Obama's healthcare victory: No bump

I just heard the greatest question asked of a Dem Congressman:

"How do you have the stones to fine someone for not buying health insurance when you have tax cheat Charlie Rangel writing the legislation and tax cheat Tim Geithner enforcing it?"

Priceless!

51%!

Rock-n-Roll, Pres Obama!

The RepubliKlans have NO ONE who can beat Obama in 2012!

I'm guessing that most of the right wing mouth-breathers out there, who have been claiming that Pres Obama is failing since the day he was sworn into office, fall into this category.

RIGHT-WING DOMESTIC TERRORISM STOKED BY REPUBLICAN LEADERS, AGAIN

"The more important discussion during this groundbreaking week in American history is whether or not legitimate Republican and conservative leaders are instigating and inciting violence against the president, against Democrats, against liberals and, in some cases, against children.And they are. It's inexcusable and it's unforgivably irresponsible how top-shelf conservative players like Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck and even some members of the congressional leadership are using coded and not-so-coded language that speaks directly to a small, but trigger-happy right-wing."

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/right-wing-terrorism-stok_b_511787.html
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Of course, violence against those on the right is perfectly ducky, right? Cantor had his office windows shot out last night. He gets death threats because he's Jewish.

But because he's a Republican, it gets little attention.

So the Republican Tea Party brownshits and their Krystall Nacht tactics have failed to drive down Pres Obama's ratings. Maybe it's time for them to try some different tactics, like, say, civility and rationality.

51%!

Rock-n-Roll, Pres Obama!

The RepubliKlans have NO ONE who can beat Obama in 2012!

Posted by: HHH | March 25, 2010 1:50 PM

Doesn't it embarass you to post with such a gushing, moon eyed language?

Your hero Obama spent the last 15 months, needing 60+ speeches devoted to HC trying to pass his #1 initiative, he had a HUGE majority in both houses of congress- and had to resort to (likley) unconstituional gimmics and accounting tricks- and still managed to pass with a 7 vote margin...

16K new IRS agents are required to make sure we all dutifully buy insurance that bureaucrats decide we need.
That fact alone should be sobering to anyone that is paying attention and values individual rights and freedom.

What exactly are you cheerleading for ?

"So the Republican Tea Party brownshits and their Krystall Nacht tactics ..."


As opposed to the Dems and their Stalinistic and Chicago thug tactics, right?

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Your hero Obama spent the last 15 months, needing 60+ speeches devoted to HC trying to pass his #1 initiative
Posted by: heartburn | March 25, 2010 2:25 PM
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Yes, and it was a historic feat.

Welcome to the land of sad loserville, heartburn..

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As opposed to the Dems and their Stalinistic and Chicago thug tactics, right?
Posted by: Looney Libs Make Great Entertainment | March 25, 2010 2:34 PM
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Like what, Bobby's Mommy?

If Obama was using "Chicago thug tactics" on you crybabies there'd already be about 15 Repugs sitting on the bottom of the Chicago River wearing cement shoes right now.

PS - You're not fooling anyone with your sock-puppets, "Beth".

MORE LIKE A ROAD BLOCK THAN A BUMP
On Sunday, as will happen every day for two decades, another 10,000 baby boomers became eligible for Social Security and Medicare. And Congress moved closer to piling a huge new middle-class entitlement onto the rickety structure of America's Ponzi welfare state. Congress has a one-word response to the demographic deluge and the scores of trillions of dollars of unfunded liabilities: "More."
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As America's teetering tower of unkeepable promises grows, so does the weight of government, in taxes and mandates that limit investments and discourage job creation. America's dynamism, and hence upward social mobility, will slow, as the economy becomes what the party of government wants it to be -- increasingly dependent on government-created demand.
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Promoting dependency is the Democratic Party's vocation. The party knows that almost all entitlements are forever, and those that are not -- e.g., the lifetime eligibility for welfare, repealed in 1996 -- are not for the middle class. Democrats believe, plausibly, that middle-class entitlements are instantly addictive and, because there is no known detoxification, that class, when facing future choices between trimming entitlements or increasing taxes, will choose the latter. The taxes will disproportionately burden high earners, thereby tightening the noose of society's dependency on government for investments and job creation.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/22/AR2010032201528.html

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Your hero Obama spent the last 15 months, needing 60+ speeches devoted to HC trying to pass his #1 initiative
Posted by: heartburn | March 25, 2010 2:25 PM
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Yes, and it was a historic feat.

