Comments on: The Great Uniter http://mccrarey.com/2009/12/30/the-great-uniter/ Wed, 23 May 2012 18:14:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Keith McCrarey http://mccrarey.com/2009/12/30/the-great-uniter/#comment-348904 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:56:13 +0000 http://mccrarey.com/2009/12/30/the-great-uniter/#comment-348904 This ObamaCare bill sucks. I just don't understand how this happened. Obama promised that the lobbyists would no longer be calling the shots in D.C. Why am I surprised a Chicago politician lied to us, and hired a bunch of back room hacks like Rahm Emmanuel to screw us? This ObamaCare bill sucks. I just don’t understand how this happened. Obama promised that the lobbyists would no longer be calling the shots in D.C. Why am I surprised a Chicago politician lied to us, and hired a bunch of back room hacks like Rahm Emmanuel to screw us?

]]> by: Kevin http://mccrarey.com/2009/12/30/the-great-uniter/#comment-348896 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:48:52 +0000 http://mccrarey.com/2009/12/30/the-great-uniter/#comment-348896 So failed attacks now count as attacks? Attempted attacks count? Yeah, that Christmas day botched blow up goes right up there with 9/11. I guess it is Obama's fault that Jim DeMint (R) S.C. has blocked his TSA pick because Obama was in too big of a hurry to fill the post. Then DeMint says Obama isn't doing enough. Politics as usual. http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2009/12/29/demint-blocks-nomination-of-obama-tsa-pick/ As for health care, I do take it seriously and to be honest I wish the bill had the public option. This isn't what I had hoped for but it is a start. I don't think it is perfect by any stretch. And no matter what is done there is going to be heavy opposition. I think in America no one should die because they can't afford coverage or go broke because they get sick. I don't like the current system and I am not a huge fan of the new bill. But its a start. It is better than nothing. The sad thing is that the biggest winners are always the health insurance companies and big business. That isn't an Obama thing that is a USA thing. I just don't understand the constant bashing of Obama by you when you got so hot about anyone bashing Bush. I never liked Bush. I took shots at his mistakes. I still do. But I never, ever wanted him to fail. He did. That is why Obama and the Democrats have all this power. If they fail and screw it up (and eventually they will, maybe sooner than later-we'll see) your side will be back in power. I'm just not buying this whole "Obama is destroying the fabric of America" BS. I'm going to give him the rest of his term and go from there. There is a middle ground out there. You seem to be going further to the fringe every day. From liberal to NeoCon, the John McCrarey political metamorphosis. I still love you though. :) Hope you had a Merry Christmas. Miss you. So failed attacks now count as attacks? Attempted attacks count? Yeah, that Christmas day botched blow up goes right up there with 9/11. I guess it is Obama’s fault that Jim DeMint (R) S.C. has blocked his TSA pick because Obama was in too big of a hurry to fill the post. Then DeMint says Obama isn’t doing enough. Politics as usual.

http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2009/12/29/demint-blocks-nomination-of-obama-tsa-pick/

As for health care, I do take it seriously and to be honest I wish the bill had the public option. This isn’t what I had hoped for but it is a start. I don’t think it is perfect by any stretch. And no matter what is done there is going to be heavy opposition. I think in America no one should die because they can’t afford coverage or go broke because they get sick. I don’t like the current system and I am not a huge fan of the new bill. But its a start. It is better than nothing.

The sad thing is that the biggest winners are always the health insurance companies and big business. That isn’t an Obama thing that is a USA thing.

I just don’t understand the constant bashing of Obama by you when you got so hot about anyone bashing Bush.

I never liked Bush. I took shots at his mistakes. I still do. But I never, ever wanted him to fail. He did. That is why Obama and the Democrats have all this power. If they fail and screw it up (and eventually they will, maybe sooner than later-we’ll see) your side will be back in power.

I’m just not buying this whole “Obama is destroying the fabric of America” BS. I’m going to give him the rest of his term and go from there.

There is a middle ground out there. You seem to be going further to the fringe every day. From liberal to NeoCon, the John McCrarey political metamorphosis.

I still love you though. :)

Hope you had a Merry Christmas. Miss you.

]]> by: John McCrarey http://mccrarey.com/2009/12/30/the-great-uniter/#comment-348876 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:49:55 +0000 http://mccrarey.com/2009/12/30/the-great-uniter/#comment-348876 I really don't know what you are talking about or reading, Kevin. I mean you set up strawmen like the "birthers" which I've never mentioned and those who do are no more credible than Michael Moore and his conspiracy theories. The "biased" website I linked to was quoting NYTimes columninst Bob Herbet, a liberal. Probably one of the biggest lefties around, Jane Hamsher, was on FOXNews (Fox News!) opposing Obamacare. She later teamed up with one the most far right people I know of, Grover Norquist, to jointly seek to have the bill killed. The list of lefties opposed goes on and on, from Howard Dean to the Daily Kos. You can mock all you want (which I suppose is easier than defending this shitty bill), but people from both ends of the political spectrum have united in opposition, and that is truly astounding. I'm kinda disappointed that you aren't taking a more serious look at this. The ironic thing is the biggest winners are the health insurance companies and big business. But as you say, America hasn't been attacked on Obama's watch. Ooops, scratch that. I really don’t know what you are talking about or reading, Kevin. I mean you set up strawmen like the “birthers” which I’ve never mentioned and those who do are no more credible than Michael Moore and his conspiracy theories.

The “biased” website I linked to was quoting NYTimes columninst Bob Herbet, a liberal.

Probably one of the biggest lefties around, Jane Hamsher, was on FOXNews (Fox News!) opposing Obamacare. She later teamed up with one the most far right people I know of, Grover Norquist, to jointly seek to have the bill killed.

The list of lefties opposed goes on and on, from Howard Dean to the Daily Kos. You can mock all you want (which I suppose is easier than defending this shitty bill), but people from both ends of the political spectrum have united in opposition, and that is truly astounding.

I’m kinda disappointed that you aren’t taking a more serious look at this. The ironic thing is the biggest winners are the health insurance companies and big business.

But as you say, America hasn’t been attacked on Obama’s watch. Ooops, scratch that.

]]> by: Kevin http://mccrarey.com/2009/12/30/the-great-uniter/#comment-348875 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:59:49 +0000 http://mccrarey.com/2009/12/30/the-great-uniter/#comment-348875 Yep, that link to an "ubiased" Website really proves that everyone is united against health care reform. I mean "ObamaCare"...even though presidents from Truman to JFK to Clinton have all been trying to fix this broken system. It is historic. But why worry about this? Shouldn't we get back to wondering where "The One" was born or what decorations he has on his Christmas Tree (I didn't know Muslims even had trees) or stopping him from making speeches to school kids about working hard and giving back? Yep, that link to an “ubiased” Website really proves that everyone is united against health care reform. I mean “ObamaCare”…even though presidents from Truman to JFK to Clinton have all been trying to fix this broken system. It is historic.

But why worry about this? Shouldn’t we get back to wondering where “The One” was born or what decorations he has on his Christmas Tree (I didn’t know Muslims even had trees) or stopping him from making speeches to school kids about working hard and giving back?

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