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Jeep789 Donating Member (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-20-09 02:48 PM
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4. Of course it is wrong. Obama used to think so too.
Just watch some of the debates he had when Hillary was sporting mandatory insurance and he said people couldn't afford it.
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  -Do you not find what the President said disturbing? IRemember  Sep-20-09 02:44 PM   #0 
  - Oh, do explain what the "it" is that you won't be voting for. (I see you just made a wise edit)  Mrs. Overall   Sep-20-09 02:46 PM   #1 
  - Your concern is noted  RetroLounge   Sep-20-09 02:47 PM   #2 
  - hasn't he also said that if you can't  DesertFlower   Sep-20-09 02:47 PM   #3 
  - And who gets to decide that?  bobbolink   Sep-20-09 08:39 PM   #68 
  - Of course it is wrong. Obama used to think so too.  Jeep789   Sep-20-09 02:48 PM   #4 
  - Do you pay for car insurance? nt  babylonsister   Sep-20-09 02:48 PM   #5 
  - You don't have to have a car. Are you suggesting that people  Jeep789   Sep-20-09 02:50 PM   #8 
  - In many areas, it's not feasable...  Deja Q   Sep-20-09 02:57 PM   #12 
  - No, I'm suggesting that we're all pretty used to the idea of  babylonsister   Sep-20-09 02:57 PM   #13 
     - Car insurance companies don't profit off of murdering people every year. I won't support CIGNA  IRemember   Sep-20-09 03:10 PM   #23 
     - The corrupt health insurance industry agrees with you.  The Gunslinger   Sep-20-09 09:32 PM   #77 
  - That's a bullshit and disgusting argument and you know it.  earth mom   Sep-20-09 03:06 PM   #20 
  - You're still here? huh  uppityperson   Sep-20-09 03:07 PM   #22 
  - My thought, too.  Mrs. Overall   Sep-20-09 03:25 PM   #27 
  - but you support our democratic president  subcomhd   Sep-20-09 09:22 PM   #74 
  - You don't get the dfifference?  bobbolink   Sep-20-09 08:40 PM   #69 
  - Did you listen to him??? He said that after the gov. got through  Raven   Sep-20-09 02:49 PM   #6 
  - Agreed  Deja Q   Sep-20-09 02:58 PM   #15 
  - You are buying a lie. Many people won't be eligible for this assistance  debbierlus   Sep-20-09 03:04 PM   #18 
  - I am referring to the concept, not the price. The Mass program was  Raven   Sep-20-09 03:30 PM   #32 
  - It can't be affordable as long as the insurance companies take a third of the health care dollars  debbierlus   Sep-20-09 04:36 PM   #57 
     - How much should they take?  Common Sense Party   Sep-20-09 11:03 PM   #90 
        - Damn straight! Take them out and every dollar going into healthcare goes into healthcare.  lysosome   Sep-21-09 04:02 AM   #94 
  - In WA, family of 3 making less than $2800/month, would be $200-300/month  uppityperson   Sep-20-09 03:40 PM   #39 
     - So, this year I'm 54 and unemployed.  amandabeech   Sep-20-09 04:26 PM   #56 
  - Bingo. nt  blondeatlast   Sep-20-09 10:42 PM   #87 
  - I suppose I really can't blame you guys. If I were on your side, I'd have a lot of fun...  BlooInBloo   Sep-20-09 02:50 PM   #7 
  - Amen!  Rick Myers   Sep-20-09 03:44 PM   #46 
  - You missed a few key ideas within a new plan.  glowing   Sep-20-09 02:51 PM   #9 
  - He already said he;s going to make it affordable for everyone!  napi21   Sep-20-09 02:53 PM   #10 
  - He's not talking about people who can't afford health insurance.  HiFructosePronSyrup   Sep-20-09 02:57 PM   #11 
  - It depends  guitar man   Sep-20-09 02:57 PM   #14 
  - That's the point, here and one I write to him endlessly about  laughingliberal   Sep-20-09 03:49 PM   #51 
     - You really think  TicketyBoo   Sep-20-09 08:05 PM   #65 
  - no, i don't find it disturbing in the least.  spanone   Sep-20-09 02:59 PM   #16 
  - Yes, it's disturbing but it's also disturbing to see people jump on this thread and fill it with  earth mom   Sep-20-09 03:04 PM   #17 
  - I don't recall Obama that campaigned on Universal/Single payer --  gateley   Sep-20-09 03:19 PM   #25 
  - Obama never campaigned on single payer. He supported it on '03 though.. he said  t0dd   Sep-20-09 03:24 PM   #26 
  - Here's proof:  earth mom   Sep-20-09 03:28 PM   #29 
  - Tell everyone the date of that video.  BlooInBloo   Sep-20-09 03:47 PM   #48 
  - Thanks. Things always look different once you're in the  gateley   Sep-20-09 03:39 PM   #38 
  - Here's proof:  earth mom   Sep-20-09 03:28 PM   #30 
     - I think that's an earlier tape speech, pre-campaign (as t0dd  gateley   Sep-20-09 03:36 PM   #36 
     - Wow, can your denial get any worse?  earth mom   Sep-20-09 03:39 PM   #37 
     - Maybe you need to go listen to the words coming out of his mouth.  uppityperson   Sep-20-09 03:41 PM   #42 
     - Far worse -- just stick around. nt  gateley   Sep-20-09 03:48 PM   #50 
     - Yeah, but you have to admit though..  t0dd   Sep-20-09 03:43 PM   #44 
