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Cato's health care expert Cannon weighs in on reconciliation (NSFW)

March 04, 2010 1:23 pm ET by Media Matters staff

From a March 4 post on Twitter by Michael F. Cannon, Director of Health Care Policy Studies at the Cato Institute:

The post was also listed by the Cato Institute itself:

 

(h/t Blue Virginia) 

UPDATE: 

Cannon replaced the original post with this edited version, before deleting it altogether: 

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    • Author by pete592 (March 04, 2010 1:33 pm ET)
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      Cato's resident potty-mouth comedian is also a health care expert?
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    • Author by magnolialover (March 04, 2010 1:49 pm ET)
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      With experts like that?
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    • Author by MadRiver Jack (March 04, 2010 1:50 pm ET)
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      In what respect, Charlie?
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    • Author by bintx (March 04, 2010 2:01 pm ET)
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      Nice. There's someone to admire and respect.
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    • Author by John Paradox (March 04, 2010 2:04 pm ET)
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      Missed:
      Fox News: Fair and Balanced.
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    • Author by mustardman (March 04, 2010 2:08 pm ET)
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      Well teabagging does involve balls on the chin and not just in the mouth ya know.
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    • Author by political_left-religious_right (March 04, 2010 2:08 pm ET)
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      Yecch. Can you imagine what it would be like to be on trial and have that man on the jury?
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    • Author by vake (March 04, 2010 2:30 pm ET)
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      Get off his back. Cannon was being facetious and got his point across- health care "reform" will never be fixed in reconciliation. Besides, his Twitter feed is not official Cato property.
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      • Author by DellDolly (March 04, 2010 7:54 pm ET)
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        Yea, that's why the Cato Institute later came out with an apology and a scolding of ALL employees to NEVER do this again, because they're so proud of it and unconcerned about how it reflects on them!

        Sucker!
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    • Author by New Frontier (March 04, 2010 3:05 pm ET)
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      Hey, check out this part of Cannon's bio:

      Previously, he served as a domestic policy analyst for the U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee under Chairman Larry E. Craig.
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    • Author by Dradeeus (March 04, 2010 3:21 pm ET)
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      Ooooooo. Classy!
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    • Author by goesto11 (March 04, 2010 3:29 pm ET)
         
      Why on Earth would the Cato Institute not immediately sever all ties with this guy?

      Seriously. People get canned for a lot less than this. And their stupidity isn't splashed all over the Internet for the world to see.
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