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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: mph who wrote (69111)	7/22/2009 6:50:17 PM
From: chartseer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224676

Oh bummer! What did he accomplish as a community organizer? A community organizer is one who uses a community agenda to build a base to use for another agenda. Usually for the agenda of the principle who employees the organizer. A very effect way for an out of favor agenda to gain credence. Read Saul Alinsky. The community is used for their agenda and when momentum is actually gained the agenda is switched to the one most don't want. Did I just describe Acorn? comrade chartseer

To: mph who wrote (69111)	7/22/2009 8:58:24 PM
From: SmoothSail	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224676

Took some notes. Sorry for the spelling or lack of it The deficit I inherited... The cost savings I just mentioned weren't included in Congress' version This isn't about me - I have great healthcare AP Question: Have you given direction to congress about what you're expecting? His answer is burping up his talking points. I have not seen what the senate has produced. I haven't heard what the committees are doing I want to wait and see what they're doing. I'm the president. It's my job. Question not answered. Q: Why the August deadline for reform? A: You have to set deadlines I won't sign a bill that's not right that won't work If we keep at it.....we can arrive at a bill that will improve the lives of people >ticks off all the orgs that have endorsed the bill, AMA, AARP, etc. NBC: Chuck Todd: How far is enough? I want to cover everybody. Plan I put forward will cover 98-99% of all Americans. If you want healthcare, you should be able to get healthcare. If we redesign it we can have affordable healthcare. (Gives examples) Isn't this a fight inside the dem party? Goes back to blaming the Reps for distracting. It's politics fault. Some dems have different ideas - gives examples just part of the normal give and take Jake Tapper ABC nws: Are Americans going to have to give up things Americans are going to have to give up things that don't make them healthy. Going around to doctors increases costs. If doctors and patients have the best info about what works. Incentives needed. Be more discriminating consumers. Ultimately we can't afford it. People are queasy about debt, bank bail out, trillions here and trillions there. When I came in we had a 1.3 trillion deficit that we inherited We had to stablize the economy If we'd done nothing, you'd have a 9.3 trillion deficit now it's only 7 trillion. steps we've taken have reduced spending by 2 trillion. we're eliminating waste and we're changing healthcare We inherited an enormous debt, we inhrted an enormous deficit Chip Reed CBS: Take politics out of healthcare, give it to the experts. What kind of cuts will be made in Medicare? Experts didn't act on it. So Let's have congress vote on it. Medicare is going to be more efficient because we're going to change it. Change how we deliver healthcare Parsons: Are you fulfilling your promise on transparency? The Kickoff was on CSPAN. Didn't know the answer to the rest of her question Julianna Goldman Bloomberg news: Would you consider going further and supporting a fee? Should you take a harder line with wall street We were on the verge of a complete finnial meltdown. Wall Street took risk with other people's money. We have seen a stabilization of the financial system. We've stepped away from the brink. It was the right thing to do. We need more regulations/regulatory reform. If we don't they'll take more risks If shame doesn't work, we let people know what the management is doing - what they're getting paid. Make sure that the gov is a backstop through bank fees. Take it out of their profits Steve Koff Cleveland Plain Dealer (called on wrong person): Will you and congress abide by the same plan? It will emulate what congress has. Basically, he said no. Can you guarantee no one will be denied coverage? No. Free doctors, patients, hospitals to make different decisions. Give the kid a pill instead of taking out his tonsiles I'm the president of the united states - I've already got good healthcare. so no I won't be on that plan. Lyn Sweet: chicago sun-times: race relations police acted stupidly. long history of blacks and latinos being stopped disportionately. Race remains a factor in this society. Progress has been made. Still haunts us.