The lefties are furious as Lieberman gets his wish?

Heh, I agree with this leftard

izoneguy (Diary) Monday, December 14th at 8:33PM EST (link)

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/12/14/814191/-Reid-Caves:-Medicare-Buy-in,-Public-Option-Pulled-from-Senate-Bill

No bill (9+ / 0-)
is better than this.

Looking back through the Bush years for his Positive Accomplishments is, for me, like picking through my toddler’s diaper for the undigested corn. – Thers

by MadRuth on Mon Dec 14, 2009 at 05:21:08 PM PST

The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.

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Golden nuggets of leftardness

izoneguy (Diary) Monday, December 14th at 8:35PM EST (link)

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/12/14/814191/-Reid-Caves:-Medicare-Buy-in,-Public-Option-Pulled-from-Senate-Bill

Shot me in the head, (metaphorically) please (43+ / 0-)
I f***ing give up. I just can’t do this any more.

Seriously, what the hell have we been busting our asses for over the last decade??

For this?

Forced insurance buy-in wind-fall for the insurance companies and nothing for the little guy?

What a monumental FAIL.

“Look Dave, I can see you’re really upset about this…I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill and think things over.” ~ HAL

by LuLu on Mon Dec 14, 2009 at 05:05:22 PM PST

The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.

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yeah, izone, I was reading some of the comments on

janis (Diary) Monday, December 14th at 8:45PM EST (link)

Firedoglake the other night and they were about the same. They were extremely upset about not being able to reimport cheap drugs, about the caps that Reid had put in, and about the cost of the thing.

They told us it would all be free!!!!!!!

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The nutroot twitter feeds tonight are a hoot

Bill S (Diary) Monday, December 14th at 8:40PM EST (link)

This is so much better than Monday Night Football.

“It’s such a fine line between stupid, and clever.” – David St. Hubbins

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It is pretty amusing - they act as if...

bk (Diary) Monday, December 14th at 9:20PM EST (link)

we had President Reagan, VP Cheney, Speaker Gingrich, Majority leader Lott, and a 75/25 ratio of R to D in each chamber.

I can see them trying to tell the average person next year that the overwhelmingly Democratic Congress is a bunch of right-wing radicals, and we need to elect a waaaaaay more “progressive” set of folks to serve us in DC. That should work almost as well as blaming everything on Bush 10 next summer and fall.

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Yes, bk, one of the comments I just read at

janis (Diary) Monday, December 14th at 9:44PM EST (link)

Kos said that they would have “massive” support if they just had leadership that would do what they promised when Obama was campaigning.

Yeah, that’s the problem. If they do any MORE of what Obama promised, their support will be down around +6.

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Both parties have internal wars going on

countessolenska Monday, December 14th at 10:52PM EST (link)

But the liberal Democrats are seriously out of step with the mood of the country. It’s almost like they’re in another world.

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Democrats are all in. They're going through with it. Even if it kills them.

izoneguy (Diary) Tuesday, December 15th at 8:55AM EST (link)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Why-Dems-push-health-care_-even-if-it-kills-them-8658408-79264542.html

Of course, going forward has turned out to be harder than many Democrats thought. And now, with various proposals lying wrecked along the road, the true believers are practicing what the strategist calls “principled damage control.”

But still, does it make sense? In the end, perhaps the most compelling explanation for Democratic behavior is that they are simply in too deep to do anything else. “Once you’ve gone this far, what is the cost of failure?” asks the strategist.

At that point — Republicans will love this — he compared congressional Democrats with robbers who have passed the point of no return in deciding to hold up a bank. Whatever they do, they’re guilty of something. “They’re in the bank, they’ve got their guns out. They can run outside with no money, or they can stick it out, go through the gunfight, and get away with the money.”

That’s it. Democrats are all in. They’re going through with it. Even if it kills them.

The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.

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Because they're playing the long game....

acat (Diary) Tuesday, December 15th at 10:58AM EST (link)

Big moves upfield when possible, then hold position.

Do you think the hundred-plus new bureaucracies created by health care reform are going to go away, even if the Repubs run the board in 2010?

There are still enough Repub nitwits who believe they can, Hastert-style, buy their way to victory by keeping these cancerous organs of government alive.

Radical chemo is what’s needed.

Mew

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