health care speech
Last Night’s Winners: Seniors, Derek Jeter; Losers: Joe Wilson, God
by Juli Weiner
Obama gave some big speech about health care last night. Joe Wilson gave some small speech about dishonesty and its practitioners. [New York Times] As with all political acts, of any kind, anywhere in America, the big winners of last night’s speech were “Independents” and “seniors.” [Washington Post] Here is a round-up of the GOP’s [...]
Liveblogging The Republicans Trying To Stop Obama From Turning On The Robots That Will Pry Medicare From Seniors’ Cold Dead Hands (Part IV)
by Juli Weiner
Do you know how many Americans have perished since Obama has pulled the plug on democracy? The answer is “countless.” Alternately: millions. Billions, even, if you count the poor ones that Obama is always so gay about counting. The GOP will now shuffle someone out, “Charles Boustany”, who will read the names of socialism’s victims [...]
For those of you who have decided to commit suicide if Barack Obama signs a health care bill without a public option, well… you’re still probably going to have to commit suicide, because of that thing, what is it, “the lack of votes in the Senate.” But not just yet! Prepare to receive lip service [...]
