Healthcare crisis solved by semantics. Whee!
But the numbers are misleading, said John Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, a right-leaning Dallas-based think tank. Mr. Goodman, who helped craft Sen. John McCain's health care policy, said anyone with access to an emergency room effectively has insurance, albeit the government acts as the payer of last resort. (Hospital emergency rooms by law cannot turn away a patient in need of immediate care.)
"So I have a solution. And it will cost not one thin dime," Mr. Goodman said. "The next president of the United States should sign an executive order requiring the Census Bureau to cease and desist from describing any American – even illegal aliens – as uninsured. Instead, the bureau should categorize people according to the likely source of payment should they need care.
"So, there you have it. Voila! Problem solved."
Seriously? SERIOUSLY??????????
I can relate, Trudy. I was all set to spend my weekends Obamanating, and then Dad got sick, so I'm spending every weekend handling elder care instead. But all my friends are registered and will be voting Blue, I live in the most liberal town of the southeast, which only goes blue because there isn't a socialist option on the ticket, and it just doesn't feel like there's much I can do about it with the time/energy I have.
I'm mostly clicking over to the convention coverage to feed my Rachel Maddow crush.
Any guess as to when he's speaking tonight?
10:00 pm Eastern.
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That's not a guess; that's the scheduled time.
ION: McCain has new "unprecedented" ad ready to run tonight when Obama speaks: [link] "Unprecedented?" Does that mean he's going to burn a cross IN THE AD?
Also: Putin says that the US orchestrated the war in Georgia to benefit one of the presidential candidates (he didn't name which one, but you have to think he means McCain, even if the charges of US orchestration are not true): [link]
McCain has new "unprecedented" ad ready to run tonight when Obama speaks
I suppose it's too much to hope for an ad where McCain says "You know what? I'm a total douchebag, and you should vote for the other guy. In fact, I think he's on another channel right now if you want to hear him speak."
How cool is the El Cerrito Speakeasy Theater? Instead of showing a movie tonight, they're showing Obama's speech live. For free.
I suppose it's too much to hope for an ad where McCain says "You know what? I'm a total douchebag, and you should vote for the other guy. In fact, I think he's on another channel right now if you want to hear him speak."
That certainly would be unprecedented. Perhaps he will reveal himself to be either Kang or Kodos!
BTW, thanks for linking the Tequila es Verdad site- it's excellent!
In the past, candidates haven't run ads during the opposing party's convention. I think that's the unprecedented part.
McCain will run an ad with him screaming "LA LA LA LA LA, PAY ATTENTION TO ME!!!", and tomorrow's morning shows will all lede with stories about McCain's TV ad.
I have mail again. However, I do not have anything anyone has sent me in the past 2 hours because it is backed up. Kinda making it hard to make any progress here. And I have a meeting I need this info for.
Okay, I have a serious question because I just don't get this Obama-hatred from portions of the Clinton camp. I understand that Clinton was horribly mistreated by the media. I saw some of the misogynistic statements that were made without any sense that they were wrong.
But, what did Obama do that gets the Clinton camp up in arms to the point that they'd rather vote for McCain (or not vote at all)? IMO, they both said some tough things about the other in order to win the nomination, but I don't recall seeing anything that was above normal politicing.
