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To: Don Hurst who wrote (544791)	1/19/2010 12:34:19 AM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1575624

Yup, vote for Brown so he can lead the right wing fight to deny health care to millions of his fellow Americans. Yup, right wing "love" for their fellow Americans...let them die quickly, don't raise my taxes. You understand, of course, that most on the Right are not opposed to health care reform -- they simply don't want a government takeover of health care. The Rs want reform - they just believe that both sides ought to participate in the process, rather than a group of extremists who have temporarily taken control of our government using the largest piece of legislation in American history to take control of our health care system. A lot of people who want reform want improvements, not just a government takeover.

To: Don Hurst who wrote (544791)	1/19/2010 8:41:12 AM
From: jlallen	5 Recommendations Respond to of 1575624

Actually, dipshit.....you are clueless as usual. Brown favors reform...but this bill does not accomplish what it purports to....and frankly anything that has to be done immediately, only by virtue of backroom deals and without the bill being read can not be good for the people.... Dumbshits like you may buy the Obambi line on this issue...but thinking Americans do not.

To: Don Hurst who wrote (544791)	1/19/2010 10:55:22 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1575624

We want tort reform, but you hate Americans won't do it. Why do you hate Americans

To: Don Hurst who wrote (544791)	1/19/2010 10:59:46 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1575624

Obama and the dems attack Brown because he drives a pick up, sure the Democrats care about the common man, what a bunch of Lear Jet Leninists

To: Don Hurst who wrote (544791)	1/19/2010 11:06:19 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	7 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575624

Don, > Yup, vote for Brown so he can lead the right wing fight to deny health care to millions of his fellow Americans. LOL, "deny health care" ... images of Scott Brown actively turning away millions of Americans from hospitals, forcing them to fend for themselves like Haitians after an earthquake ... Where are my 3D glasses? Tenchusatsu

To: Don Hurst who wrote (544791)	1/19/2010 11:06:54 AM
From: Bill	6 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575624

Oh Hursty, I'm casting my vote for Brown to improve America. Doesn't that just piss you off? LOL.

To: Don Hurst who wrote (544791)	1/19/2010 12:54:42 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1575624

Maybe They Should Read the Fine Print Jennifer Rubin - 01.19.2010 - 8:54 AM The Democrats have long insisted that ObamaCare can be sold to the public if only the poor, uninformed masses understood what was in it. But with every revelation about the specifics of ObamaCare, one is obliged to exclaim, “How could they vote for that?” A case in point is Medicare Advantage. Jeffrey Anderson explains: According to Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projections, in its real first ten years (2014 to 2023), Obamacare would cut Medicare Advantage benefits by $214 billion. Medicare Advantage plans vary by company and region, so cuts would vary from person to person. But, on average, Obamacare would cut Medicare Advantage enrollee’s benefits by $21,000 — per person. As Anderson notes, Medicare Advantage — which allows patients to choose their own private providers — won’t be fairly and equally administered if the Cash for Cloture backroom deals go into effect. “Thanks to the ‘Gator Aid’ deal that Sen. Harry Reid struck behind closed doors with Sen. Bill Nelson, seniors in South Florida would be exempt.” So seniors in California represented by Sen. Barbara Boxer and those in Pennsylvania who rely on Sen. Arlen Specter to look out for them will get a worse deal, and worse health-care coverage, than the Gator Aided seniors. Where’s the “reform” in that? This deal-making tells us two things. First, the deal that California, Pennsylvania, and other non-Gator Aided seniors got is a bad one. Otherwise Bill Nelson would not have fought to get his constituents out from under the new regime. And second, any senator who voted for ObamaCare without getting a special deal was, bluntly speaking, asleep at the legislative wheel. Even if they like the idea of health care Obama-style, voters are going to want to know why their own senator wasn’t as adroit as Bill Nelson. Now, one “solution” could be — if ObamaCare survives the Massachusetts Senate vote count — to strip out all the special deals. That would at least put everyone on the same footing. And then voters would get an inkling of just what a rotten deal ObamaCare is for seniors. So those intent on “selling” ObamaCare to wary voters might want to read what’s in it before they go out selling. It could be that once more and more details are revealed, ObamaCare, if it manages to squeak through, will prove to be even more unpopular than it is now. commentarymagazine.com