amborin (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 05:43 PM
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Obama: "I didn't campaign on the public option"
Edited on Tue Dec-22-09 06:14 PM by amborin
Obama said the public option "has become a source of ideological contention between the left and right." But, he added, "I didn't campaign on the public option"
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In the 2008 Obama-Biden health care plan on the campaign’s website, candidate Obama promised that "any American will have the opportunity to enroll in new public plan." <2008>
– During a speech at the American Medical Association, President Obama told thousands of doctors that one of the plans included in the new health insurance exchanges "needs to be a public option that will give people a broader range of choices and inject competition into the health care market." <6/15/09>
– While speaking to the nation during his weekly address, the President said that "any plan" he signs "must include...a public option." <7/17/09>
– During a conference call with progressive bloggers, the President said he continues "to believe that a robust public option would be the best way to go." <7/20/09>
– Obama told NBC’s David Gregory that a public option "should be a part of this ," while rebuking claims that the plan was "dead." <9/20/09>
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"My plan builds on and improves our current insurance system, which most Americans continue to rely upon, and creates a new public health plan for those currently without coverage. Under my plan, Americans will be able to choose to maintain their current coverage if they choose to. For those without health insurance I will establish a new public insurance program, and provide subsides to afford care for those who need them. "
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/12/22/818090/-Presid... .-
video of Sept 29, 2009 speech to Congress here:
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/healthcare/
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7300576AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 05:44 PM
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1. WHAT THE ****!
jgraz (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 05:44 PM
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2. And the weak sauce excuses just keep on coming
ixion (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 05:45 PM
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3. and there it is, then
'nuff said. Promise broken.
Which one? DADT, No tax hikes, Public Option?
Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 05:45 PM
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4. Seems like a semantic argument to me.
Like everything before the election was campaigning. After that it's not campaigning, it's just publicly supporting something.
PBO hasn't stopped campaigning yet.
Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 05:56 PM
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13. It is a "meaning of is" argument. File it under "who the **** cares"?
Everyone that voted for the liar, should care.
Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 05:57 PM
Response to Reply #13
14. Totally agree. This story is a non-issue to me.
This doesn't effect any of the bottom line.
You've accepted the fact that he lied and there is no Free Pony coming?
walldude (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 06:32 PM
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39. In my house we call that LYING YOUR ASS OFF
Semantics my ass. When you say something, then go and do the opposite, then say "I never said that" we call that being a LIAR. We used to call Republicans on it all the time, used to laugh about how they were so stupid to try and lie about something that any 10 year old could dispute with a 3 second search on You Tube. Sorry but I never expected that shit from Obama.
chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 08:08 PM
Response to Reply #39
64. Exactly. Our President is a practiced and facile LIAR.
FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 06:35 PM
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41. proves that the Republicans aren't the only ones who attempt revisionist history
No, it's almost always been the DimRats that do that.
bvar22 (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 05:57 PM
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15. Uh-Oh....caught fibbing again.
Doesn't he know we have youtube?
THIS will leave another mark.
I noticed the True Hopers were working very hard to spin this.
Don't they ever get dizzy?
This isn't even as close as "Depends on what the definition of 'is' is".
This is the inevitable results of embracing Triangulation as a Political Philosophy.
It is totally devoid of a foundation based on Principles.
I'm waiting for the number of campaign youtubes where Obama is caught on video campaigning on a Public Option "like Medicare".
Given time , those youtube videos will disappear. Lord Zero now has a Cyber-Security Czar.
saracat (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 05:57 PM
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16. I think I may be ill. Next he will say he didn't campaign against mandates!
Candidate Obama seems to have had a different belief system than president Obama. Just like the attack on Dean, after he had asked people to hold his feet to the fire, this isn't going to go down well.
Are you sure you want to be sick under 0BamaCare? He might Kevorkian make house calls for dissenters.
Christa (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 05:59 PM
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17. WTF?
Does he think we are idiots?
No, he knows you are.
IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-22-09 07:05 PM
Response to Reply #17
56. Yes, he thinks we are idiots that won't do anything about it.
And he is right isn't he? Next year, and in 2012 you'll still vote a straight DimRats ticket.
Much more whining and impotent gnashing of teeth and flapping of arms around the fire.
