HuffPo: Dem Senator Denies Bloomberg Story

[SemiCharmedQuark]

"UPDATE: Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) denied the Bloomberg story, saying Rahm Emanuel never said President Obama was open to giving up the public option. A spokesman said:

Conrad says Emanuel was speaking in reference to the need to overhaul the health care system as a whole -- to forge compromise and get a bill to the president's desk. It was in no way a comment on the president's willingness to do away with a public option.

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According to a report in Bloomberg, President Obama is open to compromising on health care reform by eliminating the public option from his plan."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/24/dems-obama-open-to-droppi_n_219979.html

[Laelth]

1. That's encouraging. n/t

:dem:

-Laelth

[vaberella]

2. Bloomberg's a liar and I can't get him out of office.

Ugh.

[Cha]

4. Wasn't that just the

Bloomberg press report? Has he been lyin' to you New YOrkers?

[JamesA1102]

12. Since he's been Mayor.

My personal favorite was when he promised not to raise property taxes on homeowners without a full hearing and then held the meeting at 5AM in the morning.

[vaberella]

18. In general when it comes to things. I worked on panel for Flushing, Queens.

What a mess Bloomberg created....

[girl gone mad]

8. They are talking about Bloomberg news division.

I don't think Mayor Mike was directly involved.

[vaberella]

19. yeah I know. I just personally want him out and this was another thing related to him. n/t

[Sweet and Spicy]

22. I don't think mayor Bloomberg had anything to do with the article

I don't think he wrote it or edit the piece.
Don't you think he's too busy being the mayor of the largest city in the United States to be doing journalism work?

[Clio the Leo]

3. wonder how many recs this one will get.....

... I can promise at least one. But that will probably be it.

[Cha]

17. Yay..

It's got 15 now!

[sharp_stick]

5. I wonder how many people

will be calling "bullshit" on this that were all over the original piece like a dog on a dead muskrat? I really should start keeping track of usernames just for kicks, I bet the same ones keep popping up.

[Adelante]

6. I knew this had to be bogus

I was waiting.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

9. I'm not relaxing just yet..I am still pessimistic about getting a strong public option.

I've just been burned too many times before.

[Uzybone]

7. Some DUers eat media spin like fools

I've learned not to trust published reports without verification from the horses mouth.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

11. Exactly

And I bet it ain't accidental either that misleading and/or fabricated stories like these are flying off the presses and/or hitting the airwaves. Anything to drive a wedge between President Obama and the base of the Democratic party. I don't know how it's playing elsewhere but it seems to be working swell around here. "It's genius, I tellz you, it's genius!!!!"

[Cha]

20. Not accidental with the corporatemedia..

They want Obama down.

[Arkana]

10. So it's the wonderful "liberal" media just making shit up again.

[Drunken Irishman]

13. This is what pisses me off.

Why can't we just wait it out and see what happens?

Don't pile on Pres. Obama until he deserves it.

C'mon guys, let's take a step back and see where this goes. It isn't that hard.

[Jennicut]

15. I have been sitting back waiting to see what develops ever since the health care debate

started. Some need to have more patience.

[AtomicKitten]

14. It's badly sourced reporting to set tongues wagging. The internets thrive on this stuff. n/t

[chill_wind]

16. First, screw Rahm, if he was arm-twisting Conrad today to "Clear Things Up."

Second. Screw Rahm anyway.

Third, screw Baucus.

"Rahm said he wants a bipartisan plan," Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) told reporters, after leaving the meeting with President Obama's chief of staff.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2009/06/baucus_white_house_wants_a_bip.htmloint

Fourth, screw Rahm.

Fifth, screw the Pubs, fook 'em all, msm, print media, all of it. I'm at the point where I'll believe nobody about any of it. I'll believe the bill itself that gets signed months from now.

[SunsetDreams]

21. K&R, it always pays to wait to hear it from the horses mouth.

[uponit7771]

23. Jus sayin....