Comments on: Landrieu: Trying To Find the “Center” of Health Care Reform http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/07/29/landrieu-trying-to-find-the-center-of-health-care-reform/ Politics for liberal newsgeeks Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:37:02 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Albatross http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/07/29/landrieu-trying-to-find-the-center-of-health-care-reform/#comment-34834 Albatross Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:45:58 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/07/29/landrieu-trying-to-find-the-center-of-health-care-reform/#comment-34834 <p>I completely agree that we can’t wait for some ideal time to pass CFR, or abandon current efforts in order to accomplish some other goal. But I’m also answering Jane’s question. We should continue to work to pass public health care, but I hope that we start to come to an understanding that CFR needs to be the Next Big Push. I mean, we can do other things first, but every other thing we do in addition to Health Care Reform will be much, much more difficult until we make it illegal to bribe Congress and call it “lobbying.”</p> I completely agree that we can’t wait for some ideal time to pass CFR, or abandon current efforts in order to accomplish some other goal. But I’m also answering Jane’s question. We should continue to work to pass public health care, but I hope that we start to come to an understanding that CFR needs to be the Next Big Push. I mean, we can do other things first, but every other thing we do in addition to Health Care Reform will be much, much more difficult until we make it illegal to bribe Congress and call it “lobbying.”

]]> By: warrenterrah http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/07/29/landrieu-trying-to-find-the-center-of-health-care-reform/#comment-34823 warrenterrah Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:12:09 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/07/29/landrieu-trying-to-find-the-center-of-health-care-reform/#comment-34823 <p>Mizz Landrieu is yet another pol who has been on the public dole literally for decades(her daddio was mayor of NOLA) and has no idea on what you have to go through to get private insurance. Another one - Liebertwit who has been on the public dole his whole adult post-college life except for 2 yrs. Oh, Landrieu was one who supported Liebertwit post-primary. And then he screwed her on NOLA and she still continues to support him. This is one woman who doesn’t even care about her own constituents. I really would rather she just reregister as a repub already.<br /> BTW can Mike Stark ambush this woman and Conrad.</p> Mizz Landrieu is yet another pol who has been on the public dole literally for decades(her daddio was mayor of NOLA) and has no idea on what you have to go through to get private insurance. Another one – Liebertwit who has been on the public dole his whole adult post-college life except for 2 yrs. Oh, Landrieu was one who supported Liebertwit post-primary. And then he screwed her on NOLA and she still continues to support him. This is one woman who doesn’t even care about her own constituents. I really would rather she just reregister as a repub already.
BTW can Mike Stark ambush this woman and Conrad.

]]> By: BMcGarth http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/07/29/landrieu-trying-to-find-the-center-of-health-care-reform/#comment-34820 BMcGarth Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:56:11 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/07/29/landrieu-trying-to-find-the-center-of-health-care-reform/#comment-34820 <p>Goosh! is there anyone in the Senate more disgustingly slimly than Landrieu,except for Lieberman.But you lie with fleas,you wakeup with fleas:On the one hand I am pleased to finally see people waking up to this scum,Landrieu,remember her vote for the bankruptcy bill ?That should have been enough but for whatever reason many people kept their mouths shut while she pretended to be a Dem,she ran for re-elcetion last year & no one had the guts to call on good dems to reject this woman as a Senator with Dem values.STOP SUPPORTING FOLKS WHO ARE MARGINAL ON “LIBRUL” VALUES.The same can be said of Dianne Fenstein,but you are not going to hear critisms of her too,see being a woman Senator has benefits too.</p> Goosh! is there anyone in the Senate more disgustingly slimly than Landrieu,except for Lieberman.But you lie with fleas,you wakeup with fleas:On the one hand I am pleased to finally see people waking up to this scum,Landrieu,remember her vote for the bankruptcy bill ?That should have been enough but for whatever reason many people kept their mouths shut while she pretended to be a Dem,she ran for re-elcetion last year & no one had the guts to call on good dems to reject this woman as a Senator with Dem values.STOP SUPPORTING FOLKS WHO ARE MARGINAL ON “LIBRUL” VALUES.The same can be said of Dianne Fenstein,but you are not going to hear critisms of her too,see being a woman Senator has benefits too.

]]> By: brendanscalling http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/07/29/landrieu-trying-to-find-the-center-of-health-care-reform/#comment-34775 brendanscalling Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:45:12 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/07/29/landrieu-trying-to-find-the-center-of-health-care-reform/#comment-34775 <p>yes, i remember that too.<br /> she is a truly disgusting person who deserves whatever misfortunes fate hands her.</p> yes, i remember that too.
she is a truly disgusting person who deserves whatever misfortunes fate hands her.

