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

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (71381)	9/1/2009 5:00:16 PM
From: longnshort	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224720

he's gonna change it and you will be before a death panel before long. I'm applying for the job

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (71381)	9/1/2009 6:33:58 PM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 224720

That isn't true Kenneth. Most people use their regular insurance until medicare. At that point medicare becomes the primary, but your regular insurance which has become the secondary picks up whatever medicare will not cover entirely or authorize at all. You are so full of manure. lol

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (71381)	9/1/2009 8:28:29 PM
From: tonto	Respond to of 224720

Kenneth, you have written posts for years how you love medicare. You loved how Bush "ran" it and now how Obama "runs" it. It would be fun to go into details with the two of them...(S)

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (71381)	9/1/2009 9:22:57 PM
From: lorne	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224720

ken...You will sleep better knowing this. Key Republican: GOP would repeal health bill if they win in 2010 By Michael O'Brien - 08/31/09 thehill.com Republicans will repeal healthcare reform legislation if they win control of Congress because of that bill, a key Republican pledged late Sunday. The health bill is "dead on arrival" in Congress, said Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), the ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce committee, said during an interview on Fox News. "If they somehow manage to get the votes and get enough Democrats to walk the plank and commit suicide, in the next Congress, I'll be chairman Joe Barton of the Energy and Commerce committee, and we'll repeal it," Barton said. Republicans have shown optimism at picking up seats in the House and Senate in the 2010 midterm elections, largely as a byproduct of the contentious healthcare debate that has played out across the country. Barton, whose committee is one of the three key House committees to craft healthcare legislation, suggested the current bill is basically not viable in its current form. "Take the current bill and just tweak the public option and call it a 'deal' -- you put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig," he said of the potential changes that could be made to win lawmakers' votes. "I think this bill's dead on arrival." President Obama has three options on healthcare, Barton said: Starting over, abandoning the bill, or muscling the bill through in a party-lines vote. The third option, the Texas Republican said, would only hurt Democrats. "If he chooses option three, muscle it through, he's committing his party, in my opinion, to the political wilderness," Barton argued.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (71381)	9/2/2009 8:21:15 AM
From: FJB	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224720

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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (71381)	9/2/2009 9:24:41 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224720

Futures Decline After ADP Report A WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE NEWS ROUNDUP Stock futures slipped after a closely watched precursor to the monthly jobs data came in worse than expected. About 35 minutes before the start of trading, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were down by roughly 20 points. S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures were also lower. Changes in futures don't always accurately predict early market moves after the opening bell. A report from Automatic Data Processing and Macroeconomic Advisors said the U.S. private sector shed 298,000 jobs in August, a faster rate of job losses than the 213,000 economists were expecting. The report is a closely watched precursor to the monthly U.S. employment report due out on Friday. In other economic news, nonfarm business productivity rose at a 6.6% annual rate in the second quarter, its biggest increase in nearly six years. BP shares were higher by nearly 4% after it said it's made a giant oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico. Ahead of a weekly oil inventories report at 10:30 a.m., crude-oil prices were flat. Financials led a sharp downturn in U.S. stocks Tuesday, extending a three-day losing streak with the worst single-day drop since Aug. 17. The Dow industrials dropped 185 points, the S&P 500 fell 22 and the Nasdaq Composite lost 40. Most Asian stock markets ended lower after the U.S. selloff, though China was an exception, with the Shanghai Composite gaining 1.2% after the government hiked fuel prices, lifting shares of oil refiners. European stocks were lower.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (71381)	9/2/2009 9:26:22 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224720

If you are over 65, Obama is already running your health care: any new healthcare law passed and signed recently by watermelon ?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (71381)	9/2/2009 1:37:24 PM
From: TideGlider	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224720

