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BigBearJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 02:51 AM Original message |
Edwards will TAKE AWAY healhcare coverage for Congress if they don't authorize Universal Healthcare |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 02:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. I've heard him say it, can he actually do it? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 03:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. If he has the support of the American people, quite possibly. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Issue a decree? |
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Ninga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 09:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. It's called the Bully Pulpit. When Kennedy said "we are going to the moon" he didn't drive over |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Good to see Common Sense posted along with all that isn't |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. I acknowledged that he may not be able to issue a decree. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 03:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. He can't do it. Congress is the LEGISLATIVE body. They make those laws. |
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Ninga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 09:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Fat, lazy, congress could use some confrontation. It's not what, it's how, and Edwards gets it. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Maybe they could, and maybe they couldn't. |
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Heywood J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. "Wouldn't a "flies with honey" approach, at least in public, achieve better results?" |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 11:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. You're saying a Democratic President NEEDS to take an adversarial approach to a DEMOCRATIC Congress? |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 09:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
22. I'd love to see that. |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 02:56 AM Response to Original message |
2. Impossible |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
3. It may be impossible, but Edwards is showing the hypocrisy in congress |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 08:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Exactly! (n/t) |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 04:23 AM Response to Original message |
6. Hey, if he pulls a Bush, could he? |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 08:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Or it is political rhetoric |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 08:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Interesting thought, but I'm hoping any Democratic president would stuff signing statements |
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Mr Rabble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
8. In the age of the Executive Order |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:29 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. so are you for the accrued power busco has |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 08:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Amen, amen, amen. nt |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
10. It's a good line in a speech, but get real. Boo hoo, boo hoo, |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 08:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. They are not all millionaires - especially in the House |
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Ninga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 09:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Please see post # 18. |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
11. I loved that... |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
17. Has he taken the insurance companies out of the equation??? |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
21. Didn't he say his own cabinet members would lose insurance - not Congress? |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I thought he said both. |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
24. Edwards plan calls for REQUIRING us to BUY health insurance. That is NOT universal health care! |
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liskddksil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. and Edwards is calling |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
25. Good luck with that! |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
31. That's great except he cannot do so. |
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ellie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
33. Hahahahahahaha |
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