Fuck you Mary Landrieu

[Thickasabrick]

Landrieu blasts public option
By Eric Zimmermann - 10/22/09 12:33 PM ET

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) echoed Republican criticisms of a public option today, suggesting it would bankrupt the country.

Describing the public option as a "government-run, taxpayer subsidized, national insurance plan," Landrieu said it would likely replicate the problems faced by Medicare and Medicaid.

"Why don't we fix the two public options we have now instead of creating a third one," she told NPR's "Tell Me More."

Asked about polls showing public support for a government plan, Landrieu said the questions should be phrased differently.

"I think if you asked, do you want a public option but it would force the government to go bankrupt, people would say no," she said.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/64301-landrieu-blasts-public-option#

She needs to go - is there not anyone in that state that could beat her?

[Mass]

1. So, she is against Medicare and Medicaid? Or the VA healthcare system?

[aquart]

2. This is when voodoo might come in handy.

But I wouldn't want to sacrifice just any old goat.

[Thickasabrick]

4. LOL!!!!

:rofl:

[rhett o rick]

19. Very good post. nt

[FiveGoodMen]

3. This is what we get for counting D's vs. R's rather than

democrats vs. corporate shills.

[rhett o rick]

21. It's a class war. CorpAmerica verses the rest of us. nt

[booksenkatz]

5. Is not her own healthcare government-run and taxpayer subsidized?NT

[TicketyBoo]

6. An e-mail address is available on her website.

I sent the following to her last week:

As a Medicare enrollee (as is my husband) and the mother of a recent college graduate whose private insurance premiums we continue to pay due to his inability to find a job with benefits in this economy, I believe that I am in a somewhat unique position to evaluate what would help us.

My husband and I still pay over $700 a month in health insurance premiums, even with Medicare coverage. This does not include our son's premium. Private insurers aren't going to go broke if Medicare is extended to all because people will still buy Medicare supplemental policies and prescription drug coverage, if allowed, as we have done and are doing. This flies in the face of your assertion that people expect free health care. Medicare does not equal free.

We are not wealthy people. We drive a ten-year-old car. If we paid less in insurance premiums, we would have more discretionary income to buy things we would like to buy, go to movies, dine out, etc. Multiply our circumstances by the millions of people who are in a similar situation, and it is not hard to see that the cost of health insurance is dragging down the entire economy.

I believe that Medicare For All is the best way out of this morass. Most people understand it (or if they don't, they have a friend or relative who can explain it to them), and the bureaucracy is already in place to cope with it, saving millions (maybe billions) in startup costs for a completely new program. This would not be a "government takeover" of health care any more than Medicare has been.

Please don't be afraid to help resolve this problem. People out here are hurting. I know two families here in our town who have lost their homes due to medical expenses, and both had employer-sponsored health insurance. Medicare For All would not be a panacea, but it would be a huge help to families, especially those who are uninsured or under-insured right now. Please be a part of the solution to this problem instead of obstructing a health care reform plan.

Although you are not my Senator, I have already contacted both of my Senators and my Congressman. I believe that it may be helpful to voice my opinion to more Senators who voice dissenting opinions about a “public option.” Other countries provide health care for their people. There are some things government needs to do. At this point in time, national health insurance is one of those things.

Thanks for your time and attention.

I suggest that it could be a good idea if more of us appealed to the Senators who are reticent about the public option, especially the Democrats, even if they aren't our own Senators. It can't hurt, and it may help. If there is an e-mail option on their website, it's very easy to do.

[Thickasabrick]

8. That was fantastic! Thank you nt

[TicketyBoo]

14. You're welcome.

I sent a similar e-mail to Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas just a couple of days ago.

http://lincoln.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm

[TicketyBoo]

9. This was after

she stated her opinion that the reason people were for a "public option" was because they thought it meant "free health care."

I wanted to let her know that people are not that naive.

[rhett o rick]

22. And she might pay more attention if you say you live in LA and include a LA zip code.

Zip codes for cities in her state are listed for her offices. I no this is deceitful but we need to get her attention.

[TicketyBoo]

36. Her staff

can check and see whether you are registered to vote in Louisiana.

