Comments on: AFL Says No Deal Between Trumka and Rahm on Public Option http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/afl-says-no-deal-between-trumka-and-rahm-on-public-option/ Politics for liberal newsgeeks Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:33:20 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: NCGal http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/afl-says-no-deal-between-trumka-and-rahm-on-public-option/#comment-49804 NCGal Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:46:15 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/afl-says-no-deal-between-trumka-and-rahm-on-public-option/#comment-49804 <p>It’s interesting how the Dems seem determined to commit political suicide. How do they think they can benefit the country & their own chances in 2010 or 2012 or beyond if they enact a healthcare program that causes insurance prices to shoot up (assuming no public option), balloons the national debt, doesn’t bring down healthcare delivery costs, & possibly does harm medicare &/or medicaid?</p> It’s interesting how the Dems seem determined to commit political suicide. How do they think they can benefit the country & their own chances in 2010 or 2012 or beyond if they enact a healthcare program that causes insurance prices to shoot up (assuming no public option), balloons the national debt, doesn’t bring down healthcare delivery costs, & possibly does harm medicare &/or medicaid?

]]> By: Topjack http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/afl-says-no-deal-between-trumka-and-rahm-on-public-option/#comment-49759 Topjack Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:06:10 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/afl-says-no-deal-between-trumka-and-rahm-on-public-option/#comment-49759 <p>Rahm Emmanuel is Iago to Obama’s Othello.</p> <p>Remember how well that turned out?</p> Rahm Emmanuel is Iago to Obama’s Othello.

Remember how well that turned out?

]]> By: readerOfTeaLeaves http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/afl-says-no-deal-between-trumka-and-rahm-on-public-option/#comment-49756 readerOfTeaLeaves Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:53:55 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/afl-says-no-deal-between-trumka-and-rahm-on-public-option/#comment-49756 <p>Extract your head from your anal cavity, please.<br /> Before Jane and her network got completely fed up with the health care kabuki, we were all being told that ‘public option was dead’.</p> <p>She’s kind of like Miracle Max in the <em>Chocolate Covered Health Care Miracles Dept:</em> she can take something that’s ‘mostly dead’ and figure out how to breathe new life into it.</p> Extract your head from your anal cavity, please.
Before Jane and her network got completely fed up with the health care kabuki, we were all being told that ‘public option was dead’.

She’s kind of like Miracle Max in the Chocolate Covered Health Care Miracles Dept: she can take something that’s ‘mostly dead’ and figure out how to breathe new life into it.

]]> By: SomeGuy http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/afl-says-no-deal-between-trumka-and-rahm-on-public-option/#comment-49755 SomeGuy Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:49:20 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/afl-says-no-deal-between-trumka-and-rahm-on-public-option/#comment-49755 <p>Trumka did some good work trying to make a case against union members voting againt President Obama because of his race. I hope President Obama still remembers who worked to help him when he needed it, because they need him now.</p> Trumka did some good work trying to make a case against union members voting againt President Obama because of his race. I hope President Obama still remembers who worked to help him when he needed it, because they need him now.

]]> By: readerOfTeaLeaves http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/afl-says-no-deal-between-trumka-and-rahm-on-public-option/#comment-49754 readerOfTeaLeaves Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:49:18 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/afl-says-no-deal-between-trumka-and-rahm-on-public-option/#comment-49754 <p>Will do.<br /> And Cantwell knows a lot about health care; would love to hear what she **really** thinks of the Baucus bill.</p> <p>Meanwhile, I can definitely say that I didn’t expect two of the toughest leaders on health care reform to be Jay Rockefeller and the head of the AFL-CIO.<br /> Stranger than fiction.</p> Will do.
And Cantwell knows a lot about health care; would love to hear what she **really** thinks of the Baucus bill.

Meanwhile, I can definitely say that I didn’t expect two of the toughest leaders on health care reform to be Jay Rockefeller and the head of the AFL-CIO.
Stranger than fiction.

]]> By: Mauimom http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/afl-says-no-deal-between-trumka-and-rahm-on-public-option/#comment-49753 Mauimom Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:39:40 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/afl-says-no-deal-between-trumka-and-rahm-on-public-option/#comment-49753 <p>What a GREAT idea for a fund-raiser for FDL.</p> <p>Jane?</p> <p>In the meantime, I’m stealing your idea and heading down to the local make-your-own-t-shirt store.</p> What a GREAT idea for a fund-raiser for FDL.

Jane?

In the meantime, I’m stealing your idea and heading down to the local make-your-own-t-shirt store.

]]> By: Hmmm http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/afl-says-no-deal-between-trumka-and-rahm-on-public-option/#comment-49752 Hmmm Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:27:34 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/afl-says-no-deal-between-trumka-and-rahm-on-public-option/#comment-49752 <p>Thank you so much for your extremely thoughtful, not to mention helpful, contribution to the discussion.</p> Thank you so much for your extremely thoughtful, not to mention helpful, contribution to the discussion.

]]> By: Cujo359 http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/afl-says-no-deal-between-trumka-and-rahm-on-public-option/#comment-49751 Cujo359 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:23:17 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/afl-says-no-deal-between-trumka-and-rahm-on-public-option/#comment-49751 <p>That article is still there. As for Jane’s pessimism, I find that the more pessimistic I’ve been about how things will go, the more accurate I am.</p> That article is still there. As for Jane’s pessimism, I find that the more pessimistic I’ve been about how things will go, the more accurate I am.

]]> By: Leen http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/afl-says-no-deal-between-trumka-and-rahm-on-public-option/#comment-49750 Leen Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:13:11 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/afl-says-no-deal-between-trumka-and-rahm-on-public-option/#comment-49750 <p> Like it<br /> Trumka for President </p> <p>The labor party…since the Dems are not the labor party even though the labor unions generally support Dems.</p> <p>Way overdue…the third party/</p> <p>Tree huggers, bloggers and labor. It’s a go.</p> Like it
Trumka for President

The labor party…since the Dems are not the labor party even though the labor unions generally support Dems.

Way overdue…the third party/

Tree huggers, bloggers and labor. It’s a go.

]]> By: Tangerine http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/afl-says-no-deal-between-trumka-and-rahm-on-public-option/#comment-49745 Tangerine Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:58:57 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/afl-says-no-deal-between-trumka-and-rahm-on-public-option/#comment-49745 <p>Hey Jane — what happened to your “Trumka Scheduled to Meet with Rahm Today to Cut Deal on Public Option”? Your pre-emptive carping came up empty yet again. Maybe one day you’ll stop assuring us all how hopeless everything is. But probably you won’t.</p> Hey Jane — what happened to your “Trumka Scheduled to Meet with Rahm Today to Cut Deal on Public Option”? Your pre-emptive carping came up empty yet again. Maybe one day you’ll stop assuring us all how hopeless everything is. But probably you won’t.

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