This is why you can't negotiate with terrorists.....(the GOP)

[thundley4]

marmar   (1000+ posts)             Tue Feb-09-10 01:07 PM
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This is why you can't negotiate with terrorists.....   
   
from OpenLeft:



As condition for participation in summit, Republicans demand summit be scrapped
by: Chris Bowers

Tue Feb 09, 2010 at 12:53


I have learned, in background discussions with Republican leaders, of additional demands they have made to President Obama on the proposed health care summit. While these demands were later removed from the letter they eventually sent to President Obama, I have been able to reconstruct them here:

1. The bipartisan health care summit must be scrapped in order to secure Republican participation in the summit.

2. The elimination from public instruction in Serbia, both as regards the teaching body and the methods of instruction, all that serves or might serve to foment the propaganda against Austria-Hungary.

3. A bowl of M&M candies, with all the brown M&M's removed, should be placed in the Republican dressing room.

4. Leia and the Wookiee must never again leave this city.


Snark aside, here are the actual absurd demands:

1. Scrap the House and Senate health care bills

2. Never use budget reconciliation for health care

3. Post all ideas he will propose at the summit online 72 hours before the summit

4. Invite Democrats who opposed the bill to the summit

5. Invite state legislators who oppose the bill to the summit

6. Invite actuaries from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services

7. Invite members from the Congressional Budget Office

8. Allow Republicans to invite an unspecified list of other health care experts.

9. Invite labor leaders only on the condition that you call their participation in the process "sweetheart deals."

10. Broadcast on television all discussions President Obama has on health care with anyone ever.


The letter also contains lots of bold face type. As we all know, if it isn't in bold face, you don't really mean it.


http://www.openleft.com/diary/17302/as-condition-for-pa...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7676703

Their absurd demands seem reasonable and a way to come to a true bi-partisan and open reform.

Subdivisions   (1000+ posts)             Tue Feb-09-10 01:10 PM
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1. Who the **** do they think they are? n/t

They think they are the ones needed to pass a bill since the DimRats effed up and couldn't reach a consensus when they had their 60 vote majority.

jobycom   (1000+ posts)           Tue Feb-09-10 01:10 PM
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2. Bold face type is for when regular whining isn't strong enough.
   
Or for when they want to lie more emphatically.

We see that on DU all the time.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

OK, I give up...what's so objectionable?

[The Village Idiot]

The GOP should just not show up. Don't play O's game.

Obama does not want bipartisanship

[Airwolf]

Kind of hard to have any kind of an agreement when that ass in the White House has already said he won't drop what 80% of America has openly said they don't need or want any part of. If he really wanted the Right to join in he would at least be reasonable enough to start over and give us real reform.

[AllosaursRus]

11. Fire all the Czars, as they are un-constitutional.

12. Fire Rham Emanuel, as he is just a worthless prick.

13. Tort reform must be included in any healthcare bill.

[Mike220]

You know, it looks to me that the Repubs are simply trying to hold Obambi to his campaign promises.

Not sure what's wrong with that...

[Carl]

I don`t see anything out of sorts with that list and if O was serious he would quickly accept it.

[Freeper]

OK, I give up...what's so objectionable?

Yeah I was wondering the same thing.

[Karin]

Looks like a fine list to me, nothing absurd about it.  They need to be very very careful here. 

[djones520]

OK, I give up...what's so objectionable?

Didn't you read the part that said "Republican"?  You forget who we are dealing with.

[Celtic Rose]

Looks like a fine list to me, nothing absurd about it.  They need to be very very careful here. 

I hope they proclaim loudly just what "unreasonable" demands the Republicans are making.  Show all of American how unreasonable they are being about allowing the Republicans any influence or say.

[AllosaursRus]

The Bummer is just pulling another PR move! Nothing more nothing less! He's not going to give an inch. It's just not in his "deck of cards".