The White House ^ | 2/25/10 | Blueyon

[blueyon]

Televised Meeting to talk about healthcare..........

[mware]

Naa dumbest sob story was Louise Slaughter who told of a woman who could not afford dental care and used her dead sisters dentures.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

When last I attended a service, it was Lutheran with my wife, (I'm Catholic) which was Thanksgiving, the pastor went off on Bowrama and the democrats. Couldn't believe what I was hearing. I wanted to stand up and cheer his sermon.

BTW, I normally attend the Church of the Eighteen Holey's on Sunday morn!

[libertarian27]

Congrats on a great comment thread!

WHITE HOUSE HEALTH CARE MEETING - LIVE THREAD
Thursday, February 25, 2010 9:18:39 AM · by blueyon · 5,238 replies · 189,477+ views
The White House ^ | 2/25/10 | Blueyon

[manc]

my father is from Malta and knows a great deal about Don George

[onyx]

Dumbest senator tie: Murray and Boxer.
Slaughter is a Rep. and her’s was the best story by far.
Still laughing.

[Shelayne]

Bwahahahahahahahaha*snort*bwahahahahahahahaha!

That is a keeper!

[manc]

BRILLIANT

[SlipStream]

You’ve made the classic error that is common when looking at legislators. The so-called “experience” you saw with the Republican legislators would be a liability in a general election.

How many senators have ever been elected president? Ignoring 2008, which was a choice between two bad senators, how many senators in the 20th century have been elected President? The answer is only two. Both were considered horrible Presidents, and they died in office. Kennedy won election only through the vote of the House of Representatives.

The reason why Senators never win a presidential election (even though they keep running) is because legislative experience is very different than having executive experience. What you saw today, PhiKapMom, was the details orientated legislative way. This type of ‘knowledge’ is an anathema to the executive.

As the saying goes, if a presidential candidate finds out the bumper sticker was printed wrong, the guy with past executive experience would delegate someone to solve it. The senator with legislative experience would personally go down to the bumper sticker shop and fix it himself.

Obama being a radical is just one of the problems with him. Obama only having legislative experience is a big reason why he is failing all over the place.

Note that every President who has had “legislative experience” has always been considered a poor President.

Palin definitely doesn’t belong at that summit. She is not a legislator. She is an executive. Executives do not pore over the details of bills. Executives are about the ‘why’. Legislators are about the ‘how’.

[blueyon]

It really was a great thread...lots of great comments!
Thanks to all....
I wonder if this is the most viewed thread ever...will have to ask Jim

[roses of sharon]

You were right mw, I was too pessimistic...the Republicans did good today.

[StarFan]

Sounds like the RATs are going to go the reconciliation route, incredibly.

Without a doubt and it was precisely what Zero meant this morning as he walked to the meeting. When asked what will happen if this fails, he mentioned a Plan B. Notice he didn't take the bait when McShame tried to get him to agree to abandon all thoughts of reconciliation.

[Kaslin]

[PghBaldy]

WHITE HOUSE HEALTH CARE MEETING - LIVE THREAD February 25, 2010 9:18:39 AM EST · by blueyon · 5,248 replies · 189,820+ views

[Kaslin]

[mware]

My priest was just a boy when he heard him speak. Don George apparently was not wishy washy. He was up front with the people. Some of it stuck to my priest, one of his favorite lines is, “I love you all very much, but I am not going to hell for you.”

[BornToBeAmerican]

HEY A big THANKS to JIM!!!!

I had cpsan playing all day along with Rush and Hannity in another window.

AND

Free Republic ALL DAY was blazingly fast. I mean on a thread with about 250,000 views and over 5,000 posts. The speed was simply amazing.

Thanks Jim!!!!

[athelass]

"the people he “gets letters” from are the human debris that wants everything given to them and let someone else pay for it."

Wasn't that awful? He said he gets letters from all of their constituents. Really? He knows for a fact that he has gotten a letter, a handwritten letter (?), supporting this bill from every single congressional district in the country? Seriously? What a tool.

[SZonian]

Ping!

[athelass]

"WRECKCONCILIATION!"

Excellent! I'm stealing it!

[LaybackLenny]

DITTOS to that!