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No one is wasting money on trying to influence New York's Congressmen.
This legislation is a fight for where the average American sees the scrimmage line of collective welfare. Currently, defense, municipal water, sewage and fire control are some things still considered out of play. Medicare, although one of the socialist devil's spawn, too is hand's off, and is surprisingly defended by Republicans. They tried to change the formula for Social Security via privatization but could not move the line to the right.
If this passes, it will be hard to rescind once it begins to get incorporated into our culture. Had health insurance originally been limited as not for profit only, we might not be dealing with this at all. Corporations primary mission is to their shareholders, regardless of what open markets and competition might imbue. The bottom line can easily employ lobbying and collusion, obfuscating their special interests. Just the fact that we have seen some of the cards played in this sausage factory called governance, and still don't have a clue if it is edible, is evidence that slight of hand is the name of the game.
The only ads I ever saw were back in the fall paid for by the lunatic fringe touting death panels and the loss of our Constitutional freedoms.
After that the health care bill kept changing day by day, so whatever was in an ad on Monday was history by time Wednesday rolled around.
The bill will pass. I'm concentrating on the good stuff and hope the bad will happen when I too old to comprehend it.
Oh, we're getting a radio ad being run over and over. The minute Stephen Lynch D MA - specifically South Boston (Irish enclave) announced he was voting against (Teddy will get him), ads were on air that afternoon saying "call Stephen Lynch and as him why he is voting against us (his constituents) and FOR the insurance companies. I've heard it a dozen times on sports talk radio, all kinds of music radio - everything but NPR.
Here in The People's Repbulic of Arlington just outside DC most of the ads are for the health care bill. Of course, I'm sure the ads on Fox News have a different twist.
I agree with Hank. Once this gets passed it will become impossible to "repeal" as the republicans claim they want to do. Who's going to force our children off our of our policy. Who's going widen the drug "donut hole"? Let 'em try.
That aint workin that's the way you do it. Money for nothin' and your chicks for free. I want my MTV.
The political winds seems to be blowing harder all the time. Usually it takes an entire election cycle for the republicans to completely over play their hand.
The behavior of those "tea party" dbags and their incitement by house republicans on the "members only" house balcony was shameful. Many of these fools were escorted out of the house chamber's gallery after disrupting the proceedings and were cheered by the house republicans. Many of them shouted n****r at John Lewis as he entered the capitol. Many more shouted f****t at Barney Frank. A republican congressman shouted "baby killer" at Bart Stupak, of all people.
It is time for the press to stop giving these people a free ride on their behavior and their tacit support and encouragement of these "tea party" crackpots.
Birdman is correct that in DC area most of the TV ads were for the health care bill.
Much of the GOP seems to be taking on the attributes of the Democrats in 1972 when the anti-war activists took over the party.
Many of the GOP lawmakers seem more suited to be card carrying members of the lunatic fringe than responsible members of a deliberative body.
Running outside to rile up the tea baggers only helps to trivalize what is an important concern in this country.
The question will be can vitrol against government help to insure you can be elected to run the government.
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