Obama’s Pre-emptive Health Care Surrender

the notion that our president not only does not have any use anymore for a public option, but in fact “will be satisfied” if there is merely “choice and competition” in the market is, well, disgusting.

I’ll say this for George Bush: you’d never have caught him frantically negotiating against himself to take the meat out of a signature legislative initiative just because his approval ratings had a bad summer. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 17, 2009 - 4:13 PM PDT
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by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 17, 2009

Street-smart street talk about the shameless shit coming out of Obama's house.

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  • Progressive Breakfast: White House Public Option Kabuki Deja Vu Theater

    (Numerous quotes are provided from many sources regarding the Obama administration dancing around the subject of a public option.)
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