Fabulous, fabulous news, for so many reasons.
Rep. Bill Owens (D-NY) can be counted on as a “yes” in this weekend’s expected vote on the House Democrats’ health care bill, announcing his support in a press release.
“This legislation will reform the insurance industry and provide increased access to affordable healthcare without taxing healthcare benefits, cutting Medicare benefits or raising taxes on the middle class, and that is exactly the direction we need to go,” said Owens. “There are still changes I would like to make, including raising the payroll exemption for small businesses, but like I said last week, there is a fundamental need for reform and we must act with a sense of urgency.”
I’m guessing Doug Hoffman would’ve been a solid “no,” so that’s a critical pickup in a vote that by all accounts will be very, very close. And this must really burn the ‘baggers. đŸ˜‰
afertig says
Remind me – how is the local Governors race in New Jersey a referendum on Obama, but the NY-23 is not (even if Owens is actually voting on Obama’s top domestic priority)?
patrick says
The last minute robocalls from Sarah did not have the intended result.
david says
that’s exactly what she WANTS us to think! đŸ˜‰
bob-neer says
To her ride to power in 2012.
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p>The master plan unfolds perfectly.
huh says
Particularly Maine as it’s now clear Organizing For America cared more about the New Jersey election than No on 1.
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p>Follow the link. The “apology” mail from DNC Treasurer Andy Tobias is a masterpiece of weaseling. There are many reasons the gay community is unhappy with the Obama administration. This is just the most recent.
obroadhurst says
Neither the DNC, nor the Obama administration, give a fig about the gay community. Never have.
huh says
Disappointed, yes.
dcsurfer says
Oh, wait, so was Obama. So maybe you’re right.
christopher says
I’m too lazy to try to decipher this particular acronym – please advise.
dcsurfer says
It’s a phrase that almost all candidates for national office have had to utter in order to win their race.
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p>NY-23 was another loss for gay marriage, which went at least 0-3 that day.
lasthorseman says
Denial of care based upon not being vaccinated. Talk about an increase in Orwellianisms.
You can take your shots and as it seems western allopathic medicine and deny it to everybody.
http://www.youronlineinsurance…
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p>And no teabagger is a profanity to the 911 truth crowd. It is even more profane than “in this post 911 world”.
lightiris says
Do I really want to know?
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p>Sometimes (frequently?) your posts are so cryptic it’s hard to tell whether or not you’re speaking English or some coded version of it.
kirth says
There’s just too much Secret Knowledge to put in his comments. You must go to the websites he links to sometimes, and read up on it there. Then you, too will be among the cognoscenti.
christopher says
It sounds like he is suggesting that under the reform plan you can be denied coverage for refusing vaccinations. However, I suspect there is just as much truth to this as to the “death panels” claim.
judy-meredith says
are you ok?
huh says
Since he doesn’t believe in psychiatry, I doubt he’ll get the help he needs.
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p>The next question is how his presence here “advances the conversation.”
hoyapaul says
All I can say to comments like this is that I’m glad the health care reform bill contains several benefits for those with mental illnesses.
christopher says
…that Owens deliberately waited and had the honor of casting the 218th vote for the bill last night.