Lindsey Graham told Stephanop. that he could not care less about what the public wants for health

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

Lindsey Graham quite disgusting mouthing all the usual bs about government run healthcare, rationing, bureaucrats, cost, blah blah blah. Steph than quoted a poll showing over 70% of Americans WANT a public option 56% willing to pay more in taxes. Lindsey's response (my paraphrase) "So what". He really obviously could CARE LESS about what the American public wants. I will be looking for the transcript as it was quite glaring. Senator Dodd was just ok in saying we don't have final details so we can't really be discussing the cost with any real knowledge.

Now we have the "petrified forest" roundtable discussion with George Will, Cokie Roberts and Sam Donaldson. More people whose opinion I could not care less about. Robert Reich providing a lonely oasis of reasonableness and knowing whereof he speaks.

[saltpoint]

1. Little Lindsey is irksome. He's only a little more insightful than

Cokie Roberts, and Cokie Roberts is practically worthless.

I had to bail on THIS WEEK many moons ago. If they ever decide to rehaul the Panel, I might come back as a viewer.

[WCGreen]

9. I though she wsas in rehab and trying out being a lesbian....

[saltpoint]

15. I have no idea what Cokie is up to these days. But over the last several

years she has certainly not added one interesting insight into public discourse.

She is the ultimate drive-through journalist. My guess is were she not a famous inside-the-Beltway politician's star daughter, she would be managing a Wendy's in Baton Rouge.

[WCGreen]

22. I was making fun of Lindsey Graham...

[saltpoint]

27. WCGreen, I'm sorry if I seem a bit dense today.

You lost me at the Taco Bell drive-through.

[avaistheone1]

34. I agree Cokie hasn't added much to the discussion in about the last

15 or 20 years. I think she is very out of touch with public sentiment.

[Hieronymus]

43. Absoulutely ... her time has come to retire.

[jazzjunkysue]

38. They give her air time on NPR, but even there, she doesn't say anything.

She's cotton candy. All air and spin. No subtance.

[Cha]

24. Maybe more people should bail, saltpoint,

and then they'd get the idea that their dinosaurs aren't cutting the mustard.

[saltpoint]

29. Cha. Happy summertime. Yep. It may be time to hold a couple of funerals

for that Panel -- Will and Donaldson especially. And they should not be open-coffin visitations, either.

[Cha]

30. And, a happy summer soltice to you,

saltpoint~

[Hieronymus]

26. That was a disgusting recitation of years old drivel about how

Canadians wait in line for care. He looks and sounds like a retard.

[saltpoint]

28. Hi, Hieronymus. Senator Graham is not really a good go-to guy for

health care.

He's not that hot on any other issue, either, come to think of it.

[roguevalley]

32. I wish someone would be fed up enough to out that little skank. He

needs to face the music for his evil. his state would kick him out and the congress and the country would be better off for it.

[saltpoint]

33. Hi, roguevalley. I miss Fritz Hollings. It just feels to me as if Graham

is sitting in Hollings' seat and it just never will be right.

[roguevalley]

40. I agree. SIGH. there were good guys in congress once.

[Hieronymus]

42. I do too ... hypocrisy should not be acceptable.

[NC_Nurse]

2. Why do they continue to have 80% Repub pundits on the MSM shows? It's SO

frustrating!!! Didn't they LOSE? We get their sorry asses on all the talk shows whether they win or lose - fair and balanced MY ASS.
I am so sick of seeing Lindsey Graham, Joe Lieberman, Newt Gingrich, and the rest of these old, white, out-of-touch fuckers I could scream!

The same damn talking points over and over for the years. Hasn't the public rejected this crap? Who is presenting a show with actual discussion between
INFORMED, critical thinkers? Nobody I've seen.

[Joe Bacon]

5. Who owns the media?

The Republic Party owns the media lock, stock and barrel, It's like right out of the old Outer Limits TV show "There is nothing wrong with your television set. We are controlling transmission..."

