Comments on: The Great Debate http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/02/27/the-great-debate/ Forward Movement Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:07:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jules Crittenden » Sheep Guts http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/02/27/the-great-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-58062 Jules Crittenden » Sheep Guts Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:46:30 +0000 http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/02/27/the-great-debate/#comment-58062 [...] tarot cards, etc, now give it to Clinton and Obama.  That’s funny. Last week McCain was beating them both. Apparently we’re going to have to have a general campaign after all. Once these two winners [...] [...] tarot cards, etc, now give it to Clinton and Obama.  That’s funny. Last week McCain was beating them both. Apparently we’re going to have to have a general campaign after all. Once these two winners [...]

]]> By: Terrye http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/02/27/the-great-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-57340 Terrye Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:20:25 +0000 http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/02/27/the-great-debate/#comment-57340 Fatty: I am not sure what you are saying. A friend of mine can not get insurance because the company will not sell it to him. He actually sent them a quarter's worth of premiums and they sent the money back to him. He is in his 50's, has a history of hyper tension and the insurance people do not want him or his money. What is the government supposed to do about that? What is he supposed to do about it? Fatty:

I am not sure what you are saying. A friend of mine can not get insurance because the company will not sell it to him. He actually sent them a quarter’s worth of premiums and they sent the money back to him. He is in his 50’s, has a history of hyper tension and the insurance people do not want him or his money. What is the government supposed to do about that? What is he supposed to do about it?

]]> By: Terrye http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/02/27/the-great-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-57338 Terrye Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:17:48 +0000 http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/02/27/the-great-debate/#comment-57338 I have lost all patience with conservatives who say they will sit home if their guy does not win the primary, or something or other. It ought to dawn on them that if they do sit home and McCain still manages to win a lot of Republicans might not give a rat's ass the next time the right decides to throw a temper tantrum. I have lost all patience with conservatives who say they will sit home if their guy does not win the primary, or something or other. It ought to dawn on them that if they do sit home and McCain still manages to win a lot of Republicans might not give a rat’s ass the next time the right decides to throw a temper tantrum.

]]> By: saltydog http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/02/27/the-great-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-57316 saltydog Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:53:59 +0000 http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/02/27/the-great-debate/#comment-57316 Neither one has anything new to offer. It's all the usual boilerplate, platitudes and bromides. Ideas? Parrots don't have ideas; all I've heard from both of them are repetitions of the same old socialist crap. Neither one has anything new to offer. It’s all the usual boilerplate, platitudes and bromides. Ideas? Parrots don’t have ideas; all I’ve heard from both of them are repetitions of the same old socialist crap.

]]> By: Fatty Bolger http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/02/27/the-great-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-57315 Fatty Bolger Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:44:27 +0000 http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/02/27/the-great-debate/#comment-57315 Unfortunately, government run health care is back on the table because Republicans refused to address the problems with health care insurance (note I don't say health care itself) while they were in power. They did a little HIPAA and COBRA stuff with Clinton, but since then, nothing. It's become a growing issue because of regular layoffs, job mobility, and short term contract work. The workforce has changed, but the way we handle health insurance has not. It's ridiculous that I can't buy an insurance policy from any company in the country who applies for a simple license to sell in my state, or that tax treatment is unfavorable for small business owners, or that I can't join up with any group of people I wish to and negotiate a group coverage policy. Those are all things a conservative government could have addressed and chose not to, and now we're facing a total takeover by the government. I don't think it will happen, not yet, but we're closer now than we have ever been in the past and the odds are certainly higher than I'm comfortable with. Unfortunately, government run health care is back on the table because Republicans refused to address the problems with health care insurance (note I don’t say health care itself) while they were in power. They did a little HIPAA and COBRA stuff with Clinton, but since then, nothing. It’s become a growing issue because of regular layoffs, job mobility, and short term contract work. The workforce has changed, but the way we handle health insurance has not. It’s ridiculous that I can’t buy an insurance policy from any company in the country who applies for a simple license to sell in my state, or that tax treatment is unfavorable for small business owners, or that I can’t join up with any group of people I wish to and negotiate a group coverage policy. Those are all things a conservative government could have addressed and chose not to, and now we’re facing a total takeover by the government. I don’t think it will happen, not yet, but we’re closer now than we have ever been in the past and the odds are certainly higher than I’m comfortable with.

]]> By: Robert http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/02/27/the-great-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-57314 Robert Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:38:05 +0000 http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/02/27/the-great-debate/#comment-57314 RebeccaH: You should do that also. RebeccaH: You should do that also.

]]> By: Robert http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/02/27/the-great-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-57313 Robert Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:37:32 +0000 http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/02/27/the-great-debate/#comment-57313 I will be forced to do something that I never thought i would be able to do next week in the Ohio primary -- vote for the Hillbilly. I view it as my civic duty to keep this pot boiling. I will be forced to do something that I never thought i would be able to do next week in the Ohio primary — vote for the Hillbilly. I view it as my civic duty to keep this pot boiling.

]]> By: RebeccaH http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/02/27/the-great-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-57305 RebeccaH Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:06:09 +0000 http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/02/27/the-great-debate/#comment-57305 Clinton and Obama can blather on all they like. I don't bother listening anymore, because neither one of them has come up with an idea I remotely care about. Clinton and Obama can blather on all they like. I don’t bother listening anymore, because neither one of them has come up with an idea I remotely care about.

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