Comments on: Dick Armey: Imaginary Death Panels Are Okay, Too http://www.mediaite.com/print/dick-armey-imaginary-death-panels-are-okay-too/ Mediaite Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=2012.06 By: ImNotBlue http://www.mediaite.com/print/dick-armey-imaginary-death-panels-are-okay-too/#comment-8808 ImNotBlue Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:36:24 +0000 http://www.mediaite.com/?p=42824#comment-8808 Bill, until you correct yourself from the other night, I see no reason to continue to talk to you. I called you out a number of inconsistencies and lies, and you've run away. Either stand up and correct yourself, or admit you're a liar and coward. Bill, until you correct yourself from the other night, I see no reason to continue to talk to you. I called you out a number of inconsistencies and lies, and you’ve run away. Either stand up and correct yourself, or admit you’re a liar and coward.

]]> By: Bill Adkins http://www.mediaite.com/print/dick-armey-imaginary-death-panels-are-okay-too/#comment-8778 Bill Adkins Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:02:43 +0000 http://www.mediaite.com/?p=42824#comment-8778 Have you heard about the Republican health care bill? "The Democratic bill, in other words, covers 12 times as many people and saves $36 billion more than the Republican plan. And amazingly, the Democratic bill has already been through three committees and a merger process. It's already been shown to interest groups and advocacy organizations and industry stakeholders. It's already made its compromises with reality. It's already been through the legislative sausage grinder. And yet it saves more money and covers more people than the blank-slate alternative proposed by John Boehner and the House Republicans. The Democrats, constrained by reality, produced a far better plan than Boehner, who was constrained solely by his political imagination and legislative skill. Have you heard about the Republican health care bill?

“The Democratic bill, in other words, covers 12 times as many people and saves $36 billion more than the Republican plan. And amazingly, the Democratic bill has already been through three committees and a merger process. It’s already been shown to interest groups and advocacy organizations and industry stakeholders. It’s already made its compromises with reality. It’s already been through the legislative sausage grinder. And yet it saves more money and covers more people than the blank-slate alternative proposed by John Boehner and the House Republicans. The Democrats, constrained by reality, produced a far better plan than Boehner, who was constrained solely by his political imagination and legislative skill.

]]> By: ImNotBlue http://www.mediaite.com/print/dick-armey-imaginary-death-panels-are-okay-too/#comment-8744 ImNotBlue Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:33:33 +0000 http://www.mediaite.com/?p=42824#comment-8744 <i>But distilled down also hints strongly at what the political landscape in the next few years is likely to look like: the continuing evolution of “political uses of irrationality and even outright fantasy’ in an effort to gain political power.</i> And this is new, how? I remember a few years ago when the Bush Administration was spying on everyone and listening to everyone's phone calls. Of course, that wasn't true... but it was very popular... that is, until Obama decided to keep the program alive, then people stopped complaining (read: lying) about it as much. But distilled down also hints strongly at what the political landscape in the next few years is likely to look like: the continuing evolution of “political uses of irrationality and even outright fantasy’ in an effort to gain political power.

And this is new, how? I remember a few years ago when the Bush Administration was spying on everyone and listening to everyone’s phone calls. Of course, that wasn’t true… but it was very popular… that is, until Obama decided to keep the program alive, then people stopped complaining (read: lying) about it as much.

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