Showdown over the Public Option

[deception]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/opinion/22krugman.html?em

The question now is whether we will nonetheless fail to get that change, because a handful of Democratic senators are still determined to party like it’s 1993.

And yes, I mean Democratic senators. The Republicans, with a few possible exceptions, have decided to do all they can to make the Obama administration a failure. Their role in the health care debate is purely that of spoilers who keep shouting the old slogans — Government-run health care! Socialism! Europe! — hoping that someone still cares.

 

[Denny Crane]

Pretty slanted reporting, eh?

 

[deception]

Pretty slanted reporting, eh?

how so?

 

[Denny Crane]

The Republicans, with a few possible exceptions, have decided to do all they can to make the Obama administration a failure. Their role in the health care debate is purely that of spoilers who keep shouting the old slogans — Government-run health care! Socialism! Europe! — hoping that someone still cares.

 

[deception]

The Republicans, with a few possible exceptions, have decided to do all they can to make the Obama administration a failure. Their role in the health care debate is purely that of spoilers who keep shouting the old slogans — Government-run health care! Socialism! Europe! — hoping that someone still cares.

well... exactly. republicans have been adversarial on every major policy initiative the president has spearheaded from gitmo to the "public option". nevertheless, krugman's assault is really on the so called "Centrist" democrats who are the real threats to getting this passed.

 

[Denny Crane]

Traditionally, the party out of party is known as the loyal opposition.

I don't know that the republicans decided to do all they can to make the Obama administration a failure. From what I've seen and read, the Republicans are willing to deal on health care.

Compare to the LA Times version of the same article (topic):

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/06/mitch-mcconnell-barack-obama-weekly-remarks.html

McConnell says both parties agree on the need for serious healthcare reforms, but questions the Democrats' rush, which he sees as repeating the mistaken rush to pass economic stimulation in January that caused some problems.

McConnell also warns against healthcare reforms that actually increase the costs of medical care, instead of helping to control.them and preserving valuable jobs, especially for hard-pressed small business owners.

 

[deception]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/28/barack-obama-healthcare-plan

The US is the only industrialised nation in the world without a universal healthcare system, yet it spends about 16% of GNP on healthcare, far more than countries like France, Germany and Switzerland, which spend 11% to 12%. Healthcare costs are spiralling upwards, yet the 37 million Americans who went uninsured under Clinton have now turned into 46 million under Obama. Obama is arguing that he can provide better coverage for less cash by letting government take a more active role.

 

[barfo]

Pretty slanted reporting, eh?

Krugman isn't a reporter. The fact that /opinion/ appears in the link tells you that.

barfo

 

[deception]

Krugman isn't a reporter. The fact that /opinion/ appears in the link tells you that.

barfo

yeah hes one of the leading economists in the world.