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JayMusgrove

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Tue Aug-11-09 03:41 PM
Response to Reply #17

68. How would you enroll 300,000,000 people all at once? Suggest a

way that that could be done.

There would be chaos, massive layoffs in the health insurance industry, (I might like THAT part), and if you think the town halls are turning violent, imagine what we'd be seeing if all 300,000,000 people had to enroll in one day, week, or month. Even i the IRS takes months to sort through about a hundred fifty million taxpayer's tax forms.

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-Obama said just now " I have never said I was in favor of a single payer pan"	dixiegrrrrl	Aug-11-09 12:48 PM	#0
- Ah, false?	MNDemNY	Aug-11-09 12:49 PM	#1
- you seem unsure. do you think true or false?	PretzelWarrior	Aug-11-09 12:50 PM	#5
- Not unsure, confused by the silly question.	MNDemNY	Aug-11-09 12:58 PM	#25
- FALSE	Hutzpa	Aug-11-09 12:49 PM	#2
- you're lying.	PretzelWarrior	Aug-11-09 12:50 PM	#4
- your dreaming.	MNDemNY	Aug-11-09 12:53 PM	#13
- you're sleep walking.	Hutzpa	Aug-11-09 12:54 PM	#18
- maybe, but I am correct.	MNDemNY	Aug-11-09 12:55 PM	#19
- You both need to get laid.	Deja Q	Aug-11-09 12:55 PM	#21
- lol	Hutzpa	Aug-11-09 12:56 PM	#22
- potd!	AngryAmish	Aug-11-09 01:19 PM	#55
- TRUE! He said if we were starting from SCRATCH, he'd be for single payer	PretzelWarrior	Aug-11-09 12:49 PM	#3
- Unless you go back to his days before the Senate.	MNDemNY	Aug-11-09 12:51 PM	#7
- that's right- It's what I've always heard him say.	Bluerthanblue	Aug-11-09 12:51 PM	#8
- incremental towards what?	Newshues	Aug-11-09 12:54 PM	#16
- Wouldn't it be more cost-effective to start a new system from scratch?	Deja Q	Aug-11-09 12:54 PM	#17
- It's the difference between fixing a boat in drydock and fixing a boat while still sailing on it...	BlooInBloo	Aug-11-09 12:56 PM	#23
- How would you enroll 300,000,000 people all at once? Suggest a	JayMusgrove	Aug-11-09 03:41 PM	#68
- Ding! Ding! We have a winner...	SKKY	Aug-11-09 12:55 PM	#20
- So he favors it in a hypothetical situation, but he doesn't favor it overall?	Oregone	Aug-11-09 01:31 PM	#61
- BOTH	Dawgs	Aug-11-09 12:51 PM	#6
- Your popping the pretzel's bubble.	MNDemNY	Aug-11-09 12:52 PM	#11
- False. And that's why he got asked that question by a republican	Joanne98	Aug-11-09 12:52 PM	#9
- An article AND A YOUTUBE VIDEO	Deja Q	Aug-11-09 12:52 PM	#10
- Did he say "ever" or just since the health care debate has been going on	DrToast	Aug-11-09 12:53 PM	#12
- Completely false	DJ13	Aug-11-09 12:53 PM	#14
- It would disrupt not only his ability, but the ability of most of Congress	dflprincess	Aug-12-09 10:10 PM	#92
- "I happen to be a proponent -- of a single payer plan"	villager	Aug-11-09 12:53 PM	#15
- thanks! saved me some time. nt	create.peace	Aug-11-09 12:58 PM	#24
- that is not germane to what he's doing once he is running on the goald of health care reform	PretzelWarrior	Aug-11-09 01:00 PM	#26
- Earlier position on health care not germane to his current one?	villager	Aug-11-09 01:02 PM	#30
- power? Or political reality. look at the fucking psycho storm with what IS being presented.	PretzelWarrior	Aug-11-09 01:04 PM	#32
- i think you and your "reverse every progressive stance we have" crowd is a big reason	villager	Aug-11-09 01:08 PM	#36
- uhhhmmm...yeah. right. we already have more change than you guys admit	PretzelWarrior	Aug-11-09 01:15 PM	#47
- "buncha fucking whiners?" Projection much?	villager	Aug-11-09 01:21 PM	#57
- Exactly. Why would they listen to us - the health care industry buys the politicians	debbierlus	Aug-12-09 06:53 PM	#86
- I doubt it	Hutzpa	Aug-11-09 01:06 PM	#34
- why can't people here play along even for a fucking moment?	PretzelWarrior	Aug-11-09 01:09 PM	#38
- "play along" ?? No thank you, a lie is a lie. he should not lie.	MNDemNY	Aug-11-09 01:10 PM	#
- no. he's not lying. but neither is he content to stop at only a public option	PretzelWarrior	Aug-11-09 01:13 PM	#45
- Is that Rahm??	Hutzpa	Aug-11-09 01:15 PM	#48
