Let me offer a ludicrously premature opinion: Barack Obama has sealed his reputation as a president of great historical import. We don’t know what will follow in his presidency, and it’s quite possible that some future event–a war, a scandal–will define his presidency. But we do know that he has put his imprint on the [...]
On July 30th, 1965, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the epic legislation call Medicare into law. President Johnson’s historic achievement was not without significant contention and venom. Many on the other side of the aisle opposed it as nothing more than government intrusion on the rights of liberties of free people. That idea has been [...]
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Abusive, derogatory and even racist behavior directed at House Democrats by Tea Party protesters on Saturday left several lawmakers in shock. Preceding the president’s speech to a gathering of House Democrats, thousands of protesters descended around the Capitol to protest the passage of health care reform. The gathering quickly turned into abusive heckling, as members [...]
Tags: Congress·health care reform·Homophobia·Protest·Racism·Tea Party·washington d.c.
The independent, non-partisan Congressional Budget Office is now public enemy number one in the eyes of conservatives. Some of them have apparently loaded up on crazy pills. Exhibit A: The real culprit in this high-stakes drama is the GOP– their weak-kneed leadership and their lame health care proposal– put forth only because they felt compelled [...]
Tags: CBO·Conservatives·GOP·Health Care·Medicare·Nancy Pelosi
Really???? Watch it below. See, I don’t have a problem with real, sensible protest. It’s when you act like a pack of sick animals– whose sole means of debate is to mock, ridicule, and demean others– whose points of view are different from your own. You do a disservice to yourself and your cause. And [...]
Tags: Health Care·health care reform·parkinsons disease·Protest·Tea Party
Truth carrying scourge of health care reform, Michele Bachmann (R-MN), speaking about “killing the legislation.” I’m all for the speech– you know, first amendment thing– until she starts comparing President Obama to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Really? I’m also not sure what being a “Post modern American president” means. Maybe you all can figure it [...]
Tags: Barack Obama·Congress·Health Care·health care reform·michele bachmann·Minnesota
UPDATE: I apologize to those of you who tried to play the stream and found it was unavailable. Apparently, the White House site was down. Is that a bad omen? I mean think about it. How can the government run health care, if the damn white house server can’t even sustain streaming video? I kid. [...]
Tags: Barack Obama·Congress·Democracy·GOP·Health Care·White House
Watch Dr. Reed’s speech to the SD-19 Convention. Dr. Reed is challenging incumbent congresswoman Michele Bachmann in Minnesota’s sixth district. She’s also a delightful, highly bright, accomplished woman. wrightandleftreport is supporting her candidacy for congress.
It begins Monday morning. President Obama unveils his sweeping new health care reform legislation: President Barack Obama will propose giving federal authorities the power to limit rate hikes by health insurance companies – part of a new health care overhaul plan he will unveil Monday in a last-ditch bid to salvage his signature issue.The proposal [...]
Tags: Barack Obama·Government·Health Care·insurance industry·Washington
HYPOCRISY WATCH ALERT From Andrew: Boehner and Cantor, 2/8; If the President intends to present any kind of legislative proposal at this discussion, will he make it available to members of Congress and the American people at least 72 hours beforehand? Our ability to move forward in a bipartisan way through this discussion rests on [...]
Tags: Health Care·Republicans
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