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Carlson: "Maybe instead of calling it the 'consumer option,' Nancy Pelosi should call it the 'tax option' "

October 29, 2009 10:01 am ET

From the October 29 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends:

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Fox & Friends hosts Luntz to decry Pelosi "rebranding" the public option, push "government option" language

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    • Author by IRONY 101 (October 29, 2009 10:05 am ET)
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      And maybe we should call you the "idiotic option"...

      Once again, I ask whether Carlson's reporting comes from the "opinion" side of FOX News or the "news" side.
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      • Author by bilbo_dies (October 29, 2009 10:14 am ET)
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        Well, since she works on Fox & Friends it does seem that she isn't doing any reporting.

        Considering her remark "Maybe instead of calling it the 'consumer option,' Nancy Pelosi should call it the 'tax option' "
        I do believe that would put the nail in the casket.
        Reporters report the news, without personal bias.
        Commentators report their opinion.
        It surely sounded like her personal opinion to me.
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    • Author by princeofwheels (October 29, 2009 10:08 am ET)
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      Hey Carlson, maybe instead of calling your show Fox and Friends. maybe we should call it, "Why is the blonde looking at written script when the camera catches her before she is finished reading her supplied buzz-word?" Your parents must be proud to have raised a parrot.

      Who else today will refer to it the "tax option"?
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    • Author by Bad News (October 29, 2009 10:08 am ET)
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      "A Hostile Enemy of the United States"
      Why don't you focus on your Ugly Statement Gretchen, Focus on your Own Source of Hate?
      Talk to Bill O'Reilly Gretchen maybe you can fix his "Phone Sex" Issue?
      Their is plenty of Stench at Fox News Gretchen that could use a Wipe with some Toilet Tissue.


      Speak truth to power.


      Mr. News
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      • Author by Conchobhar (October 29, 2009 11:02 am ET)
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        "A hostile enemy!?" Gretch, if you're viewers don't understand the word enemy, what makes you think they know what hostile means?
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        • Author by John Paradox (October 29, 2009 7:15 pm ET)
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          Well, since the Faux/Neocons all opposed President Obama's winning the Nobel Peace Prize, and the Taliban also did, maybe they (Taliban) are 'friendly enemies' to the Faux/Neocons.
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    • Author by The_Cat (October 29, 2009 10:13 am ET)
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      Yes, Gretchen, because it's wrong when wealthy people are required to give a little back. How terrible. Let's just keep letting 40+ thousand Americans die each year so you can afford a vacation home. That's a worthy trade, right? I mean, it's only the equivalent of having a 9-11 every single month. We all know what a laid back approach you took to that event. It not like a whole new bureaucracy, complete with cabinet post, sprang into existence or anything, right?


      Yeah. Very very very far right.
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      • Author by puppienrainbows (October 29, 2009 10:37 am ET)
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        "Let's just keep letting 40+ thousand die each year so you can afford a vacation home." That's the most dishonost 'comparison' I've seen on this website to date. So if Obamacare passes, 40,000 will be magically saved! Hogwash. You, and others are constantly complaining about inflation of facts yet you conjure up a doozy like that and feel quite comfortable with it. Classic liberal mush.
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        • Author by NG_Officer (October 29, 2009 10:42 am ET)
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          FAIL
          Where does she say that
          40,000 will be magically saved

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          • Author by puppienrainbows (October 29, 2009 11:14 am ET)
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            If you own or rent a computer and have the ability to access the internet, you ought to be able to read and comprehend. I'm sorry that you cannot.
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            • Author by NG_Officer (October 29, 2009 11:18 am ET)
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              Let me be more clear (and make sure you read it slowly)
              Where does The_Cat, in her previous post, state that "40,000 will be magically saved" if health care reform passes.
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              • Author by puppienrainbows (October 29, 2009 11:25 am ET)
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                Let me be more clear. Re-read the_cat's post. If at that time you are still unable to understand what the_cat 'said', I will be unable to help you.
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        • Author by bintx (October 29, 2009 11:07 am ET)
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          "Classic liberal mush."

          Puppies, do you understand that not everyone who disagrees with you is a "liberal"? Disagreement rarely has anything to do with political ideology . . . culture, religion, education, financial situation, yes. Real political ideology, rarely. As long as you continue to frame EVERY single debate in your ever present "us v. them" game, you will continue to be marginalized. Try thinking outside the political ideology box for a change.

