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It’s a cliche, I know. But when it comes to the health care debate, the motto of Republicans and conservatives truly should be “Never let a fact get in the way of a good story.”
Oh, those pesky facts, as Glenn Beck might say (although Beck hasn’t used a real fact in so many years he [...]
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I never thought health care reform would be a slam-dunk. My private ideas about what I consider to be a health care reform victory look nothing like what passed the House of Representatives Saturday. In some ways, my expectations were exceeded. In others, I was deeply disappointed. One belief was strongly affirmed: the reform process [...]
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Right on cue, and according to plan, Betsy “Death Panel” McCaughey has spewed onto the pages of the Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal with her new set of lies and hysteria about the merged House health care reform bill – HR 3962 – scheduled for a vote late Saturday. For Betsy and her handlers, [...]
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A pretty ironic title for a post on a site called Bipartisan Report, isn’t it? Back in January I joined this site with a strong belief that it is possible to have a conversation around issues and not personalities. I even spent time on the phone with Michael P. Leahy, one of the proponents of [...]
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It was a heady moment. This week Eric Cantor, leading GOP House member, said that if an election was held today, the GOP would take control of the House.
And he might be right … if an election was held today.
But I have sad news for Mr. Cantor. There is no election today. There is no [...]
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Senator Edward Kennedy has died, one year to the day after he gave a rousing speech at the Democratic National Convention. In that speech, he restated the cause he has fought for consistently throughout his years of public service.
And this is the cause of my life — new hope that we will break the old [...]
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I’m no big fan of Newt Gingrich, but I also know that he has a lot of political smarts (not that he always uses them appropriately). In the early part of the year, he made a very interesting comment that bares repeating in the midst of the onslaught by the GOP, the teabaggers and the [...]
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The astroturf organization, Conservatives for Patients’ Rights (CPR), started a backlash across the Pond yesterday. As reported by the Daily Times the Brits didn’t take too kindly to have their citizens being used as propaganda fodder. It prompted an uprising from British citizens on Twitter and sent the British pols scrambling.
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Then Governor Palin announced that April 16, 2008 was Healthcare Decision Day, endorsing advance directives and noting the abysmal number of people who haven’t done it. Maybe the fact that it’s not covered by Medicare is part of this, huh? Note: I linked the Google cache because Alaska deleted the page sometime after July 3.
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During the election I immersed myself in history as a way of understanding the tactics and divisions that arose during the primaries and the general election. One of the most brilliant was Rick Perlstein’s Nixonland. The lessons I learned from that book and a look-back at the history of Nixon’s rise, spectacular fall, and emergent [...]
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Dan on Conservatives, please don’t fill out your census forms!
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Rosann Rommelfaenger on Cigna executive proves case for public healthcare option
Rosann Rommelfaenger on Cigna executive proves case for public healthcare option
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