Welcome to the land of sad loserville, heartburn..

Posted by: HHH | March 25, 2010 2:51 PM

It sure was---BTW cheerleading for this nonsense will not prevent you from being nailed with higher taxes, higher HC costs and ultimately rationed HC along with the rest of us --- so you might want to relax on the gloating...

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BTW cheerleading for this nonsense will not prevent you from being nailed with higher taxes, higher HC costs and ultimately rationed HC along with the rest of us --- so you might want to relax on the
Posted by: heartburn | March 25, 2010 3:41 PM
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Put a sock in it, Prepuke

CBO: Health-care reform bill cuts deficit by $1.3 trillion over 20 years, covers 95%
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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/03/cbo_health-care_reform_bill_cu.html
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HHH -- do not know what your reference to "sock puppets" means.

[[Rep. Eric Cantor announced that his office has received threats for his positions on issues as well as his Jewish heritage, and that one of his offices had a window shot out. He only spoke out about this to combat the unbalanced reporting of fringe threats against members of Congress. Cantor singled out DCCC chair Rep. Chris van Hollen for exploiting fringe threats for political gain, “fanning the flames” to “dangerous levels.” Cantor declared that “enough is enough,” and implored his colleagues from both parties to let law enforcement handle the threats from the political fringes:]]

I find this commentary bizarre. Obama had a net minus 2 in Gallups approval tracking poll before the vote. Now it is plus 9.

The other tracking poll, Rasmussen, had him at net minus 13 before the vote. Now it is net minus 3.

The RealClearPolitics daily average of all polls had him dipping below even in the days before the vote - now he is up 2 or so.

I think the empirical evidence is quite clear - there has been a significant bump from passage of the bill.

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Posted by: HHH | March 25, 2010 4:27 PM
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You are either totally gullible or a tool (or both), just like your buddy Ezra Klein, if you give any credit in the Enron-like calculations used by the CBO to calculate the HCR figures. It’s not going to cut deficits. It’s going to add hundreds of billions of dollars to the deficits. See http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/opinion/21holtz-eakin.html Even without all of the accounting gimmicks described in the article, much of the so-called “savings” would have to come from the discipline of Congress and the executive branch to actually do something about waste and fraud. Congress hasn’t exhibited that kind of discipline in decades. What makes you think it will now? What’s worse, the HCR law shifts a substantial amount of the cost to the states; states that just don’t have the money or resources to absorb that kind of mandate. Thus, we’re going to get higher taxes from both state and federal governments to pay for this monstrosity. The White House and the CBO didn’t do a sales job. It did a snow job, and you bought it.
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P.S. - In case no one told you, this year the United States is going to pay out more than it takes in for Social Security. That wasn’t supposed to happen for another six (6) years. And you actually trust the ability of these guys to crunch numbers? WHY?????

From the Trib's sister newspaper, the LA Times:
"A new CNN / Opinion Research Poll out this afternoon of 953 registered voters nationally finds Obama tied at 47% with any Republican candidate. Gee, if only Wendell Willkie was still around.

The same poll also finds a clear majority of Americans now believe that Obama is a one-term president."

Yet another poll for the Democratic Party's Swamp wing to try and hide.

All you short people from the Right, you sure know how to bushwhack a single poster. Pile on, that is is your mentality. All your silliness will not put the Republican-Libertarian-T.Baggers back together, again. With a 23% approval rating, I would think you would want to help unemployed Americans, with their unemployment benefits. Shame on you for saying " No ", again !! I hope some day, you have the opportunity to have to stand in line at the unemployment office. I don't think any you will find it to be too exhilarating, an experience. So, to compound the humbling experience, the Republican-Libertarian-T.Baggers are making it a pawn in their political stunt, by delaying their benefits. What do you folks care, you already have yours. If you don't, I'm sure the Corps will be taking care of you, for all of your blind support !!
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, ALIVE AND WHOLE. NOW.

Barack, like FDR, never engaged in the politics of lowering expectations and dumbing down America.

Therefore he's being held to a higher standard than, say, Bush, who was known to be incompetent every time one of those "great moments in Presidential speeches" moments occurred...

Or Clinton, after Monica surfaced.

With every other politician in Warshington in the low 20% range, he is far ahead of the pack.