]]> By: barbara http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/07/29/landrieu-trying-to-find-the-center-of-health-care-reform/#comment-34731 barbara Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:47:23 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/07/29/landrieu-trying-to-find-the-center-of-health-care-reform/#comment-34731 <p>I love this. The problem is the location of the one sign. If the people can’t see it, Congress won’t care. That’s why I keep harping on finding a way to get this before the rabble (which includes me, of course). I don’t know what people know (or even care about, beyond themselves) any more. But your billboard idea is terrific. Money? Eh. No biggie. Oh, wait. We’re Democrats.</p> I love this. The problem is the location of the one sign. If the people can’t see it, Congress won’t care. That’s why I keep harping on finding a way to get this before the rabble (which includes me, of course). I don’t know what people know (or even care about, beyond themselves) any more. But your billboard idea is terrific. Money? Eh. No biggie. Oh, wait. We’re Democrats.

]]> By: Mason http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/07/29/landrieu-trying-to-find-the-center-of-health-care-reform/#comment-34727 Mason Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:35:33 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/07/29/landrieu-trying-to-find-the-center-of-health-care-reform/#comment-34727 <p>I have an idea that might work. How about placing a large scoreboard with a high visibility electronic system so people can read it from far away — like the ones in pro football & baseball stadiums. We wouldn’t need all of those expensive bells & whistles, but we would want the ability to program and change the display depending on what our creative minds come up with.</p> <p>Let’s display a count of people dying unnecessarily due to lack of or denial of health insurance, which is 22,000 per year, or approximately 60 people per day. For example, a graphic display that says, “While you were sleeping last night, 320 people died unnecessarily because they could not afford health insurance. They would be alive, if we had a single payer system.”</p> <p>Imagine the possibilities, particularly if the message is personalized with photos & short bios of the victims of our broken system followed by a photo of Baucus and a message like, “As Senator Max Baucus collected $1.5 million from private health insurance companies last week supporting his effort to kill health reform, 420 people died . . .”</p> <p>If we could only afford one scoreboard, I recommend placing it so that it’s visible to our elected officials in Congress and their staffs. Alongside freeways where Rush hour traffic tends to back up is another good location.</p> I have an idea that might work. How about placing a large scoreboard with a high visibility electronic system so people can read it from far away — like the ones in pro football & baseball stadiums. We wouldn’t need all of those expensive bells & whistles, but we would want the ability to program and change the display depending on what our creative minds come up with.

Let’s display a count of people dying unnecessarily due to lack of or denial of health insurance, which is 22,000 per year, or approximately 60 people per day. For example, a graphic display that says, “While you were sleeping last night, 320 people died unnecessarily because they could not afford health insurance. They would be alive, if we had a single payer system.”

Imagine the possibilities, particularly if the message is personalized with photos & short bios of the victims of our broken system followed by a photo of Baucus and a message like, “As Senator Max Baucus collected $1.5 million from private health insurance companies last week supporting his effort to kill health reform, 420 people died . . .”

If we could only afford one scoreboard, I recommend placing it so that it’s visible to our elected officials in Congress and their staffs. Alongside freeways where Rush hour traffic tends to back up is another good location.

]]> By: barbara http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/07/29/landrieu-trying-to-find-the-center-of-health-care-reform/#comment-34722 barbara Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:32:52 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/07/29/landrieu-trying-to-find-the-center-of-health-care-reform/#comment-34722 <p>No kidding!</p> No kidding!

]]> By: mela http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/07/29/landrieu-trying-to-find-the-center-of-health-care-reform/#comment-34717 mela Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:13:26 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/07/29/landrieu-trying-to-find-the-center-of-health-care-reform/#comment-34717 <p>Thanks<br /> Sounds a bit complex & time consuming when raising a teenager & trying to keep afloat takes precedence. I dont know, I’ve been running down to demonstrations in CD since I was 12 & protesting Vietnam–it seems like we’re being ignored & I’m in a fury with no outlet against these Dogs at the trough.</p> Thanks
Sounds a bit complex & time consuming when raising a teenager & trying to keep afloat takes precedence. I dont know, I’ve been running down to demonstrations in CD since I was 12 & protesting Vietnam–it seems like we’re being ignored & I’m in a fury with no outlet against these Dogs at the trough.

]]> By: FastMovingCloud http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/07/29/landrieu-trying-to-find-the-center-of-health-care-reform/#comment-34715 FastMovingCloud Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:09:56 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/07/29/landrieu-trying-to-find-the-center-of-health-care-reform/#comment-34715 <p>Wow, on Rasmussen that’s saying something.</p> Wow, on Rasmussen that’s saying something.

]]> By: Gitcheegumee http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/07/29/landrieu-trying-to-find-the-center-of-health-care-reform/#comment-34709 Gitcheegumee Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:47:27 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/07/29/landrieu-trying-to-find-the-center-of-health-care-reform/#comment-34709 <p>I used to live in New Orleans.</p> <p>Her dad was mayor many years ago.</p> <p>Her brother is Lt. Governor presently.</p> <p>The only grace with this family is the disgrace they have continuoiusly perpetrated on the city of NOLA,and the state of Louisiana ever since their political dynasty began.</p> I used to live in New Orleans.

Her dad was mayor many years ago.

Her brother is Lt. Governor presently.

The only grace with this family is the disgrace they have continuoiusly perpetrated on the city of NOLA,and the state of Louisiana ever since their political dynasty began.

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