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll Wednesday, September 02, 2009 Email to a Friend ShareThis.Advertisement The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 28% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -12 (see trends). Republicans have opened their largest lead yet over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot. However, Republican voters say that GOP representatives in Congress are still out of touch with the party base. Most say that the average Republican in Congress is more liberal than the average Republican voter. Unlike Republicans, Democratic voters say that their party’s Congressmen and voters hold similar views. Forty-two percent (42%) say people randomly selected from the phone book could do a better job than the current Congress. The Presidential Approval Index is calculated by subtracting the number who Strongly Disapprove from the number who Strongly Approve. It is updated daily at 9:30 a.m. Eastern (sign up for free daily e-mail update). Updates also available on Twitter and Facebook. A Month-by-Month Review of the President’s ratings shows that the Presidential Approval Index served as a leading indicator by declining months before the President’s overall job approval ratings fell. Overall, 46% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance. Fifty-three percent (53%) now disapprove. While much commentary has been written about how tough August was for Democrats, a review of the data suggests July was really the tougher month. The President’s Job Approval ratings fell more sharply in July than August. Additionally, the number of people who consider themselves Democrats fell to a two-year low in July before inching up slightly in August. Overall, 37.3% of Americans now consider themselves Democrats while 32.6% are Republicans. (More Below) Most voters now expect that the situation in Afghanistan will get worse over the next six months. That’s up fourteen points over the past month. At the same time, the number worried about a terrorist attack in the United States has declined. Scott Rasmussen has recently had three analysis columns published in the Wall Street Journal. The most recent was on health care. Earlier columns were on the President’s approval ratings and how Obama won the White House by campaigning like Ronald Reagan. If you'd like Scott Rasmussen to speak at your meeting, retreat, or conference, contact Premiere Speakers Bureau. You can also learn about Scott's favorite place on earth or his time working with hockey legend Gordie Howe. It is important to remember that the Rasmussen Reports job approval ratings are based upon a sample of likely voters. Some other firms base their approval ratings on samples of all adults. President Obama's numbers are always several points higher in a poll of adults rather than likely voters. That's because some of the President's most enthusiastic supporters, such as young adults, are less likely to turn out to vote. Other factors are also important to consider when comparing Job Approval ratings from different polling firms. (More Below) A Fordham University professor rated the national pollsters on their record in Election 2008. We also have provided a summary of our results for your review. In 2008, Obama won 53%-46% and our final poll showed Obama winning 52% to 46%. While we were pleased with the final result, Rasmussen Reports was especially pleased that our data was the least volatile of all the tracking polls. Our daily tracking showed Obama with a stable and solid lead with more than 50% of the vote every single day for the last six weeks of the campaign. In 2004 George W. Bush received 50.7% of the vote while John Kerry earned 48.3%. Rasmussen Reports was the only firm to project both candidates’ totals within half a percentage point by projecting that Bush would win 50.2% to 48.5%. (see our 2004 results). Daily tracking results are collected via telephone surveys of 500 likely voters per night and reported on a three-day rolling average basis. The margin of sampling error—for the full sample of 1,500 Likely Voters--is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Results are also compiled on a full-week basis and crosstabs for full-week results are available for Premium Members. Like all polling firms, Rasmussen Reports weights its data to reflect the population at large (see methodology). Among other targets, Rasmussen Reports weights data by political party affiliation using a dynamic weighting process. While partisan affiliation is generally quite stable over time, there are a fair number of people who waver between allegiance to a particular party or independent status. Over the past four years, the number of Democrats in the country has increased while the number of Republicans has decreased. Our baseline targets are established based upon separate survey interviews with a sample of adults nationwide completed during the preceding three months (a total of 45,000 interviews) and targets are updated monthly. Currently, the baseline targets for the adult population are 37.7% Democrats, 32.7% Republicans, and 29.6% unaffiliated. Likely voter samples typically show a slightly smaller advantage for the Democrats. A review of last week’s key polls is posted each Saturday morning. Other stats on Obama are updated daily on the Rasmussen Reports Obama By the Numbers page. We also invite you to review other recent demographic highlights from the tracking polls. rasmussenreports.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (71381)	9/2/2009 2:31:14 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224720

where's Ken, Obama is in the 40s lolol fast fall of all time, goes with being the worse President of all times