Comments on: PhRMA Hack: Campaign Promises Are Just That

By: WWWxDEMOCRATZxORG

WWWxDEMOCRATZxORG — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:52:05 +0000

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By: WWWxDEMOCRATZxORG

WWWxDEMOCRATZxORG — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:50:18 +0000

Twas the day before Christmas

and all through the senate and the house

Liberals and Progressives were selling us out

You see the companies making contributions to conservatives really have the legislative clout

Unfortunately, most progressive and liberal outsiders haven’t figured this out

To leave these companies alone will just seal our fate

where we progressives and liberals do not carry much political weight

but if we join together and boycott conservative funders asses

We’ll get real progressive legislation that passes.

If you want to solve the problem of too much company influence over legislation

By: sillylittlelady

sillylittlelady — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:57:33 +0000

Okay, I voted for Obama. Let me just get that out there. I liked the man, I liked what he stood for, I liked the potential of what his presidency could mean. I especially liked the idea of having someone who WASN’T another rich old white guy as my President.
Okay, so I voted for this man – rather young (for a President), refreshingly honest (it seemed), a family man, etc. The list is long. And now… that same old bad taste in my mouth is coming back. You know the one, where your gorge rises just a little and you think for a moment that you might just vomit? THAT feeling. To my shock and horror – it’s when I hear the latest “compromise” or “amended bill” or “escalation” I hear the newest administration is engaging in. It’s making me crazy! Sadly, it’s looking more and more like Obama is nothing more than all the other greedy, grasping politicans our country is plagued with and it really breaks my heart. You see, I’ve never bothered to vote before the last election – I’ve always been a fan of the old cynical adage that ALL politicans are crooked, evil, soulless bastards. And, hell, if I didn’t like the guy, I didn’t vote for him. And if I didn’t like ANYONE, I didn’t vote at all! And then came Obama – he spoke of things I’ve long held to be true, of fairness, of wisdom, of compassion. And now he’s showing himself to be nothing more than another big windbag whom I should’ve ignored. They’ve compromised this “universal health care” issue into something useless and utterly flawed, and for what?! Cold hard cash? A couple of votes on some special project down the road? Just to “be nice”? That’s what I want to know. Why is this administration now abandoning all they proclaimed to work for? What good can possibly come of it?
And – why am I such a fool for yearning for that “more perfect union”, for that better future, for truth from my politicans and justice from my government?

By: debc

debc — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:38:34 +0000

@stevelaudig…

It was a Dred Scott moment for O an abandonment of the basic principle of “person.”

His abandonment of the basic principle of “person” is neither new, or surprising. He did it in IL with his machinations to become senator, and he did it in FL, when he and his handlers decided my vote, and that of 1.7 million other Floridians did not count.

Since you mentioned Dred Scott – Blacks, having been considered “three-fifths persons” constitutionally upon the birth of this nation and beyond, had their voices further devalued by an America-identified-Black, constitutional law professor!

As a Black woman with plenty – “As people are labeled so will they be treated…” experience in these United States – THAT moment of his, was more than enough confirmation for me that my, NEVER-WILL-SUPPORT-HIM decision was the right one.

By: stevelaudig

stevelaudig — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:32:29 +0000

It reminds me of the Mad Magazine “Spy vs. Spy” only this time it is “Candidate vs. President”. With each passing day O disappoints more and more. Last week his argument to create “non-persons” was accepted by the Supreme Court. It was a Dred Scott moment for O an abandonment of the basic principle of “person”. As people are labeled so will they be treated and now these people in United States custody will be “non-persons” and “non-persons have no rights. Every right has a corresponding. If there is no right against torture there is no duty to not torture. Washington, yes George, would cry at O’s arguments.

By: The myth of tort reform: MedCity Morning Read, Dec. 18, 2009 | CLENOUGH

The myth of tort reform: MedCity Morning Read, Dec. 18, 2009 | CLENOUGH — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:00:45 +0000

[...] breaks campaign promise on drug reimportation: The blogosphere is alive with the sound of liberal discontent, and rightfully so. After promising during his presidential [...]

By: The myth of tort reform: MedCity Morning Read, Dec. 18, 2009 : MedCity News

The myth of tort reform: MedCity Morning Read, Dec. 18, 2009 : MedCity News — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:49:20 +0000

[...] breaks campaign promise on drug reimportation: The blogosphere is alive with the sound of liberal discontent, and rightfully so. After promising during his presidential [...]

By: inspectorknacker

inspectorknacker — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:13:54 +0000

Now that Obama on this as so very much else has shat on his supporters its time to turn the tables. Cut the bugger off at the knees and petition against the bill.
Better no bill at all than to later find even more horrors in it after its passed and that peole were suckered into supporting it.

By: lectricd

lectricd — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:49:12 +0000

I started reading your articles in Rolling Stone and will continue to do so; just wanted to say thanks for your insight, Matt – please keep up the good work!

By: satorist

satorist — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:40:52 +0000

“…the political realities of health-care reform, which depends in large part on tacit support from drugmakers and other industry groups.”

And why does it depend on their tacit support? Because they can flood the airwaves and the public consciousness with bogus bullshit for an unthinking/uncomprehending electorate to drown in. That is what campaign fund raising is all about also.

They belive that, with enough money, the public mind can be shaped like SillyPuddy to support/oppose anything. Apparently, they are right. We don’t need to write our legislators, make calls or canvass neighborhoods (maybe that’s why Obama hasn’t used his database of 13 million supporters) or advocate for anything. We need a George Soros to bankroll a billion dollar ad campaign promoting single payer plan as “Good! Not bad, good!” And a billion from Buffet for ads saying “Too big to fail is bad! Bad!”

Jefferson’s “marketplace of ideas” has devolved into “who has the most air time with the best ads.” It’s not about the money, it’s about gullibility. With enough cash and spin, anyone can convince anyone of anything. No wonder commece controll.

It’s the electorate, stupid