Democrats Stall Obama's Healthcare Reform

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Is there a stimulas bill for bad rotting front teeth? My friend cant get a job because of his front teeth?

tamie of KS 7:17PM July 08, 2010

my doughter is 15 i ask her dose you wont to go to collage and she said why evan bother if obama is going to kill us anyway .this is bad obama you need to set down and shut the hell up and lissing to us the people we dont wont your dame obama heltcare

sharon of FL 11:03PM March 19, 2010

If the health care that the President and all his cabinet is so great why are they not on it also.
Are they not American citzen also.
If the laws they pass are so great why are they not willing to use them. I think " the President made the statement We are not talking about me. We are talking about You what makes us any Less then you Mr. President I have the best health insurance in the world.
Why is it that if you want change for all then start at home.
Not taking vacations using money that could be spent on health care. Stop Nancy from using tax money to travel back and forth to her home state.
Lets get back to where the goverment for the people by the people .
Not by the Goverment.
Thank you
PENNY

Penny of TX 6:55PM August 15, 2009

this is so far out not even a third grader in the U. S. would believe this trash, which lines up with the stimulas trash that has already been wasted and for nothing, except the part of the stimulas that is in the hands of the wrong people.we need more blue dogs that will try to slow all of the spending down to a halt, the U. S. is about as low as it can get, it is time to start bringing the U. S. back up. this can happen if we can get our congress people to stop taking care of themselves and start taking care of the U. S. citizen first. this health care what ever you want to call it is a thorn in the side of every U. S. citizen, because the health care can be taken care of with less than 2 billion dollars, along with every other hand out department in the U. S. governments arsenal, food stamps, well fare, Social Security (Social Security is not a hand out, it was earned by alot of people), HUD housing, the list can go on, plus help every state, yes all 50 of them come out with plenty of money for whatever needs arise. Pay our national debt off in less than 4 years, make our dollar worth more than the Euro or the pound, plus make more good jobs than the stimulas ever couls, because the stimulas money is in the hands of people who do not need it or deserve it, and the stimulas money will never trickle down to where it is supposed to be. It is ashame that our congress people can not learn to try to use small amounts of money before they trash and waste a trillion or so dollars.

tommy cornstubble of OK 11:43PM August 11, 2009

I have to be honest listening to some of you socialites speak about how racist the republican party is must forget about all those african americans who also are republican. You fall right in line with everyone else who in fact themselves are not racist, oh no, because you don't even know the true meaning of the word because your to ignorant, instead you are a profiler. You see, if it were solely the republicans just objecting Obama's plan then everything would pass and life would go on as we know it because, we do not have the majority vote. So, you read an article the singles out "blue dog" democrats aka (people that think for themselves and aren't just sheep) for not helping to further the utter downfall of our country and you turn against your own like wolves profiling them and putting them in a column calling them racists! Hitler was a racist, do you remember Hitler? Let me remind you, he was the guy that killed over 6 million jews (people of his own country) to further his so-called master race! What have the republicans or even these blue dog dems done that you could even compare to that....? Nothing, however...you socialist, non-thinking, sheep driven idiots that call yourselves democrats allow a man to become president who openly admitted that he himself is a racist, was under the pastoral care of a racist and blasphemist. A president that bowed down to the king of a country that is known and openly funds terrorist organizations in which our wonderful men and women of the military in which you are so lucky to have serving you are currently fighting and dying against for you!!! You the democrat socialist that approve and fund abortion and their clinics and want to make it so a child, a minor can without the approval or say so of there God-given and appointed parents can take and have a procedure done to themselves in which could harm or even kill them, that could have serious side affects ranging from physical to pschyological for the rest of their lives! You the democrats that claim education is top priority yet I live in a state where i've watched schools by the dozens be closed down because funding was cut to save money, EDUCATION was the first place funding was cut, primarily from schools located in districts in which are referred to as the "ghetto" where the majority population was primarily african-american, but yeah republicans are racist! You get on here and mouth off because you think you know what your talking about when all your doing is proving a point that America hasn't come that far and will continue down this same path if people continue to think and teach these values to others. Your always waiting for someone else to come up with the solution and answers without having to get involved yourself but, yet want to reap all the benefits still...? This way of life will never work and will create a very bleak and unresponsible youth that will always be looking the other way and pointing fingers rather than solving issues.Sad

