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To: sandintoes who wrote (3772)	10/7/1999 11:55:00 AM
From: Gary M. Reed	Read Replies (1) of 17683

This "Washington Analyst" Alan Murray needs to go too. Love how he puts his own personal spin on the current HMO debate without disclosing all of the facts. He must be bucking for a job with CNN. His message on CNBC today: "the Republicans are throwing a wrench in the President's HMO plan so they can give the ultra-rich some breaks." If that is really his "take" on the situation, than Alan needs to go back to Journalism 101. Let's bottom line this: the "ultra-rich" that Murray (and Clinton) refer to are the millions of self-employed entrepreneurs and small businesspeople. I fall into this group. To say that I am (as Mr. Murray so succinctly put it) "ultra-rich" would be quite a stretch. Let me bottom-line it for Mr. Murray, who fails to see the writing on the wall: the ONLY reason Clinton is so ademant about passing his version of the HMO bill is because it opens up yet another huge windfall for his ambulance-chasing attorney brethren. Giving attorneys free reign on suing HMOs would be the biggest thing since Clinton's legal buddies raked the tobacco companies. Anyone with an ounce of common sense would see this...do you really think Clinton wants this HMO bill to help the common American? Ha, think again. Now Alina Cho just said Clinton will be back on TV shortly to spinmeister the story some more. How much do you wanna bet CNBC will air this 100% partisan statement live? This is BS, pure and simple...just another attempt to give attorneys--the scumbag version (Hillary's best pals)--a major windfall. And who ultimately pays? We do. The funniest play is that guys like Murray take Clinton's lead and try to spinmeister it into a Republican problem. The fact that this Alan Murray guy cannot see this makes me wonder what the hell he is doing on CNBC. Hey Alan, ever hear of tort reform? The lack of it is one of the biggest hindrances on American business today. Why don't you do a story on how your "pal" Clinton stands on tort reform. Nahh, come to think of it, that would make you an objective journalist. This latest spinmeistering via CNBC really pisses me off.

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