Democrats Rope a Dope on Health Care

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Friday September 04, 2009 · 6:46 AM PDT

2009/09/04 · 06:46

The Republicans have been pummeling us on health care. Strong support among the American people for progressive health care reform has been overwhelmed by the radical right and hung out to dry by the mainstream political establishment on both sides of the aisle. President Obama and the administration appears feeble and ineffectual and has allowed the debate over health care reform to be hijacked by rumors, paranoia, and the frenzy of outrageous lies coming from the fringe.

I sense a turning point here. The cacophony on the right has become stale and the contours of the progressive counter punch are becoming visible through the dust and clouds.

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Tuesday September 16, 2008 · 5:43 PM PDT

2008/09/16 · 17:43

Since Republican nominee John McCain has been woefully unable to explain whether the US economy is "fundamentally strong" or "in crisis," his campaign has dispatched Carly Fiorina to tout McCain's position on the current economic crisis. Recently, Fiorina claimed that Palin was unqualified to run a major corporation. Responding to questions from Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC a short while ago, Fiorina made the following claim:

Well, I don't think John McCain could run a major corporation. I don't think Barack Obama could run a major corporation. I don't think Joe Biden could run a major corporation. But on the other hand, a major corporation is not the same as being the President or Vice President of the United States. It is a fallacy to suggest that the country is like a company. So, of course! To run a business, you have to have a lifetime of experience in business. But that's not what Sarah Palin, John McCain, Joe Biden, or Barack Obama are doing.

(A fallacy, eh? Well, if John McCain knows about anything lately, he knows about fallacies.)

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Democrats Rope a Dope on Health Care

Fiorina says McCain couldn't run a major corporation. Thanks for the clarification, Carly!