Posts Tagged ‘ Health Care Reform ’

An Extraordinary Achievement

March 23, 2010
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The corporate media (and NPR) have pumped up the Tea Bagger opponents of the health care reform bill with about the same intensity they used to diminish those who marched against George W. Bush’s $3 trillion war in Iraq. From the corporate media’s take on this whole health care debate you’d think Republicans never...

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From “Fired Up and Ready to Go” to “Tired Out and Staying Home”

March 7, 2010
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There’s been a lot of commentary about President Barack Obama’s failure to construct a winning “narrative” for the elections of 2010. In 2008, there were millions of people “fired up and ready to go.” But after a year plus of the Beltway-Rahm Emanuel strategy of never exposing oneself to political risk the grassroots energy...

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The Oligarchy Wins Again!

December 21, 2009
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A forty-vote Republican minority in the United States Senate controls the destiny of all legislation aimed at addressing the nation’s most pressing needs after eight miserable years of Republican misrule and malfeasance. Welcome to California America! Here in Sacramento only thirteen Republican state senators control legislation relating to the state’s finances. In Washington it’s...

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On Health Care It’s “E Pluribus” Without the “Unum”

August 13, 2009
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In the sluggish news month of August we’ve been bombarded with endless tape loops of indistinguishable white men and women yelling at the top of their lungs, red faced and panting, at Democratic town halls across the country. The corporate media gobble up the spectacle because they love atmospherics and dumbed-down political food fights....

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Health Care Reform was the Key Issue in the 2008 Campaign — What Happened?

August 11, 2009
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Health care reform was the single biggest issue in the 2008 campaign. Everywhere any of the candidates went, especially town hall meetings, they were peppered with the question: “What are you going to do about the dismal state of our nation’s health care system?” There weren’t any Tea Baggers descending on these places demanding...

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How Ted Kennedy Countered Town Hall Goon Squads

August 7, 2009
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In 1994, Senator Edward Kennedy was in a tough fight for reelection against a well-financed Republican opponent named Mitt Romney. There was a debate between Kennedy and Romney at Faneuil Hall and before the candidates arrived a large crowd of boisterous Romney supporters dominated the gathering. The place was a sea of Romney signs...

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More Orly Taitz!

August 4, 2009
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Finally, at long last, we have an extreme right-wing personality making the rounds in the corporate media who tears down the facade of “legitimacy” and “respectability” the Far Right bestows upon its craziest enthusiasts. Orly Taitz, the Czarina of the “Birther” Movement, is not saying anything zanier than what we’ve grown accustomed to hearing...

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“Freedom Isn’t Free” — Neither Is Health Care

July 28, 2009
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The $106 billion the United States insists on throwing at Iraq and Afghanistan each year just because George W. Bush and Dick Cheney had visions of a “New American Century” dancing in their heads, has from the start been a draining expense the nation could ill afford. And this huge outlay of taxpayer cash...

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It’s Time to Spay and Neuter the Blue Dogs on Health Care

July 16, 2009
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As the most sweeping reforms ever of our tattered health care system wind their way through Congress the majority of Americans who support these desperately needed measures must understand that failure at this crucial point will not only be a disaster for the nation, but also for the Democratic Party. The Democratic leadership, including...

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