Health Care Summit televised right now!!!!!
 

Just watched politics at it's best....words....words....more words...nothing being accomplished.
A public display showing exactly how the system works....everybody agrees with everybody and doing nothing.
The opening statements for example stating that "...this is something the American people want..." does that not make one wonder what planet he is on??

The American people want the health care system repaired....not reformed.

The proceedings are a public charade, with the hope of one side swaying public opinion with those all remarkable words.

Another day wasted. Good luck if you can stand more than a few minutes of blah-blah-BLAH!!!!!!!!!!!

btk

Amen! Same old posturing, with no substance:agree:

Btk
 

Are you really surprised??

He'll see what we want in November. I guess he didn't hear the people from Massachusetts.

Personally, for once I'm proud of the Republicans. I think they are sticking it to Obama. I didn't think they had it in them.

Minutes:

Democrats 74 minutes

Republicans 37


Obama said his minutes don't count because he is President.

The arrogance is unbearable.

I know, Donna2, I thought the same thing when I heard what he said. This man is beyond arrogant. Can you imagine if Bush made that statement???

Th3e purpose of the session finally came out in Obama's closing remarks.
 

He said go ahead and take as long as 6 weeks to come together and if after that we will do what ever we have to do to pass the reform whether you (repubs) and we the people like it or not. He surfaced that balloon to see how much flack it draws.

His snap remark to McCain in response to a McCain statement commenting about what they both said they would not do when the were campaigning...Obama shut him out by saying...John we the campaigning is over, the election is over.....what a totally disrespectful pompous :censored:!!!!!

The professional every breath he takes campaigner barf.

btk

The partisanship was quite evident in the coverage. I briefly flipped by Fox and CNN and they were both opening the hour with stories on the 'summit'

Fox was showing the exchange that billethkid mentioned - showing Obama in a more arrogant light.

CNN showed Obama complementing McCain on a good idea.

That kind of says it all in a nutshell.

I think I could write a very long post on this....but will just say that the President was a huge disappointment and his career long reputation for arrogance and smugness came out in spades

AFTER DUE CONSIDERATION OF AN HOUR OR SO....

"After a brief period of consultation following the White House health reform summit, congressional Democrats plan to begin making the case next week for a massive, Democrats-only health care plan, party strategists told POLITICO.


A Democratic official said the six-hour summit was expected to “give a face to gridlock, in the form of House and Senate Republicans.”


Democrats plan to begin rhetorical, and perhaps legislative, steps toward the Democrats-only, or reconciliation, process early next week, the strategists said.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories...#ixzz0gbaAzUyL


Of course, as the President reminded us a few times today......he won therefore.....

"A Democratic official said the six-hour summit was expected to give a face to gridlock, in the form of House and Senate Republicans.”

Really! After watching four hours of that circus yesterday it is the opinion of this Independent that the gridlock is the work of the Dems! Harry Reid talks about a survey that says 52% of Americans want Congress to do something about health care but they will not back off rewriting this bill which another survey says 58% of Americans want Congress to start over again. Some people love to classify the Repubs as the party of NO. Truth is it is not just the Repubs saying NO.

How can Obama be so indifferent regarding his actions
 

to allow him to say in his closing we will proceed with or without you and let the elections decide who was right.
Given what the over whelming response of this country has been in recent months espousing the dis-like for the Obama/Reid/Pelosi forced march proposal....yet the three of them insist on going forward..."without you".

What message do his words and their actions telegraph?

btk

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IF the campaigning is over, then why is he (Obama) still running all over the country doing just that?

That's exactly what McCain should have said to the First Community Organizer.