re: #406 JacksonTn

… I have many many issues with the healthcare bill or whatever it is called now but the problem as I see it is that the administration did not address the issue properly when it first came up … more straight talk as to the real issues to be discussed during a consultation would have gone a long way in the beginning …

But all the straight talk was right there in the bill, for anyone to read.

I certainly won’t deny that Democrats excel at shooting themselves in the foot, and the admin probably could have done a better job of tamping down the wingnut hysteria on this—- but let’s not put the whole blame on them. The cynical and manipulative pundits and GOP pols, who knew perfectly well what the bill actually said, chose to run with something false— to get the reaction they wanted. And it worked.

I’ve nothing against putting blame on the Dems, but at some point shouldn’t the Republicans be blamed for their own tactics?