WHITE HOUSE HEALTH CARE MEETING - LIVE THREAD

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

[blueyon]

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

[philetus]

Obama “has talked to to many people”

He isn’t going to talk to any one who opposes his agenda.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

HE IS A DEMAGOGUE...and they lie...remember, The Bigger the Lie, the More believable.

He is mushing it all up...that is what he does....using cliches, and pretending there are only small areas that need to be resolved.

[PhiKapMom]

I never think he looks Presidential. The look on Boehner’s face speaks volumes. Cannot wait for the remarks to come after this Obama infomerical is over.

[onyx]

This is crap.

He’s lying.

Misquoting every Republican.

[TornadoAlley3]

[RatsDawg]

Obama: Well we won, so everything the Republicans said today goes out the window.

[onyx]

Yes, I agree.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Thanks. The author of that article is wrong. Here is an article right after the senate passed their bill, which explains that the DEMOCRATS chose not to have a conference, and the GOP was complaining about them not having a conference:

Democrats are "almost certain" to bypass the conference process to pass a merged health care bill through both chambers of Congress, according to two senior Democratic Hill staffers (one from the House and one from the Senate), The New Republic's Jonathan Cohn reports--a decision that will likely fuel some GOP attacks on health reform.

Instead of convening a formal conference committee--where a handful of lawmakers of both parties from the House and Senate negotiate to hammer out a final bill--Democrats from the both chambers will likely meet privately, without Republicans, to finalize a bill that will be sent back to each chamber for final passage.

Doing so would allow Democrats to get the bill done faster, in the face of probably GOP stalling tactics. Democrats are looking to put a bill on President Obama's desk before he delivers a State of the Union address (having missed the previous August and Christmas deadlines), and Republicans have indicated for some time that it's their goal to do everything in their power to block the bill.

Since having a conference would have certainly led to a bill that the Senate wouldn't pass, and would have forced public hearing of all the fights between the house and senate, it would make NO SENSE for the GOP to block a house/senate conference.

[Sleeping Freeper]

Obama says he’ll take 10 minutes to close. It won’t happen....

[TomGuy]

Actually,

Walmart says: “We’ll buy your product for $x amount. Take it or leave it.”

[onyx]

There has been NO agreement today.

[buschbaby]

The lies, the lies, oh the lies!.>head exploding

[PhiKapMom]

ROFLOL!!! Sob stories is all they have! Wonder who wrote the bills for the DemocRATs as they don’t seem to have a clue what is in the bills.

[GnuHere]

Bambi, “The campaign’s over.”

[Tennessee Nana]

Someone shoot it and put us out of our misery...

[Cricket24]

Is someone talking in his ear???? lol

[Gator113]

Right now, right this moment, while Obama rambles on, I would like to hear in a very loud voice, “YOU LIE.”

[Raebie]

He’s made this speech a million times. People didn’t buy it then and then aren’t buying it now. Glad we aren’t campaigning anymore.

NOvember!

[blueyon]

making a fist I see

[ColdWater]

There has been NO agreement today.

I think most everyone agrees that this meeting was not about getting anything done.