corner.nationalreview.com - 22 days ago
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I don't like to say I told you so, but I've been saying for months now that the trick is to drag this thing across the finish line with 50.0000000000001 per cent of the vote as soon as possible. From my "Happy Warrior" column in NR back in July:
Obama believes in “the fierce urgency of now”, ...
commonsensewonder.blogspot.com - 21 days ago
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From Mark Steyn : I don't like to
say I told you so, but I've been saying...
for months now that the trick is to drag this thing across the finish line with 50.0000000000001 percent of the vote as soon as possible. From my "Happy Warrior" column in NR back in July: Obama believes in “the ...
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Crossing the health care reform bridge
neo-neocon —
Mark Steyn says it well:
If “health care” were about health care, the devil would be in the details. But it’s not about health or costs or coverage; it’s about getting over the river and burning the bridge. It doesn’t matter what form of governmentalized health care gets passed as long as it passes. Once it’s in place, it will be “reformed”, endlessly, but it will never be undone.
That’s the reason that what happens next in the Senate is paramount. Yes, contact your Senators and let them know what you think. But does anyone ...
Viking Pundit —
Once the foot is in the door, expansion forever I’m back kinda late from New York, so I'll just borrow this thought from Mark Steyn on the passage of the health care bill: If "health care" were about health care, the devil would be in the details. But it's not about health or costs or coverage; it's about getting over the river and burning the bridge. It doesn't matter what form of governmentalized health care gets passed as long as it passes. Once it’s in place, it will be "reformed", endlessly, but it will never be undone. The history of Social Security and Medicare and damn ...
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Maggie's Farm —
... Somebody at the Guardian wishes the Berlin Wall were still up. A pathetic soul. I feel sorry for her, in a way. But also creeped out by her.
SEIU is feeling their oats.
Rick Moran with THOUGHTS ON THE PASSAGE OF HEALTH CARE REFORM
In the giant stinking garbage truck that is the Dem bill, there is $200 million for veterinarians.
Legal immigrant Steyn on health care:
Obama believes in “the fierce urgency of now”, and ...
Steyn on Obamacare
Commonsense & Wonder —
From Mark Steyn: I don't like to say I told you so, but I've been saying for months now that the trick is to drag this thing across the finish line with 50.0000000000001 percent of the vote as soon as possible. From my "Happy Warrior" ...
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