Beck says "the battle is health care, the war is freedom," says it is a "turning point" like Civil War, Pearl Harbor
March 18, 2010 10:21 am ET
From the March 18 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Glenn Beck Program:
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May I suggest that you guys try to blend in Better!
Is Glenn Beck hiding a nervous breakdown?
See, the republicans when they impeached Clinton basically took impeachment off of the table for anyone else after, because they used the process for their own political means, rather than what it was actually meant for. So, when during President Bush's tenure, we were torturing people, wiretapping without warrants, and so on, it really was a non-starter for most democrats who were in leadership positions.
The Republican Party also impeached Andrew Johnson for political reasons in 1867. It didn't work because a handful of Republican Senators did the right thing.
Jeesh, you guys are nuts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFmVtZLnHio
Casting reform's advocates as swarthy, dark foreigners probably was a no-brainer in Beck's brain.
Just askin'
:-)
G.A. Custer.
The country is NOT going to end. The government is NOT taking over health care in this country. The insurance companies are NOT going to go out of business.
It will be maybe a good thing, to go back, see what these jokers said about health care reform, and what the consequences would be for America if it passed, and compare it to what really happened.
They will look like bigger fools than they already are.
Thing is, one editorial isn't anything these days, and even back then, it didn't really amount to much.
Today, we have the interwebs, and we have talk radio, and FoxNews, where every single day, they say, and do things worse than what was done in 1800.
Sure dirty politics have always been around, but... It's a lot worse now than I ever remember it being (even during the Clinton years). Heck, we had one of local right wingers on here talking about how he hopes that Congress turns republican in November, so that they can impeach Obama (for no other reason than not liking him of course).
That's how ridiculous the right wing has gotten. Sure, we have Olberman, and Maddow, and Schultz, but our guys aren't even close to the vile and hatred that flows forth from Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, O'Reilly, Levin, Ingraham, Coulter, and so on. Not. Even. Close.
Did your insurance premiums go up this year?
The premiums have been going up for several years . . . BEFORE Obama became president.
I'll ask again, where did you get that information?
Why? Because both sides rely on data from the CBO to support their legislation. They need the CBO and aren't about to criticize them directly.
I'm not entirely sure how things would be under the Republicans, except that they'd lower your taxes and let your happy safe bubble pop when the Democrats regain power, acting as if they didn't set the stage for this while they were in power.
And their taxes still went up.
but your taxes have not gone up. they have gone down.
good funny stuff tho. thanks
... his feet were dangling just a few inches off the ground. I am talking two, maybe three inches.
I told him to just let go and he screamed and cried. I grabbed a hold of him and said, "Look. Just let go." He started to kick his legs and tried to actally twist out of my arms, and in his own panic, his hands slipped and he landed with a soft thud on to his feet. After a few deep breaths, and a few deep sobs, it was clear that he was safe and I could go back to doing what I was doing. Crisis averted.
A few minutes later, he and a few other friends are playing under the slide, using the same cross bar to hang and do flips on.
I imagine those who oppose this bill will feel the same way.
You really should look up the talking points you repeat.
There will be a vote.
Have there been tweaks and modifications to the original bill? Yes. But, not to the current form of the final Senate bill, which we have had since Christmas... with the addition of eleven pages by the White House.
To argue that we haven't had enough time to know what is in this bill is just bunk. In fact, I am tired of hearing about what is in this bill and ready to see it passed.
The core bill WILL get an up or down vote by the House when the amendment that contains the revisions as well as the self-executing rule is voted upon. That vote in the House will be a vote for the core bill from the Senate AND the revisions in the amendment.
Then the revisions will get an up or down vote in the Senate.
Just because you're too ignorant to understand that there's going to be sufficient up or down votes to satisfy ANY rules and obligations by Congress doesn't mean we are ignorant too!
What?
They won't vote on the revisions and the core bill until at least 72 hours after the CBO has scored the bill, and the original Senate bill has been available for a long time - so why would ANYONE be forced to vote for this bill without knowing what's in it? All they have to do now is read the revisions that have just been scored by the CBO to add to the Senate bill that's they've already been able to read.
They DO know the projections on how much it will cost too? How can you possibly think that this ignorant argument will hold water among anyone but the uninformed rightwing who swallow ANY conspiracy theory that makes Dems look bad?
No Congressman will go home and say that they didn't vote for healthcare.
A vote in the House of Representatives will be for BOTH the revisions to the core bill AND the core bill!
You're lying when you write that it is going to do that.
As I've been explaining for over a week, using the self-executing rule, one vote covers TWO THINGS.
And there WILL be a vote. An up or down vote. And the Senate has already voted on the core bill, and they will have to vote to approve the revisions that the House has crafted!
It is ridiculous to claim that there's any plans to "pass" this "without an up or down vote".
Thanks for providing evidence that you're ridiculous, Dave. Of course, any regular poster already knew that.
And the fixes CAN'T be done in the normal conference committee process because the Republicans in the Senate are blocking that.
So they have to use an EXISTING rule (not the Slaughter rule at all - that's just an ad hominem attack created by some other rightwinger to smear Dems) to make changes.
Changes, by the way, that increased, significantly, the cost savings from this bill.
The rule is so that the bill WITH its changes gets passed. They make one vote, and both the bill AND the amendments pass.
Glenn Beck is offended that a black man occupies the white house. The very thought consumes this hate merchant. This is why he says ridiculous things. Beck wants this black president out of the oval office so bad that he hopes his constant attacks lead someone to take up arms against this president.
Always remember that racist people speak out of hate, ignorance and stupid. This is exactly what you get with a Glenn Beck.
What do you mean "when all fails whip out the race card"? Obama is still president and he is about to enact his third major piece of legislation.
I speak the truth and I will never reduce race to a game of card. People like you are the reason race relations is as bad as it is. Why? Because you are in denial. The constant, yet, dangerous attacks on this president has a lot to do with his race, whether you want to acknowledge it or not.