          As I've said before, just because you spout Fox/Rush/Beck talking points, that does not make you a conservative, in fact, it makes you less a conservative and more a groupie.
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          • Author by puppienrainbows (October 29, 2009 11:21 am ET)
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            You can call yourself anything you choose but your sentiments revealed by your posts, which parrot the mmfa 'headlines', indicate a festering librul attitude complete with politically correct punchlines and catch-phrases. You have NEVER shown the ability to 'think outside the ideaology box' that I have seen. Your only ability is honed to mimic mmfa's daily routine of attempting to 'de-legitimize' anyone or any organization who criticizes the Obama administration. Try thinking for yourself sometime. It's refreshing! You may like it if you try it.
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            • Author by NG_Officer (October 29, 2009 11:23 am ET)
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              by using the Rushbo term "librul" you just showed that you, in fact, are the parrot. Why don't you try thinking for yourself. turn off the radio and open your eyes.
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            • Author by marco21 (October 29, 2009 11:29 am ET)
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              Fox is already illegitimate. MMFA just holds the mirror up so you can see. Sorry if you don't like the reflection they cast.
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        • Author by The_Cat (October 29, 2009 11:31 am ET)
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          "'We found that 45,000 Americans are dying annually, due to lack of health insurance,' said Dr. Steffie Woolhandler."

          You can find that here, puppienrainbows. Now, if health reform passes, with a public option, it may take some time to turn that number around, but at least those without insurance will have a better chance at staying alive. And if that means a few wealthy skinflints have to fork over a little pocket change, I'm not gonna cry about it.

          Just FYI, I'm a Tom, not a Queen. :)
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        • Author by pete592 (October 29, 2009 11:41 am ET)
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          "So if Obamacare passes, 40,000 will be magically saved!"
          Not by magic, but by the existence of insurance they can afford, making possible the treatments they can't afford.

          Maybe we can't save them all, but what if we saved the lives of 20,000 people who would otherwise die because they aren't rich enough to live? What if only 400,000 people declared bankruptcy due to medical bills instead of the usual 900,000?
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        • Author by DellDolly (October 29, 2009 11:53 am ET)
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          Of course you know that saying one objects to continuing the same failed policies that has allowed more than 40,000 people to die as a result of having no health insurance is not equivalent to saying "40,000 will be magically saved!" Many of those lives easily could be saved, and likely will be saved, but it's not saying the same thing.

          So, let me fix your post.

          "I'm spouting hogwash, as I usually do. I complain about you guys inflation of facts, but here I am the one who conjured up a doozy like that, and yes, I feel quite comfortable with it. Classic rightwing mush, I know, but it's the best I can do!"
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        • Author by srichardson (October 29, 2009 12:01 pm ET)
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          There is a difference between a blogger conjuring up facts and a journalist (or in the case of Beck, a rodeo clown) conjuring up facts. 40+ lives or 2000 lives, what difference does it make? People shouldn't have to die bc they cannot afford good healthcare.
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    • Author by drempala (October 29, 2009 10:14 am ET)
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      The GOP: Defenders of Medicare.
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    • Author by pros2pros2940 (October 29, 2009 10:44 am ET)
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      You mean just like Reagan when he raised taxes 7 times on lower and middle class citizens ?
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    • Author by marco21 (October 29, 2009 10:54 am ET)
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      Remember when Clinton jacked up the taxes on top earners and people like Cher and David Geffen were sleeping in refrigerator boxes on the street in the early '90s?

      Yeah, me neither.
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    • Author by mjh (October 29, 2009 11:13 am ET)
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      Carlson: "Maybe instead of calling it the 'consumer option,' Nancy Pelosi should call it the 'tax option' "



      Well, Gretch, I think I'll take that over the GOP option:

      [http://www.advocate.com/uploadedImages/ADVOCATE/NEWS/2009/200909/2009-09-30/graysonx390.jpg]
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    • Author by antihannity2009 (October 29, 2009 12:31 pm ET)
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      Maybe Fox should call it the "Socialist Option" or the "Obama Option" or the "Harry Option" or the "Chicago Way Option". You know, choose a different buzz word every week until it sticks.
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    • Author by Boxer1979 (October 29, 2009 7:20 pm ET)
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      Carlson: "Maybe instead of calling it the 'consumer option,' Nancy Pelosi should call it the 'tax option' "

      Maybe you need your mouth stitched shut. For the smears you do.
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