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

To: tonto who wrote (69357)	7/26/2009 9:10:59 AM
From: TideGlider	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224720

It wasn't thought out at all. These things are just passed to please Obama and gang. For instance if they want to reform healthcare they can do it by regulation and not a sweeping bill that is designed to take over the entire system. Medicare is an example of a government program run amok. Why do they not attempt to regulate that properly first? lol Of course we know the answer. We have to convince people the entire system doesn't work. People also seem to be less aware that bot House and Senate provisions exempt the House , Senate and Administration and all federal employees from the new "program". So we would end up with an elite group of people in the Federal government who are the only people with a good healthcare system. Isn't that arrogant enough to wake people up on both sides of the aisle, rich and poor? irresponsible and poorly thought out

To: tonto who wrote (69357)	7/28/2009 1:03:52 AM
From: RMF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224720

Obama lost the "partisanship" thing with the stimulus. He should have invited 5 Republicans and 5 Democrats from each of the House and Senate to come together and thrash out the "outlines" of a bill. That way, when the bill actually came to a vote on the House and Senate Floors he would have HAD some Republican votes (and not just some quasi Republicans). He could have had McCain and Graham backing the stimulus. After the rancor on the stimulus he's lost ANY Republican backing for anything else. He could STILL do this on healthcare and energy policy if he'd just reach out to the few remaining moderates in the Republican Party.