Tom Smith ([info]filkertom) wrote,
@ 2009-09-10 08:15:00
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The Speech
So. What did you think? I thought Obama made a compelling case for a lot of the stuff that we really need to fix health care. I thought, as Rachel Maddow said, he made a great case for liberalism itself. I am, however, very cheesed off that he's still throwing bones to the health insurance industry with this "individual mandate" nonsense, the same stuff I spewed about in the previous thread. Making not having insurance illegal doesn't make the money for it magically appear.

To get past the "controversy" that no doubt will dominate much of the news cycle, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) -- the guy who yelled out "You lie" when Obama said the plan would not cover illegal immigrants -- is both a tactless, graceless boob and a liar himself. End of it. I don't want to hear about him.

I do want to hear what you thought about the speech, and the rebuttal by Dr. Charles "I'm Even Worse Than Bobby Jindal" Boustany.



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Re: Reposting my Dreamwidth comment because the conversation seems to all be over here ...
[info]fredhuggins
2009-09-11 02:22 am UTC (link)
Dan Harmon said it best: "Every time I return to the comfort of opposing all government, republicans do something that forces me to look at myself as a 'democrat.'"

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