- You jump to conclusions too fast.	MNDemNY	Aug-11-09 01:22 PM	#59
- Want me to play along	Hutzpa	Aug-11-09 01:12 PM	#43
- No it didn't. That was a video before he even ran for President--about 3 years before. n/t	vaberella	Aug-12-09 01:30 PM	#76
- No his claim using the word "never" is the stretch.	MNDemNY	Aug-11-09 01:08 PM	#37
- And a lie is a lie. That was a lie	Bluenorthwest	Aug-11-09 04:02 PM	#71
- Agreed.	Deja Q	Aug-11-09 01:10 PM	#40
- That was the argument people made against giving him credit for opposing the Iraq war.	JVS	Aug-11-09 01:21 PM	#58
- Some of the comments on some of the videos on that site	Bill219	Aug-11-09 01:01 PM	#28
- I'm not paying attention to that	Hutzpa	Aug-11-09 01:03 PM	#31
- Thanks for this n/t	Hutzpa	Aug-11-09 01:02 PM	#29
- delete	Phx_Dem	Aug-11-09 01:00 PM	#27
- True.... in hist time as Senator and President, he has never been for it...	scheming daemons	Aug-11-09 01:04 PM	#33
- EXACTLY!!!! n/t	vaberella	Aug-12-09 01:31 PM	#77
- I should have been more clear.	dixiegrrrrl	Aug-11-09 01:08 PM	#35
- yup!	Hutzpa	Aug-11-09 01:10 PM	#39
- Deleted message	Name removed	Aug-11-09 01:11 PM	#41
- I know	Hutzpa	Aug-11-09 01:14 PM	#46
- but your latest answer was to a clarification of the question	PretzelWarrior	Aug-11-09 01:16 PM	#49
- Nahhh	Hutzpa	Aug-11-09 01:18 PM	#54
- Please see my clarification in question # 35.	dixiegrrrrl	Aug-11-09 01:16 PM	#51
- Absolutely false.	BonnieJW	Aug-11-09 01:12 PM	#42
- "Doesn't he realize all this stuff is on video?"	ProSense	Aug-11-09 01:21 PM	#56
- yawn	BlooInBloo	Aug-11-09 01:12 PM	#44
- FALSE. He's always been pro-skillet. n/t	Writer	Aug-11-09 01:16 PM	#50
- good catch, Writer. lol.	PretzelWarrior	Aug-11-09 01:17 PM	#52
- One time.. in 2003... Obama said he was in favor of single payer. EVERY SINGLE TIME SINCE......	scheming daemons	Aug-11-09 01:18 PM	#53
- I recall him answering a question saying if he were starting from scratch he would like Single Payer	4_Legs_Good	Aug-11-09 01:24 PM	#60
- He didn't say that	Thrill	Aug-11-09 01:50 PM	#62
- What is a single payer pan?	Raine1967	Aug-11-09 01:53 PM	#63
- Oh lord...	dixiegrrrrl	Aug-11-09 02:04 PM	#64
- Yes, but I did think it was funny. I laughed anyway. nt	ItNerd4life	Aug-11-09 03:33 PM	#66
- You should have included this-	masuki bance	Aug-12-09 06:06 PM	#83
- Obama rejects socialized cookware!	gmoney	Aug-12-09 06:31 PM	#84
- WTF? We in DU can't even agree on what Obama believes or said?	ItNerd4life	Aug-11-09 03:32 PM	#65
- you're right. he's the one dredging videos from 2003. how bad of him.	PretzelWarrior	Aug-11-09 03:42 PM	#69
- I agree with this 100%	Seen the light	Aug-11-09 03:45 PM	#70
- You'd think DU would grasp the difference between the words "once" and "never"	JVS	Aug-12-09 01:24 PM	#74
- too many words..	stillcool	Aug-12-09 07:58 PM	#90
- I think all that eat "Pan" Pizza should all chip in	itsrobert	Aug-11-09 03:35 PM	#67
- left overs??	Hutzpa	Aug-11-09 04:18 PM	#72
- I can't recall him ever saying he was in favor of "single payer pans".	Hansel	Aug-11-09 04:25 PM	#73
- True. As a candidate the President NEVER supported single payer.	vaberella	Aug-12-09 01:28 PM	#75
- Politicians don't lie - they campaign. nt	Jakes Progress	Aug-12-09 01:44 PM	#78
- How is this dogged sticking to a quote from before the man was even in the Senate	TheKentuckian	Aug-12-09 01:55 PM	#79
- Because people don't like Obama. n/t	vaberella	Aug-12-09 05:16 PM	#81
- Depends on the meaning of the word "never"	Hippo_Tron	Aug-12-09 05:15 PM	#80
- I think the definition of never is pretty clear. It means NEVER	debbierlus	Aug-12-09 06:55 PM	#87
- On the other hand...	Hippo_Tron	Aug-12-09 08:08 PM	#91
- Well, if he never said it he damn well SHOULD have! nt	polichick	Aug-12-09 05:17 PM	#82
- Before he was in the Senate. As a Senator, Candidate, and President he has not.	vaberella	Aug-12-09 06:39 PM	#85
- I believe he did say it--but he also said during the campaign that	Arkana	Aug-12-09 07:03 PM	#88
- what he has said..	stillcool	Aug-12-09 07:55 PM	#89

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