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Originally Posted by Bucco
Maybe the President of the United States could do what he said he strongly he would do in the first place and have an OPEN, unfettered debate on the health care issue instead of the backroom deals and blackmail involved in this fiasco.
By the way, no wonder these guys are on the court..they speak so well...my comments over the last few years, while saying the same thing, are not as pretty as "parliamentary shenanigans" !!!
This congress on BOTH sides of the aisle have shown no aptitude to be statesmen, and do what is best for the country..only what is good for R or D
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When attempts were made to have informational meetings on various proposals being considered, most of those meetings quickly deteriorated into near violent shouting matches between the political opponents. How can anyone sponsor a debate when the opposing parties aren't listening to one another, not talikng to one another, and often simply shouting soundbites provided by political operatives?
As far as parliamentary shenanigans are concerned, I don't think it's even been suggested, let alone alleged, that any lobbyists ever met with the POTUS. Congress drafted and passed the bill. If the POTUS was complicit, it was because he failed to veto what seems to have turned out to be a faulty bill in lots of ways.
Again, we're assigning way too much of the credit and/or criticism for ObamaCare to the President, who had very little to do with the ultimate drafting of the legislation.