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In reply to the discussion: Greenwald slams Elena Kagan's vote on Medicaid expansion [View all]dionysus
(26,467 posts)84. and where have we been, hmm?
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How about an anti-Obama ASSHOLE who does nothing but anti-Obama screeds like Limbaugh?
GarroHorus
Jul 2012
#12
Greenwald is on the President's side regarding Medicaid expansion. Elena Kagan is not.
smokey nj
Jul 2012
#13
You didn't even read the article, or else you would not have revealed your pavlovian vitriol
stockholmer
Jul 2012
#20
I was replying to the posting of "DOUCHEWALD" in reference to Glenn Greenwald NOT to the article
TownDrunk2
Jul 2012
#19
so was I. Just because a person is a leftist-progressive and a fierce champion of civil
stockholmer
Jul 2012
#23
I support the intent, but the bill, I fear is going to backfire on certain parts and be used as an
stockholmer
Jul 2012
#104
try reading the article first before droning on with your talking point (I'm being generous with the
stockholmer
Jul 2012
#17
I'ma place a glass jar over on the counter. every time you say douchewald i want 50 cents in there.
dionysus
Jul 2012
#55
SO you disagree with Greenwald that the Medicaid expansion should NOT have been struck down?
MNBrewer
Jul 2012
#63
I take it you oppose the Medicaid expansion and agree with the five Right Wing
sabrina 1
Jul 2012
#99
Kagan's decision to side with the Wingers did great harm to the goal of insuring more people
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2012
#2
Huh? They changed the law by accepting parts and voting down parts. The part discussed by the OP
rhett o rick
Jul 2012
#8
The court struck down the penalty on the states that do not implement the Medicaid expansion.
Mass
Jul 2012
#5
That's not true. If they refuse they lose the additional funding ACA would provide.
Sirveri
Jul 2012
#96
There was more than one law contained in this ruling. The justices struck down the Medicaid rule.
yardwork
Jul 2012
#22
The point of his column is that Kagan sided with the right wing justices to remove Medicaid
yardwork
Jul 2012
#25
Greenwald's own words shows he referred to both Kagan's and Breyer's votes on the Medicaid issue.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jul 2012
#40
Are you saying Americans should not have access to information that is of the utmost
sabrina 1
Jul 2012
#103
How would Greenwald feel if one of the liberal justices spouse received money for supporting ACA
kemah
Jul 2012
#14
Th claim that Miers was more qualified than Kagan may be the stupidest thing I've ever seen here.
bornskeptic
Jul 2012
#80
And I won't read the piece. Douchewald is no different from Limbaugh. He is an enemy. n/t
GarroHorus
Jul 2012
#39
Which makes your posts, on whatever Greenwald is writing about, completely without merit.
Demit
Jul 2012
#60
I'm sick of making arguments about Douchewald, Uygur, Hamsher, and other idiots on the left.
GarroHorus
Jul 2012
#72
And yet it's constitutional to offer people a choice that isn't really a choice at all?
girl gone mad
Jul 2012
#82
The ruling in question, Medicaid expansion, had nothing to do with corporations
SickOfTheOnePct
Jul 2012
#88
Did you know that the "right-wing" ACLU has the same position as Greenwald?
AnotherMcIntosh
Jul 2012
#32
If you need an explanation, it is commonly understood that the ACLU is about as far left as any
AnotherMcIntosh
Jul 2012
#47
No. Try to be logical. My words speak for themselves. They mean exactly what they say.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jul 2012
#57
K&R. So sad Kagan felt it was "too punitive" to prioritize healthcare for the destitute.
Overseas
Jul 2012
#41
If you are unhappy with the Greenwald's headline, and if you truly want to know why
AnotherMcIntosh
Jul 2012
#69
I think his point was that Kagan was a blank slate when she came in, & now we are seeing how
Demit
Jul 2012
#66
It's not odd at all when Breyer has not equally supported the right-wing faction in the way that
AnotherMcIntosh
Jul 2012
#71