Look, 20ish senators — including Super Powerful Chuck Schumer — have called for a public option to be passed through reconciliation, which is good policy and good politics, because it shows the opposition that if they’re not willing to offer some votes, more provisions they don’t like will be passed. (Not that they actually care about the provision one way or another beyond its political exploitability.) Is this going somewhere, or are certain senators just trying to cover their asses and say “we tried” when they know it’s not going to happen? THREE GUESSES. (That said, if they actually are serious and this pans out, Wonkette will “reward” each one with a custom Blingee.) [Ezra Klein]
WEAK OPT-IN STATE-BASED QUASI-PUBLIC HEALTH KARE!
February 18, 2010
Public Option Rises Again, To Be Slaughtered As Soon As Expectations Peak
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someone please make a lieber-blingee of this photo…
Look, have your public option if you like, as long as SOMEONE is looking after the interests of the poor Health Insurance Companies. And don’t forget little Big Parma!
We love you, Joe Lieberman.
Signed,
A Connecticunt
Maybe some of them are smart enough to realize that it’s the only hope they have of maintaining power? Or getting power, since they don’t seem to have any with 59 votes. or 58, whatever.
It’s kinda like the pakistani regime realizing that they better do something about the taliban, for their own good. Today, we are all, whatever.
Well its either this or bomb Iran. The need to prove that they actually stand for something.
“Public Option Rises Again, To Be Slaughtered As Soon As Expectations Peak”
HEALTH CARE REFORM: I’m so sorry, baby. I swear, this sorta thing has never happened to me before. It’s must be all the stress I’m under, or because I’m so tired, or something. I…I don’t know what…
AMERICAN PUBLIC: Shh, shh, shh…it’s okay. My ass really needed a break anyway.
So the pubic option is not dead after all? Yay, merkins for all ‘Mericans.
And Senator Lieberman, there’s an empty office in the basement next to the boiler room. The pipes clank a little bit, and it’s hot in the summer and freezing in the winter. You might think about having your office yard sale now, because all your furniture is going to have to fit in there after healthcare reform passes with reconciliation and the Democrats realize they can get more done without you than with you. On the bright side, you’ll save a buttload of money on your staffing and entertaining budget.
Wait, why is the “next” button taking me to a post from November:
http://wonkette.com/411973/new-jersey-molested-by-terrible-mobs-of-political-flyers
instead of to the previous (not actually next, but oh well) post as usual? Seems like there’s still Siemens sticking in the server.
Joltin’ Joe will be giving you the public ointment. Bend overs and grabs yer ankles, relax…
Some teabagger’s just going to fly a plane into it anyway.
[re=515605]JMP[/re]: This is an excellent question.
“I don’t belong to an organized political Party. I’m a Democrat.”
It stills rings true 60 some years after Will Rogers said it.
Jerry Reed could get this done!
http://hubgarage.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/497561/restoration_sign_detail.jpg
Harry Reid – um … er, not so much
It’s unamerican to want to pay less for your diabeetus treatments.
Lieberman needs a good discreet draining.
Great pic. A hat on the asshat.
[re=515604]SayItWithWookies[/re]:
Wow, I hate to admit it but that almost gave me a stiffie.
[re=515614]Tommmcatt[/re]: I’m not swearing that scenario will come true — but hell, you have to imagine it before you can achieve it.
@JMP: Nothing happened between November and today because of snow.
[re=515605]JMP[/re]: Because the very internets themselves recoil at showing another video of Dick fuckin’ Cheney.
What is pubic option? Is this related to the craigslist post from earlier?
The Public Option is like the horror movie villain, always coming back from the dead.
“Nightmare on K Street”
“The Healthcare Insurance Industry Public Option Chainsaw Massacre”
Only problem is that Lieberman is the naked transvestite who soaps his droopy manboobs to distract the killer every time.
This is easy to take care of. Simply schedule the vote on the public option. When it starts, someone yell “John McCain needs a fluffer.” Instantly Lieberman and Lindsey Graham disapear and the Dems win by at least two votes.
QED
“Weak Opt-In Public Option,” it doesn’t sound very sexy does it? But it makes me cream my jeans.
You know once it’s available everybody’s gonna opt in, creating one supergiant federally-subsidized insurance pool with no profit motive, then it’s GAME OVER insurance lobby bastards! I know this ain’t gonna happen overnight, but…
Reconcile it, reconcile it! C’mon 51 (or more) senators, just do it!
Even if by some crazy Hawaiian, Muslin magic, they get 50 votes for this thing, Harry Reid will touch it and it will turn into turds.
Jim Newell, you are so fuckin’ cute when you’re all cynical and pre-resigned to wallow in your disappointment.
The bitterest pill, indeed, Mr. Weller.
And Canuckledragger is so fuckin’ goofy when he durnkelny fergots to close taggs.
sexual
The public option has become Bernie in “Weekend at Bernie’s”.
Awwww….the Democrats are so cute these days. They’re like children running around saying that someday they’re going to be a fireman or an astronaut when you know there’s no way in hell they’ll be either. And yet you want to just pat them on their head for saying so.
Certain death or a small chance of success. What’s a career pol to do? I think they finally removed their collective head from the ol’ gerbil pouch long enough to see the inescapable truth – that a very large number of the voting public is going onto public healthcare because they’re either old, broke, or a dismembered/traumatized veteran.
They shouted “Country First”, but couldn’t put their money where their big, fat mouths were because they’re too cheap and selfish to ever-growing concern amongst Boomers, heroes, and Wall Street victims this time.
are you tryingtokillus
posts of the lie and chainey same day
`croak`
Uh, WTF?
They shouted “Country First”, but couldn’t put their money where their big, fat mouths were because they’re too cheap and selfish to help their fellow countrymen. I sincerely doubt the screaming townhall infants can drown the ever-growing concern amongst Boomers, heroes, and Wall Street victims this time.
Fixed.
I dunno. I’m not even drunk. Yet. *goes searching for the NyQuil to wash down the Good-N-Plentys*
In this photo, Lieberman looks like an aging hippie behind the counter of a medical marijuana dispersary (which I will need if, after all this, we *still* do not get the public option…)
[re=515760]Allyson[/re]: wave your hands in the air like you just dont care
As this goes into your records, Mr. Newell, hereafter your nihilism will have to be considered a pre-existing condition and thus not covered.
Liebs knows any “public option”, which is socialized (gov’t) health-care, would be good enough for him. So, no way the plebes not in elective office deserve it.
Maybe they could reconcile my ballz.
[re=515604]SayItWithWookies[/re]: and we’ve been having a bit of a cockroach problem lately, so, while you’re down here, if you could just go ahead and get a flashlight and a can of pesticide and crawl back there…
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