thenextright.com - 12/24/2008
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Americans are going to be busy these next two weeks. Christmas and New Year’s are traditionally a time to spend with family, do last-minute shopping and take a break from the strains of work -- and apparently fix America’s health care system.
That’s right, Tom Daschle wants ...
slacktivist.typepad.com - 12/26/2008
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This is from Anne Lamott's " Advent Adventure
," from her old Mothers Who Think column on...
Salon. (That link is still alive, 10 years after this was first posted, but someof thespaces betweenwords aremissing, so I'm pasting and posting the ending here ...
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Scrooge Daschle Ruins Christmas With Plot to Socialize Medicine
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
Well, it’s Christmas Eve, have you figured out how to fix America’s health care system yet? If you haven’t, skip the family dinner and make it your top priority. Scrooge Daschle wants to drop socialized medicine down your chimney tonight wrapped in a bright red bow.
Think I’m kidding? President-elect Barack Obama’s nominee for Health and Human Services has given the country two weeks, including Christmas Day, to provide input on how to improve health care in America.
As if Americans didn’t already have enough on their to-do lists this holiday season, they’re also expected to host a “health care community discussion.” The deadline is Dec. 31. ...
Cantor Outshines Obama on Transparency
The Next Right —
President-elect Barack Obama has talked the talk about government transparency. But will he walk the walk? House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) stole the spotlight on the issue yesterday when congressional leaders sat down with Obama to discuss his economic stimulus package.
According to the New York Times, Cantor secured one of Obama's first specific policy commitments when the president-elect agreed to put "the entire contents of the legislation online in a user-friendly way to see how the money is being spent."
This was a brilliant suggestion from Cantor and a savvy political move. Conservatives must hold Obama and his ...
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spectator.org 12/12/2008 —
Let's be fair: Barack Obama and Tom Daschle will not attempt to
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Instead, they'll just take us along the scenic route.
With the appointment of former Senate Majority Leader Daschle to
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