[NC_Nurse]

11. Well, bollocks! I know you're right but it is just so annoying...

[jazzjunkysue]

39. General Electric, Rupert Murdoch, The oil, nuclear and electric companies,

Disney, big pharma....

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

8. And the "Dems" are Nunn, Bayh and Feinstein.

:eyes:

[NC_Nurse]

12. Yep. Why bother? The "centrist" Dems are just as bad.

Damn.

[lunatica]

3. The privileged have always known what's best

That's why the world is in such great shape!

Here is my salute to Lindsey and the 'petrified forest'

[Ikonoklast]

4. "I got my publicly paid health plan, fuck you and die, peasent."

Every time I hear that REDACTED Graham I have to choke back the bile rising in my throat.

[LiberalFighter]

6. We really need to demand that congress receive only basic health care.

No vision or dental either. And they can only use doctors within their district.

[spartan61]

7. My e-mail to good ol' boy, Lindsey.

What part of "Americans overwhelmingly want public option healthcare" do you not understand? You seem to be enjoying your public option healthcare and the American taxpayers are paying for it!! Dont you think it's time, make that long overdue, that the USA starts thinking about it's citizens? You know, the ones that sent you, and so many others like you, to DC to represent them. The basic reason that you are opposing public option healthcare is that you have been bought and paid for by the insurance companies and pharma. You don't want to lose out on those contributions from them, do you? This brings us to the basic problem of campaign contributions and the need for public financing for elections. With that there would be no need for lobbyists who wine and dine you and promise you the moon IF you do their bidding. I am so sick of "politics as usual." It's time that we do as the brave Iranian people are doing...take to the streets and demand our rights.

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[babylonsister]

13. Yet people around here are attacking Obama. Skewed priorities? nt

[otohara]

14. They Cheer Protesters In Iran - Disdain For Their Own

constituents ... considering %50 in this poll are agreeing with liberals.

[phleshdef]

16. I say when he is up for re-election, we run that soundbyte over and over and over.

[Uncle Joe]

17. That's exactly what I was thinking, that should be sound-byte gold. n/t

[HopeOverFear]

18. What were his exact words?

Did he say "I could care less what the public wants?"

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

21. Here are his exact words

http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/06/graham-governmentrun-health-care-wont-pass-senate.html

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told me that the U.S. Senate will not "go down the government-run health care road" despite a new poll showing 72 percent of Americans want a government role in health care -- and are willing to pay higher taxes for it.

"The reason you're not going to have a government run health care pass the Senate is because it would be devastating for this country," Graham told me Sunday in an exclusive "This Week" interview.

Since he made his comments after being told that 72 percent were FOR government sponsored healthcare and that a majority (57%) were also willing to pay higher taxes for it, yes, I would say his response translates to "too bad what they want". I saw this in real time and that is what I got from his answer. He IGNORES the statistics about what Americans want. I suggest you watch the video at the link.

[flpoljunkie]

25. The man lies like the rest of us breathe.

[avaistheone1]

35. His lies are very offensive to me. I really dislike the man for his lack of ethics and morals

particularly on this issue.

[Vinca]

19. I wonder if we could get someone like Bernie Sanders or

Dennis Kucinich to put up a bill removing health care as a benefit to elected officials until all Americans have access to it.

[sarah553807]

20. Kinda like Iraq....

[Abq_Sarah]

23. Does anyone in Congress really give a shit

About what the public wants?

[high density]

31. Graham was the master of FUD this morning

"Government stands between you and your doctor"

How is that worse than having a money grubbing corp stand between you and your doctor?

[avaistheone1]

36. Government funding will enable some people to start seeing doctors, and

others to afford to continue seeing their doctors. That would not interfere with the patient doctor relationship.

[jazzjunkysue]

37. "petrified forest" roundtable discussion

That's a keeper.:hi:

[Phx_Dem]

41. This would make a great television ad. MoveOn? Bueller?