James of VA 6:34PM August 11, 2009

And there it is.....how in the world can you possibly say that opposition to the proposed Health Care Reform Plan is a plot developed by racists? You so demean yourself when using such blatantly lowball tactics.
I have worked my entire life, and for the ENTIRE scope of that time have had health insurance. For those who choose to stay home and mooch off the system....it is no suprise that there is a penalty. There should be. Why is SUCH a problem for many that hard work yeilds privelege and reward. Like health insurance. It is an ant and grasshopper story.
Rewarding substandard performance encourages mediocrity. Socialism has been proven over and over a failure. If it were not, people would not have been climbing the other direction over the Berlin wall. Ask any Russian, I have many Russian friends. Socialized medicine is wonderful if you want to pay 50% in taxes and not be able to afford any possible luxury. Or be like the British and have half of your teeth rotting out because you cannot afford a dentist....your taxes for health care are too high. Or wait for a mammogram for three years while you die of breast cancer.

Lisa Myers of LA 10:31AM August 11, 2009

Boy oh Boy, What a lot of crap is written in these comments from the people---Its hard to believe that these people are allowed to vote. Their comments are so dumb that it is rediculous to read. No wonder Obama and Pelosi are getting away with their rip-off of the seniors. Democrats are saying that the R in republician stands for racist. To bad these Democrats don't understand that they too are having their Medicare and Social Security benefits raided by Obama to pay for the new national health insurance.

Robert L. Matarainen of NY 1:50AM August 11, 2009

Wd are tired of the bs these overpaid,underworked,ungrateful,nonserving the people elected officials are carrying on.You were elected to serve and protect us and to do the best you can to make sure our wishes are heard,not the wishes of the lobbiest.Stop looking at the color of the presidents skin and look at his ideas, hammer out the details and come up with something , if it does not work , modify it until its something that works,Help the people , stop bsing................

rsmith of MS 12:12AM August 11, 2009

Imagine if anyone in the U.S. gets sick, that person can see a doctor and get medication and begin to heal. Imagine if there were preventative programs, such as gym visits and personal trainers, and nutritionists for everyone. There would be fewer unnecessary deaths, a healthier nation, and a fit nation.
Should the federal government pay for health care reform, a single payer option, a public option? Call it what you will, yes, the federal government should pay for health care for all. Taxpayers should have the right to say how our tax dollars are spent. I would much rather pay taxes for universal health care than pay taxes for billions of dollars for two destructive unnecessary wars.
The Republicans and so-called "Blue Dog" Democrats (aka Republican Lites) are doing anything they can to destroy President Obama's chance of enacting real health reform. Why? Oh, it could be the thousands and millions they receive in campaign funds from the insurance industry. Oh, and it could also be that they can not stomach having an African-
American as president.
After all, the R in Republican stands for racism. No one wants to say it, but I will. The Republican Party has long been a harbinger of racists. The Blue Dog Democrats are also a pack of racists. Note that they are from the South. They are not really Democrats, they are Republicans in democratic clothing.
Corporate media is also showing its racist tendencies. They comment on every word that comes out of the President's mouth. They parrot the right wing and give coverage to those crazies, such as the politician that said health care will be Obama's Waterloo. They call him a socialist and have gone so far as to accuse the man of having a "death panel" that will kill our grandmothers, according to Sarah Palin.
Those protesters--right wingers--old white folks who remember the splendor of segregation and when they reigned supreme, are out there shouting down their elected representatives so the congresspersons do not have a chance to really explain the health care reform package that President Obama is supporting. One of these people had the nerve to say, "Tell the government to keep its hands off my Medicare." Excuse me? Isn't Medicare a socialized medicine program.
I say, bring on socialism or socialized medicine because health care should be a right; not a privilege for only those who can afford it.
President Obama's heart is in the right place. He cares about the American people, Too bad the same can't be said for the corrupt, money grabbing, corporate sellouts who call themselves Republicans and Blue Dog Democrats.

C.C. Campbell-Rock of LA 7:00PM August 10, 2009