I don't recommend lying about your circumstances.

What I told her was 100% true.

[spanone]

7. we need to make holding public office, beholding to the public...landrieu is not behonding

[THX1138]

10. I agree with

the sentiment, but as long as Mary votes for cloture she can say whatever the hell she wants or needs to C her A.

[Bumblebee]

11. The problem with Mary is she is awfully dim.

[rhett o rick]

23. She is a CorpAmerica shill. She looks down on us rabble. nt

[Solly Mack]

12. Those damn pesky citizens wanting something for their tax dollars

- like health care.... Why can't they just be satisfied with costly wars and bailouts for greedy fuckers?

[damntexdem]

13. Now be more polite -- say: 'Fuck you very much.'

;-)

[liberaltrucker]

15. EWWWW!

:puke:

Oh, you didn't mean literally. Sorry.

With Dems like her, who needs Repugs?

Again:

:puke:

[Individualist]

16. She's DLC

It doesn't surprise me at all that she opposes public option.

[Ex Lurker]

17. No. I agree with everything you said, but she or someone like her is the best the Dems can do

in Louisiana. Otherwise it will be a Vitter clone. LA is a deep red state, and it takes a very conservative Democrat to win a major statewide office.

[bahrbearian]

18. But War won't bankrupt the Country?

[FiveGoodMen]

24. You can say that again

(a few thousand times!)

Even when everyone knows it's a war of choice based on lies, no one wants to quit.

What's that about?

[thatsrightimirish]

20. she said she wouldn't fillubuster

so she can think whatever she wants

[Barack_America]

25. Where did you hear this?

Not doubting you, just hadn't heard this myself.

[thatsrightimirish]

28. here you go

http://washingtonindependent.com/64888/key-conservative-dems-unlikely-to-support-public-option-filibuster

[Barack_America]

29. The language is wishy washy, but it's better than what I'd been fearing.

Thanks for the link!

[davidwparker]

26. I can't believe I contributed to her first campaign -- and didn't live there. n/t

[many a good man]

27. What's causing Medicare to go bankrupt, Mary?!?

The lack of cost controls on insurance companies and providers! The best solution for that is SINGLE PAYER. Second best is a super robust public option and many other little things in the health care reform bills under consideration. Take a hike, you nimwit corporate shill!

[Warpy]

30. Mistress Mary quite contrary needs to wake the hell up

and pay closer attention to the CBO reports.

The public option, pay as you go, is revenue neutral.

Anybody that unaware has no business casting a vote in the Senate.

[HootieMcBoob]

31. Absolutely Clueless

According to the CBO estimate the robust public option that the house is considering - Medicare +5 - would actually DECREASE THE DEFICIT! HELLO!!!! CLUE PHONE!!!!! :banghead:

[HughMoran]

32. She's an idiot moron without a political party

What the fuck is wrong with these jerks like her and Lieberman who have deserted their party in their time of need? Too bad we can't really do to these people what they deserve to have done to them.

[Ex Lurker]

35. she's trying to get her brother elected governor. The Landrieus are in it for

the Landrieus, first, last, and always.

[Hippo_Tron]

39. There is a stark difference between Landrieu and Lieberman

Landrieu represents a state that went 6 to 4 for McCain and even more for Bush. You either vote as a conservative or you don't get elected, period.

Lieberman represents one of the bluest states in the country. He is genuinely an asshole who has no political survival reason to vote against the party. He does it because he can and because he's ideologically conservative.

[Feron]

33. E-mailed her.

I'm tired of my state being stuck on stupid.

[peacetalksforall]

34. I despise her tital disregard for humans. What a loser for the people..

[moobu2]

37. Ohhh what a lying scumbag you are Mary Landrieu

[Hippo_Tron]

38. No, there is nobody in Louisiana more liberal that could possibly win

People who actually live in Louisiana are aware of that fact...

[Cleita]

40. Our present government health programs do need fixing thanks

to decades of corporate tampering through our politicians. However, we can walk and chew gum at the same time blondie! Not only can we wipe the spill on the counter, but we can actually clean the whole room!