debate when republicans offered many counter-offers, amendments, etc. to the bill but they were all turned down by democrats?
http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpps/news/dpgonc-obama-open-to-four-republican-health-care-proposals-fc-20100302_6362160
(yes its fox, but its fox reporting nice about Obama, so no silly comments please… if you want there are many sites that show the same statement…)
notice that obama tells the media that he is open to republican proposals. then NONE of the ones he says he is open to, end up in the bill. even according to the white house website…
http://www.whitehouse.gov/health-care-meeting/republican-ideas
ok so lets look at the republican proposals that ended up in the bill… (ignoring for a minute that in a 2700 page bill the list of republican proposals that they allowed in the bill fits on a notecard)
•Advances medical liability reform through grants to States
(http://healthreform.gov/newsroom/factsheet/medicalliability.html) obama proposed this himself last year. its not from a republican proposal…
•Extends dependent coverage to age 26:
(almost all states have already extended to age 26. now they are just making it federal instead of state law)
•Allows automatic enrollment by employers in health insurance
(http://hr.blr.com/HR-news/Benefits-Leave/Healthcare-Insurance/Healthcare-Reform-What-Now/) this was in BOTH proposals. not just republicans. both dems and republicans put this in their bills.
•Mechanisms to improve quality
(http://www.nrlc.org/HealthCareRationing/HELPbill.html) this was in kennedy’s bill. again not republican proposal.
so with all of the “republican proposals” that the democrats allowed in the bill, it turns all of them were already gonna be included. so basically Obama is claiming to be bipartisan when there was NO bipartisanship on EITHER side. so why is it that republicans are being called the “Party of NO” when BOTH are actually the “Parties of NO”?
Is it time to end the poo flingin contest and see if we can do something productive? I see a lot of gloating on here about passing a bill, but the fact of the matter is, because of partisanship by BOTH parties, instead of a bill that works, we ended up with simply a bill that will pass…
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Republicans had 8 years to do something right, and they failed at every turn. Now, when people are finally fixing their messes, they are simply obstructionists. Get out of the way. You had your turn, and man, you blew it.
Because they say no to changing the whole American system. It’s just too bad that sunshine beams through the ears of Democrats.
Even with their proposals adopted in the bill they still vote against Health Care Reform.
If it we’re only up to the Democrats, this bill would have had a public option that would have been a lot better than the bill just passed. Anytime Obama embraces one of their proposals they run away from it like they’ve never supported it.
The Republican game plan this election appears to be pandering more to it’s extreme right-wing racist fringe. In fact, many of them are still having a hard time realizing that Obama is their president. Which is evident in some of these TEA Party rallies. (i.e. Birthers)
Like Rush Limbaugh, there are a lot of conservatives that want President Obama to fail. Therefore, any Republican that stands with President Obama will be seen as a traitor and exiled from the Republican party. Moreover, he/she can expect to see a TEA Party primary challenger in the next election cycle. Don’t believe me? Look at what is happening to Charlie Crist in Florida.
It’s a shame because there are a lot of good moderate Republicans that were willing to cross party lines to find solutions for the American people. However, many of them are now racing to the right in order to fend off TEA party challengers. (i.e. John McCain)
Although it may seem like short term political gain, eventually the American people will eventually ask;”What have you done for me lately?” If the answer is nothing, it will all backfire.
What good has the republicans done for the american people lately , What did they give us in the Bush years that was good. They gave us two wars that is hard to get out of, they bankrupted the country by the wars and letting big oil, and other big corporations rape this country of it’s wealth. And so on. They are the party of No. They are no good.