Except when he did. Media Matters—via Americablog—documented the promises made about the public option back when Joe Lieberman claimed that a public option hadn’t been mentioned during the 2008 presidential campaign. Lieberman lied when he said the public option didn’t come up during the campaign and Obama is lying now when he claims that he […]
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Health Care Reform Numbers Tanking…
…because liberals are pissed. The NBC/Wall Street Journal poll coming out later today will show opposition to the health care bill growing—mainly from disappointed liberals, who are very much disappointed to see the public option getting thrown out. The poll has 47% saying the Obama health care plan is a bad idea, to only 32% […]
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Howard Dean on Health Care Reform: Just Kill It
But Nate Silver says progressives who oppose the bill in its current form are “batshitcrazy.” Now I don’t know what to think. Wake me when it’s over.
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White House to Harry Reid: CAVE TO LIEBERMAN
For fuck’s sake: The White House is encouraging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to cut a deal with Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), which would mean eliminating the proposed Medicare expansion in the health reform bill, according to an official close to the negotiations. But Reid is described as so frustrated with Lieberman that he […]
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CBS Cares… About Your Jewish Prostate
I’m pretty sure this is why more people prefer Christmas to Hanukkah.
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So Today I Woke Up with Lung Cancer
So today I woke up with lung cancer… WTF?? Then I realized maybe I shouldn’t have followed the suggestion of this 1936 Camel ad advising me to smoke after every Thanksgiving course. Not only do I have lung cancer, but I’m STILL constipated. Thanks a pantload, Camel!!
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Health at Every Size
From a puff piece on the fat acceptance movement in the NYT last week: Heavier Americans are pushing back now with newfound vigor in the policy debate, lobbying legislators and trying to move public opinion to recognize their point of view: that thin does not necessarily equal fit, and that people can be healthy at […]