yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 2/16/2009
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It’s important to understand that when people say that a move to a single-payer health care system isn’t politically feasible, they don’t mean that it would be unpopular. They mean that our political system is too broken and corrupt to deliver one. Via Atrios, a CBS/NYT poll ...
huffingtonpost.com - 2/20/2009
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huffingtonpost.com —
Today, I learned that CBS News named Jeff
Ballabon, a New York Republican activist, to serve as...
the Senior Vice President of Communications. What is CBS thinking? This guy is very far out there with his partisan rhetoric. A decade ago, I debated ...
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Ira Forman: CBS News Pick Claimed Democrats are Bad People
theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 2/23/2009
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theplumline.whorunsgov.com —
CBS News kicked up a big controversy over
the weekend when the news broke that the network...
had hired as its new public relations chief one Jeff Ballabon, a conservative Orthodox Jew who helped Bush's reelection campaign in 2004.
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CBS News’ New Right-Wing PR Chief: “I Never Said ...
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Government and healthcare
Political Animal —
... records and government's heavy hand "guiding" physicians' practices was based on a blatant lie, but it was also intended to play on alleged fears of "government-run healthcare." For many on the right, it's supposed to be the ultimate trump-card -- throw around the word "socialized" a few times, and any proposal relating to healthcare is necessarily a bad one. And to be sure, for certain Limbaugh-listening segments of the population, this might be effective. But Atrios and Yglesias are both noting a recent CBS/ NYT poll (.pdf) showing the ...
Reagan Admin. Economist: ‘Just Wait Until You See Medicare and Medicaid Done…By the Government’
Think Progress —
... and effectiveness of programs like Medicare. Faced with an amendment by Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) that would’ve eliminated Medicare, not a single member of Congress voted for it. Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), another conservative who has railed against a government-run health care plan, actually denounced a public option in health care while declaring his support for Medicare on the very same day. Despite the chorus of attacks from the right, the public remains overwhelmingly in favor of the choice of government coverage.
Reflecting on ...
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