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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: formerlurker on September 19, 2009, 05:01:30 PM
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Obama fudging another health-care horror story?posted at 10:05 am on September 19, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Politicians love to trot out anecdotal stories when pushing for policy changes, and it’s even better when they can take examples from their own lives. Nowhere is that more easily done than on health-care reform. After all,everyone sees a doctor, and everyone at some point has to deal with serious or even catastrophic diagnoses, or with situations with the potential for that kind of diagnosis. In her speech yesterday, Michelle Obama told a story to which every parent can relate — the moment that a child may have a severe illness that could kill them or damage them for life (via JammieWearingFool):
I will never forget the time eight years ago when Sasha was four months that she would not stop crying. And she was not a crier, so we knew something was wrong. So we fortunately were able to take her to our pediatrician that next morning. He examined her and same something’s wrong. We didn’t know what. But he told us that she could have meningitis. So we were terrified. He said, get to the emergency room right away.
And fortunately for us, things worked out, because she is now the Sasha that we all know and love today — (laughter) — who is causing me great — excitement. (Laughter.)
Things worked out because Sasha got immediate attention, and turned out not to have meningitis after all, as the New York TimesNew York Times (http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/michelle-obama-health-care-overhaul-important-to-women/) reports (and as Mrs. Obama hints in the speech):
She cited instances where women were denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition – “like having a C-section, or having had a baby.â€
“These are the kind of facts that still wake me up at night,†Mrs. Obama said.
In her speech, Mrs. Obama also told the story of how her daughter Sasha would not stop crying when she was 4 months old. A doctor’s visit revealed she might have meningitis; she ultimately did not, but the illness produced a scare.
Maybe someone should have told Mrs. Obama’s husband. In a speech to nurses just eight days earlier, Barack Obama told the story quite a bit differently (emphasis mine):
When our youngest daughter, Sasha, was diagnosed with meningitis when she was just three months old, it was one of the scariest moments of my life. And we had to have a spinal tap administered and she ended up being in the hospital for three or four days. And it was touch and go, we didn’t know whether she’d be permanently affected by it. It was the nurses who walked us through what was happening and made sure that Sasha was okay.
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/09/19/obama-fudging-another-health-care-horror-story/
Bouncy of this caliber belong in the DU forum.
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Obama fudging another health-care horror story?posted at 10:05 am on September 19, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Politicians love to trot out anecdotal stories when pushing for policy changes, and it’s even better when they can take examples from their own lives. Nowhere is that more easily done than on health-care reform. After all,everyone sees a doctor, and everyone at some point has to deal with serious or even catastrophic diagnoses, or with situations with the potential for that kind of diagnosis. In her speech yesterday, Michelle Obama told a story to which every parent can relate — the moment that a child may have a severe illness that could kill them or damage them for life (via JammieWearingFool):
I will never forget the time eight years ago when Sasha was four months that she would not stop crying. And she was not a crier, so we knew something was wrong. So we fortunately were able to take her to our pediatrician that next morning. He examined her and same something’s wrong. We didn’t know what. But he told us that she could have meningitis. So we were terrified. He said, get to the emergency room right away.
And fortunately for us, things worked out, because she is now the Sasha that we all know and love today — (laughter) — who is causing me great — excitement. (Laughter.)
Things worked out because Sasha got immediate attention, and turned out not to have meningitis after all, as the New York TimesNew York Times (http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/michelle-obama-health-care-overhaul-important-to-women/) reports (and as Mrs. Obama hints in the speech):
She cited instances where women were denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition – “like having a C-section, or having had a baby.â€
“These are the kind of facts that still wake me up at night,†Mrs. Obama said.
In her speech, Mrs. Obama also told the story of how her daughter Sasha would not stop crying when she was 4 months old. A doctor’s visit revealed she might have meningitis; she ultimately did not, but the illness produced a scare.
Maybe someone should have told Mrs. Obama’s husband. In a speech to nurses just eight days earlier, Barack Obama told the story quite a bit differently (emphasis mine):
When our youngest daughter, Sasha, was diagnosed with meningitis when she was just three months old, it was one of the scariest moments of my life. And we had to have a spinal tap administered and she ended up being in the hospital for three or four days. And it was touch and go, we didn’t know whether she’d be permanently affected by it. It was the nurses who walked us through what was happening and made sure that Sasha was okay.
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/09/19/obama-fudging-another-health-care-horror-story/
Bouncy of this caliber belong in the DU forum.
More Whoppers than Burger King....
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Bouncy of this caliber belong in the DU forum.
Of course it does.
