TagsTagsThe latest Gallup poll shows that Americans still trust Barack Obama on health care far more than they trust either the Democrats or the Republicans in Congress, although the overall confidence level is dropping as the political horse trading goes on and on. And congressional Republicans are trusted about as much ...
At her Facebook page, Sarah Palin stringently fact-checks the health care summit. Oh, wait. Actually, she just reposted the GOP’s official talking points. The short version: 1) we are so interested in reconciliation, how dare you say we’re not? 2) really, honest, we mean it, we’re totally into reconciliation, 3) the ...
Health Care, Reform, Health Insurance, Summit, Talking Points, Video, Chris Matthews
Here’s a live White House video stream from the festivities in Blair House, as Democrats and Republicans wrangle over health care reform legislation in a veritable blizzard of talking points. White House Video
The health care summit meeting is now underway at the Blair House in Washington DC; the GOP seems to be completely united in their anti-government message. It’s being broadcast on the cable news channels, so here’s a thread to discuss…
Health Care, Reform, Health Insurance, public option, Senate
You’ve probably already heard that the Senate passed the health care reform bill today, after months of political wrangling designed to remove any vestiges of actual usefulness: Senate approves landmark health-care bill. Democrats are increasingly confident that President Obama will sign a bill into law in early 2010 that would ...
Health Care, Reform, Health Insurance, public option, Senate
After holding out for months to insert anti-abortion restrictions into the Senate’s health care reform legislation, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) is apparently now ready to sign the bill: With Nelson on board, health-care bill could pass by Christmas. Sen. Ben Nelson (Neb.), the final Democratic holdout on health care, announced ...
Health Care, Reform, Health Insurance, Right Wing, Insanity, Abortion, Bad Craziness, Michelle Malkin
In the single most absurd, irrational argument against health care reform I’ve seen to date, Chuck Norris takes a break from marketing his fitness equipment to pen a ridiculous screed for the right wing news sites, asking the question: What if Mother Mary Had Obamacare? In Norris’s addled world, it’s a ...
Bad Craziness, Abortion, Insanity, Right Wing, Health Insurance, Reform, Health Care, Chuck Norris
Here’s an eye-opener at Nate Silver’s blog: FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Why Progressives Are Batshit Crazy to Oppose the Senate Bill. Silver’s post centers around this graph, and he explains in great detail how he came up with the numbers: Read it all before we start fighting about it. If I can ...
In a surprise move that’s only surprising if you haven’t paid much attention to Joe Lieberman’s many other “surprise moves,” he announced today that he won’t support the health care bill in its current form. WASHINGTON — In a surprise setback for Democratic leaders, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, independent of ...
Health Care, Reform, Health Insurance, Senate, Joe Lieberman
The US Senate has rejected an attempt to tighten restrictions against coverage for abortion in the proposed health care reform bill: U.S. Senate rejects abortion measure in health bill. The measure was co-sponsored by Sen. Robert Casey (D-Pa.), Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah). Nelson has threatened to ...
An interesting development in the health care reform battle, as the Democrats get the 60 votes they need to begin the debate after Thanksgiving: Sen. Blanche Lincoln also on board, 60 in hand. Sen. Blanche Lincoln is a yes for debating health reform, but a no for the public option, ...
Yes, the health care bill has passed the House. The Senate is the final hurdle.
The National Right to Life Committee is loudly claiming that the health care bill promoted by Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) would allow federal funds to subsidize abortions. Imagine my surprise, if you will, to discover that this claim is false.
Here’s an excellent site run by retired psychiatrist Dr. Stephen Barrett (whose Quackwatch has done great work exposing many fraudulent medical practitioners, including the anti-vaccination nuts) looking at the many myths and distortions being circulated about the proposed health care reform legislation. Dr. Barrett calls it: Insurance Reform Watch.
Health Care, Reform, Health Insurance, Quackwatch, Dr. Stephen Barrett, debunking
LGF reader Keith G. has been working on an updated version of the list of LGF questions about health care reform originally proposed in this thread. He’s added a section for each question for any answers that become available. This is a great resource; thanks to everyone for submitting your questions. ...
At the Washington Post, David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey bring up an interesting question about President Obama’s health care legislation: Does the US Constitution give the federal government the authority to require citizens to buy nationalized health insurance? President Obama has called for a serious and reasoned ...
Barack Obama, Health Care, Reform, Constitution, Health Insurance
Big politics meets big pharmaceuticals in the shiny new land of Hopenchange: Internal Memo Confirms Big Giveaways In White House Deal With Big Pharma. A memo obtained by the Huffington Post confirms that the White House and the pharmaceutical lobby secretly agreed to precisely the sort of wide-ranging deal that ...
LGF reader Keith G. suggested this as a topic; I mentioned it in the earlier thread about Obama’s town hall meeting today. There were some good responses to my question, but they kind of got lost amid the general comments on the meeting. So here’s another thread, because I really am ...
Former Jemaah Islamiya member Tawfik Hamid has some good ideas on How to End ‘Islamophobia’. We Muslims should publicly show our strong disapproval for the growing number of attacks by Muslims against other faiths and against other Muslims. Let us not even dwell on 9/11, Madrid, London, Bali and countless other ...
Gateway Pundit is reporting from the Secular Islam Summit; here’s his latest post, with links to the other ones: Secular Islam Summit: Rediscovering Secular Traditions.
AntiMullah.com is reporting that a serious clash is taking place in Iran as the ruling elites crack down on a former confidant of the Shah: Breaking news - Ayatollah revolts in Iran.
Here’s an outstanding video clip: Wafa Sultan on Danish television, discussing Islam and the cartoon jihad with uncommon clarity. (Hat tip: mepost.) [Video]
President Bush’s address on immigration reform is due to start in about 5 minutes. You can watch live over the web at C-SPAN, or at the White House web site. UPDATE at 5/15/06 5:25:14 pm: Dick Durbin, who compared US soldiers to Nazis, the KGB, and Pol Pot, gave the Democratic response. UPDATE ...
Yesterday we had a post about North African anthropologist Malek Chebel, and his 27 Propositions for Reforming Islam. Any sign of change and evolution in Islam is always welcome, but Robert Spencer raises some vital issues that never seem to be addressed by the would-be reformers: Hope for reforming Islam? Will ...
There’s so much bad news associated with Islam—hostages, murders, bombings, hijackings, ad nauseam—that it’s always good to find a ray of hope, no matter how small. MEMRI (often accused by the moonbat left of “cherry-picking” Arab media) has a report on North African anthropologist Malek Chebel, and his 27 Propositions ...