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Ah, a very special Christmas edition — a David Broder column spreading fantasies of bipartisan cooperation. Nobody tell him the truth about Santa Claus.
For the Dean says now that health care “reform” is nigh, it must be stopped. No, not to make it better stopped, to make it worse — in some sort of bizarro world Broder spouts forth:
even those Republicans who were initially inclined to [favor health care reform] — and there were at least a handful of them — were turned away by the White House and the Senate Democratic leaders, who never lifted their sights much beyond the Democratic ranks.
Um, yeah. Name ‘em!
And how could Obama help things, by making it even more Republican:
It would help a lot if he reached out personally to those few Republicans who might still want to improve the bill rather than sink it.
Yeah, they’d sure “improve” the bill. God forbid Broder contemplate progressives being listened to for once.
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obama and the senate have left me a large steaming turd in my stocking. the best i can hope for now is that maybe the house will at least turn it into something of value. perhaps a lump of coal. i feel certain the public option is dead.
and broder is so goddamn senile he needs to retire or be retired.
I’m literally speechless. And this douchebag is considered “The Dean of the Washington Press Corps”.
Merry Christmas Mr. Broder. You’ve raised journalistic mediocrity to new heights.
Just how can Obama reach out more to the GOP?
Good morning, pups. Gail Collins is off today. Mr. Kristof, in “A Most Meaningful Gift Idea,” says some of the best kinds of gifts don’t need to be wrapped, just donated. He gives us a list of worthy, unknown charities.
Here he is.
The coffee, tea and hot chocolate are ready, and I’ve got apple cranberry muffins. After I feed the porch kittehs (the fluffy calico who lives across the back lane is particularly bad tempered in the morning) I’m going to get started on the last minute Christmas wrapping and such like. Happy Christmas Eve.
Kkkrazy old man should STFU.
A holiday bonus for the AEI intern who writes David’s column for him. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
There are wards in senior intermediate care facilities that specialize in managing Broder’s condition.
Delurking:
To thank you Attaturk for all you have brought this site – Seasons, greetings to all. May your New Year provide sustenance to your just cause, this travesty must cease.
Seconding T-Bear @8. You’re on my regular reading route, both here and at your R-H home planet. Seasons Greeting to you, and best wishes for a good 2010.
David Broder has been around long enough for all to know that there will be no surprises from him. Why waste ink and time talking about this one-track pony? Would Sarah, Bill,O, Sean, Glenn the Nut Case, and the team of right wing nuts ever surprise with any of their comments? The only political surprise this year is how far to the right the Republicans have gone to make themselves the party of NO for all things except criminal wars, ” defense” spending, and, of course, endless tax cuts for the rich and corporate titans. These right wingers never really surprise anyone. There is no bipartisanship where they live and so to suggest this folly is absurd. It is significant to note however that the corruption of some senators was front and center this year and I believe that Nelson, Joey Boy Lieberman, Landrieu, and Lincoln will never be allowed to go ahead with their corrupt government activity. Sure, some House seats will be lost in the upcoming off-year election but you may be in for a surprise re. how few there will be.
It’s only a matter of time until the public option becomes law. All Americans, except the right and rich, will demand this once the corrupt four are gone from the scene. That is where the progressives ought to now direct their effort so that the faux democrats are excised and the progressive agenda will move ahead to the public option. Stop fighting the last war. We know why the ” Bill ” fell short of expectations and how to rectify this on step TWO.