        - Believe me, I'm not happy that it's not on the table and I've always  gateley   Sep-20-09 04:00 PM   #55 
     - That is a 2003 tape  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-20-09 03:41 PM   #40 
        - 2003? Thanks nadin, was wondering the time. Thank you. nt  uppityperson   Sep-20-09 03:48 PM   #49 
           - I had to dig that info at one point  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-20-09 03:50 PM   #52 
              - well, after all, Obama is Democratic and has dark skin.  uppityperson   Sep-20-09 03:53 PM   #53 
  - he specifically did not advocate single payer during the Presidential campaign  Orangepeel   Sep-20-09 03:34 PM   #33 
  - Obama did not campaign for President supporting Single Payer  Freddie Stubbs   Sep-20-09 03:35 PM   #34 
  - "...so much bullshit that the truth is distorted." YOUR truth is distorted, he never campaigned on  blondeatlast   Sep-20-09 10:47 PM   #88 
     - The link I posted was dated '08. Prove it to me that Obama made the speech earlier or STFU.  earth mom   Sep-21-09 03:47 AM   #93 
        - ooh, Im-a skeered.  blondeatlast   Sep-21-09 09:07 AM   #95 
           - Put up or shut up. nt  earth mom   Sep-21-09 04:49 PM   #98 
  - Surrre you voted for change. Did a search on your posts & am not impressed.  uppityperson   Sep-20-09 03:05 PM   #19 
  - When you get good at it, you can tell from just one post.  BlooInBloo   Sep-20-09 03:35 PM   #35 
  - Welcomne to DU  WeDidIt   Sep-20-09 03:07 PM   #21 
  - So you want a free government handout?  tabatha   Sep-20-09 03:11 PM   #24 
  - No, I want the government to teach me a lesson.  BOG PERSON   Sep-20-09 03:28 PM   #31 
  - I have to ask this again  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-20-09 03:26 PM   #28 
  - you repeat the same flawed argument again and again.  inna   Sep-20-09 03:41 PM   #41 
     - Thank you... Still people think these things  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-20-09 03:45 PM   #47 
     - No one is saying that they don't expect taxes to be used.  earth mom   Sep-20-09 09:21 PM   #73 
        - Strawman. Again.  uppityperson   Sep-20-09 09:29 PM   #76 
     - Inna-Great post! I don't understand how anyone can defend this either.  earth mom   Sep-20-09 09:15 PM   #71 
        - Who here is?  uppityperson   Sep-20-09 09:19 PM   #72 
        - That's easy.  NoUsername   Sep-20-09 09:49 PM   #79 
  - Here's the deal with this  PSPS   Sep-20-09 03:42 PM   #43 
  - It is the thought of our money going to the obscene profits that upsets most of us  laughingliberal   Sep-20-09 03:53 PM   #54 
     - Define "obscene profits." What profit margin do you consider obscene?  Common Sense Party   Sep-20-09 11:01 PM   #89 
  - I've noted your concern.  MineralMan   Sep-20-09 03:43 PM   #45 
  - nobody pays my health care "burdens" except me  northernlights   Sep-20-09 04:44 PM   #58 
  - I pay about 10 large/year to have private insurance.  Old and In the Way   Sep-20-09 06:03 PM   #59 
  - I pay a big chunk of change too. If it becomes against the law for  Thickasabrick   Sep-20-09 07:16 PM   #64 
     - Where's the incentive?  Old and In the Way   Sep-20-09 08:34 PM   #66 
  - No, I find the last 8 years of having a puppet retard disturbing  Blandocyte   Sep-20-09 06:10 PM   #60 
  - What I do hear is that..  butterfly77   Sep-20-09 06:12 PM   #61 
  - It's only disturbing if you expected  LWolf   Sep-20-09 06:57 PM   #62 
  - He said....  Lagomorph   Sep-20-09 07:11 PM   #63 
  - Where did you get this price tag?  Neecy   Sep-20-09 10:14 PM   #84 
     - I was using numbers from HR 3200  Lagomorph   Sep-20-09 10:20 PM   #86 
  - The burden of health care as an issue is the burden of pain, vulnerability,  saltpoint   Sep-20-09 08:39 PM   #67 
  - The President lost me when he basically APOLOGIZED for the public option but assured  bertman   Sep-20-09 09:12 PM   #70 
  - godamned fucking cowboys are going to fuck around and lose  subcomhd   Sep-20-09 09:23 PM   #75 
  - YES  subcomhd   Sep-20-09 09:53 PM   #80 
     - I didn't know basketball season had begun already  uppityperson   Sep-20-09 09:57 PM   #81 
     - 3 home runs in the first chukker nt  subcomhd   Sep-20-09 10:02 PM   #82 
     - Damn! nt  subcomhd   Sep-20-09 10:08 PM   #83 
  - Thanks for stopping in, Mr. Hannity.  RagAss   Sep-20-09 09:44 PM   #78 
  - What I find disturbing is that almost everyone agrees that we have  Thickasabrick   Sep-20-09 10:15 PM   #85 
  - Yes.  Iggo   Sep-20-09 11:22 PM   #91 
  - Holy Stupidity.  OPERATIONMINDCRIME   Sep-21-09 12:05 AM   #92 
  - Best reply in this thread and there was some stellar competition.  blondeatlast   Sep-21-09 09:08 AM   #96 
  - Not if there are programs out there that they can get into: Medicaid or a public option.  WI_DEM   Sep-21-09 09:14 AM   #97 
 

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