While the DUmpster is dedicated to exposing and laughing at the primitives on Skins's island, there is absolutely nothing wrong with, and it spices things up a bit, someone bringing examples of other primitive idiocy on other islands to the DUmpster.
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What a monkey bastard!
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What a monkey bastard!
I'd like to be the first to condemn this racist, inflammatory remark.
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I'd like to be the first to condemn this racist, inflammatory remark.
And?
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The only time a doctor has ever told us to go to the emergency room was during the weekend after we called him. Never after actually seeing our son in person. Something about that first paragraph is really fishy.
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And?
And, I was being sarcastic.
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And, I was being sarcastic.
Cool! Just checking.
:cheersmate:
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And, I was being sarcastic.
adding this : :-), helps us know when sarcasm is being deployed!
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When any politician starts with :
I will never forget the time .....
Expect the rest of the story to be a fabrication.
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adding this : :-), helps us know when sarcasm is being deployed!
Good to know. But, I've never liked using emoticons.
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Good to know. But, I've never liked using emoticons.
Or you could just do one of these: [/sarcasm]
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And, I was being sarcastic.
It's good to know that racism is alive and well here on CC. You've lost the right to QQ when the Libs call you a racist. Because you are one.
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It's good to know that racism is alive and well here on CC. You've lost the right to QQ when the Libs call you a racist. Because you are one.
Oh, it's times like these I would SO love to bring the BS button back.
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It's good to know that racism is alive and well here on CC. You've lost the right to QQ when the Libs call you a racist. Because you are one.
There was a time when I would actually have cared about perceptions of racism. You libs have removed all meaning from the word, to your own detriment. You've cried foul at nothing so loudly for so long that even if the charges are deserved, no one cares.
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It's good to know that racism is alive and well here on CC. You've lost the right to QQ when the Libs call you a racist. Because you are one.
grow the **** up ya whiny little *****...
The only people I hate are assholes and whiny little pussies...
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There was a time when I would actually have cared about perceptions of racism. You libs have removed all meaning from the word, to your own detriment. You've cried foul at nothing so loudly for so long that even if the charges are deserved, no one cares.
ya got that right....
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You've lost the right to QQ when the Libs call you a racist.
That's fall on the floor hilarious coming from someone who associates themselves with the biggest collection of racists bigots and homophobes in America today.
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It's good to know that racism is alive and well here on CC.
1. Got proof???
2. Why would it be good to know that???
You've lost the right to QQ when the Libs call you a racist.
Libs have worn out the term. Anyone who disagrees with Lord Zer0 is called a racist.
Because you are one.
Oooh, now that really stings. :whatever:
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It's good to know that racism is alive and well here on CC. You've lost the right to QQ when the Libs call you a racist. Because you are one.
:moron:
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It's good to know that racism is alive and well here on CC. You've lost the right to QQ when the Libs call you a racist. Because you are one.
Now which one are you again?
Do us a favor and go outside and play a nice game of hide and go **** yourself. K thnx.
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It's good to know that racism is alive and well here on CC. You've lost the right to QQ when the Libs call you a racist. Because you are one.
Jack and Chimpy (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x3070947)
Chimpy was eating cake with Sen. McBush during Hurricane Katrina. (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6376003&mesg_id=6376220)
Hey Chimpy, if you do it right now (http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6582715&mesg_id=6583085)
BRODER Uses SCIENCE To Explain How Chimpy's Dismal #'s Are BAD For DEMS!! (http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Beetwasher/31)
Chimpy knows that Texans carry guns legally (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=1465280&mesg_id=1465338)
Chimp is probably waiting for something to go wrong with a nominee.. (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1181413&mesg_id=1181597)
I didn't even feel that way about Chimp (http://www.democraticunderground.org/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8662843&mesg_id=8662863)
The top aide to the Chimp's attorney general is taking the Fifth and ACORN gets the headlines. (http://www.democraticunderground.org/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6585755)
I would have supported any Democrat who dared heckle the Chimp during his SOTU speeches. (http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6511007)
Bush=Chimp images (http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=Bush%20Chimp&cts=1253554874706&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi)
Now, kindly **** off.
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It's good to know that racism is alive and well here on CC. You've lost the right to QQ when the Libs call you a racist. Because you are one.
?????
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It's good to know that racism is alive and well here on CC. You've lost the right to QQ when the Libs call you a racist. Because you are one.
Sigh. The troll is back. Again.
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It's good to know that racism is alive and well here on CC. You've lost the right to QQ when the Libs call you a racist. Because you are one.
I assume that non-caucasians who compared Bush to monkeys were also racist? No? Looks like consistency isn't one of your traits.