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15. Right. They were all incompetent. If only they'd just grabbed just about

Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:23 PM

Oct 2015

any civil court negotiator, shoved him or her in the room, and gone to lunch, so much could have been different.

With the benefit of hindsight, Hifiguy, I really wish Obama had gone for everything too. I wish he'd given up trying to achieve bipartisan agreements in just about everything much sooner than he did. But early on he really thought his election might signal the end to the long dark night of divisiveness that was so damaging to all of America, not just our healthcare. He did try. It's just that his goal was even larger.

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All Repigs and too many "Democrats" have forgotten these wise words of Theodore Roosevelt [View all] hifiguy Oct 2015 OP

What Dems forgot that? upaloopa Oct 2015 #1

If you have to ask, the substance of the quote hifiguy Oct 2015 #2

How long have you been a Dem? upaloopa Oct 2015 #3

My first hero who wasn't a baseball player was Robert F. Kennedy. hifiguy Oct 2015 #5

My point is that lots of us have been Dems for upaloopa Oct 2015 #7

The presentation of facts is neither narcissistic nor egocentric. hifiguy Oct 2015 #10

You forgot Larry Summers, author of the End Game Memo. marym625 Oct 2015 #25

Robert Rubin too, a thief of epic proportions. hifiguy Oct 2015 #28

someone laughed at the fact Bernie Sanders has legislation passed marym625 Oct 2015 #31

The Little Chimp himself has said that hifiguy Oct 2015 #33

well said! marym625 Oct 2015 #38

There are two sides to this class war, the People's side and the Corporation's side. rhett o rick Oct 2015 #41

I confess I also thought you were just another of the cons hanging here Hortensis Oct 2015 #8

I'm sure the folks who are getting 50% increases hifiguy Oct 2015 #9

Oh, go blame the conservatives then. The vast majority of us Hortensis Oct 2015 #11

When negotiating, you always start by asking for more than you know hifiguy Oct 2015 #13

Right. They were all incompetent. If only they'd just grabbed just about Hortensis Oct 2015 #15

ITtwas anything but incompetence. hifiguy Oct 2015 #18

Okay. Actually, the profit margins in medical care are very small. Hortensis Oct 2015 #21

It's enormous on insurance hifiguy Oct 2015 #22

There's another one that I like, but from an...unlikely source, to say the least.. Volaris Oct 2015 #24

I notice you're completely evading the topic of discussion, Upaloopa. Scootaloo Oct 2015 #32

No I just don't need to defend against upaloopa Oct 2015 #34

Who said anything about you? or Hillary? Scootaloo Oct 2015 #36

I've come to wonder, these past weeks/months Populist_Prole Oct 2015 #44

Those that continue to support corp-backed candidates. Afraid to take a chance to rhett o rick Oct 2015 #39

"The era of big government is over." moondust Oct 2015 #4

wasn't that Hillary's husband �? nt littlewolf Oct 2015 #40

Yes it was. n/t moondust Oct 2015 #42

kick Angry Dragon Oct 2015 #6

K&R for exposure of who's controlling whom meow2u3 Oct 2015 #12

can't we just tell them to "cut it out?" tk2kewl Oct 2015 #14

HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Oct 2015 #16

Bernie told us that the corporations are to be controlled by jwirr Oct 2015 #17

Yep. There's a lot of TR in him. hifiguy Oct 2015 #19

Yes, that to. jwirr Oct 2015 #20

Don't worry, they're going to cut it out! Cassiopeia Oct 2015 #23

you beat me to it! n/t marym625 Oct 2015 #26

They HAVE, Cass! elleng Oct 2015 #27

K&R! marym625 Oct 2015 #29

Corporations/Business are allowed to exist by the government for the benefit of society. They Dont call me Shirley Oct 2015 #30

TR repeated the essence of your wonderful first sentence hifiguy Oct 2015 #35

The pendulum always stops in a state of perfect balance. Bernie would restore that balance just Dont call me Shirley Oct 2015 #43

...! KoKo Oct 2015 #37