Health Care Progress?
A quick survey of today’s news brings some encouraging signs for those who support choice in health care. First, CNN reports that Nancy Pelosi’s most trusted ally has moved dramatically off message:
Speaking in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania, Murtha said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wanted a health-care bill passed before the current August recess.
“She said we’re going to have it before we left,” Murtha said. “We said, ‘No, no, we want some time to think about this.’ We’re taking some time to make sure it’s done right. I don’t know that we’ll get something done before January, and even then we may not get it done. We’re going to do it right when it’s finally done…”
Some town hall meetings on health care have erupted in emotional and angry debate, and Murtha said such a response is natural in uncertain times such as the current economic recession.
“I understand why they’re against it — they’re worried it’s going to harm their health care,” he said. “But we’re going to work it out.”
Murtha is Pelosi’s right-hand man. If he’s trying to be seen as opposed to her plans, it’s a sign that Democratic leaders recognize the unpopularity of the president’s health care agenda. Alternately, it might be an admission that the schedule is going to ’slip’ further. If Murtha’s acting with Pelosi’s blessing, it suggests she doesn’t expect action for several months. Either way, it’s encouraging to the president’s opponents.
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Cynapse Says:
This is for Mac, Ward, SoccerMom and all my other friends. From the mouth of a high-profile tea party evangelist -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RELWULoyIn0
So what else is driving the opposition to universal healthcare?
Gosh, why didn’t I find that video before? Out for the afternoon, have a good one folks
Posted on August 15th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Mac Says:
I thought it was malicious sociopath GOP operatives who were driving the opposition?
May I ask what particular part of the video you disagree with? I’m not a huge Beck fan but his explanation is about as valid as any other I’ve heard…
Posted on August 16th, 2009 at 12:54 am
Cynapse Says:
The general premise of the video, while not illegal, is very telling about the nature of the tea party protesters. So it’s ok to spend a billion a day invading foreign countries and returning the overall nation to a surplus … but helping fellow Americans down on their luck is a mortal sin. There was no racial angle in that statement, but Beck takes it one step further to point out displeasure about Obama helping Negroes down on their luck. If I suggested that you guys would call me a communist Al Sharpton agitator. But obviously some hard feelings still persist from the civil rights era.
Posted on August 16th, 2009 at 1:24 am
Mac Says:
Hmmm…. I didn’t hear Beck say anything about military operations, foreign nations or Tea Party protests. Evidently, an oversight on my part. After all, I can’t imagine you putting words into Beck’s mouth so you must be reading between the lines… finding the hidden message…
As mentioned, I’m not a huge Beck fan but I don’t ever recall seeing him endorsing the Tea Party movement but (if I have the ‘rules’ right) if Beck doesn’t denounce Tea Party folks as being radicals and doesn’t think massive healthcare reform should be rushed through as quickly as possible, he’s a sociopath GOP lapdog. Since Beck dared to challenge the concept of institutionalizing sweeping affirmative action plans during an economic crisis prompted in a large part by affirmative action banking, he’s obviously a racist GOP bigot as well.
Gee, I wish I could read between the lines like you do…
Posted on August 16th, 2009 at 11:19 am