BREAKING: Rep. Charles Boustany of LA to Deliver GOP Response on Health Care

I hope it is followed by the Republicans submitting their vision as a bill for CBO analysis.
If not, take his words as worth what you paid for them. You may want to consider the source too (the party of the birthers, Saddam’s slam-dunk weapons of mass destruction, Mission Accomplished, death panels, and most recently Chicken Little cries over Obama’s indoctrination speech to school kids).

“Wow ….will the networks actually air another point of view ?”
jimbo | Sep 8, 2009 11:21:35 AM
You mean just like they aired the Republican response to Obama’s last speech to a joint session of Congress? Or the way they keep repeating absurd lies about the actual bills in the interest of being balanced, rather than worrying about repeating lies?

Thanks “Jimbo” for your professional analysis. Now let’s do the opposite of what the GOP idelogues suggest (if they suggest “solutions” at all).

I can understand people disagreeing with each other, by why inject race into this issue as one blogger just did? It serves no purpose and has no relevance to the discussion at hand. It’s just a “fall back” position that some people take when they have nothing left to say.

So the GOP couldnt give us a healthcare version earlier and talk about and explain it in a decent manner so they are going to air their side to try to debunk our current president’s plan. They are just plain ole “sorry” and some of them are racist!!!!! Yes BKM….some of the presidents oppositions are RACIST

I hope he’s as effective as that super orator, Bobby Jindle!

if you want to leave racism out of this then PLEASE leave out the socialism, marxism, communism, birther conspiracies and indoctrination attacks…..fair is fair!

Honestly I can only imagine what the GOP response is gonna be… I can almost probably recite the whole entire thing right in my head. What they say will be SO predictable, because at this point everything that’s come out of their mouths has been the same old thing… lies, lies, lies yeah!!!!

Thats whats admirable about the gop. They all take a turn when it comes to lying.

bkm- ….”I can understand people disagreeing with each other, by why inject race into this issue as one blogger just did?…”
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I agreed with you 100% until I went to a town hall meeting on health care and finally realized what is going on. The irrational hate spewed by some of these people could not come just from disagreeing on health care reform. When I heard the N word used several times in people’s private conversations as I stood in line and walked in the building – I knew that IS the underlying issue. I live in the South – and, after that experience, I believe firmly that racism is there, right under the surface in much of what is happening. Not by everyone but by a lot of those who are spreading the hate under the guise of “conservative” and Christian. It is very, very sad.

The not so “loyal opposition” needs to decide—do we work with and gain consensus or do we simply oppose everything even when we get concessions and let the Democrats go it alone?
I say they let the Democrats go it alone. It WILL be 1994 all over again. All of the liberals up for re-election will be replaced with centrists or conservatives.

The Republicans continue to look more insane every day. The “birther” is the best they could come up with to represent them. They are a party of no ideas and could care less about making anything better. They always prefer spending money on WAR. Tired old party full of tired old white men, one would think they would be running out of testerone. They only spout FEAR and cry Chicken Little.

No Common Sense, In response to your posts – One thing I have learned is that health care if left the way it is, will bankrupt this country in not too long a time. All administrations have known that is an absolute fact for years. Obama has the courage to take on what no other administration has. He is not only fighting the far right nut cases but also the insurance company lobby, the drug company lobby and the far left in his own party. I am confident that there will be a compromise and many, many people will still be unhappy in all those factions. But, like it or not – reforming health care is the right thing to do. The question, of course, is how. It would be so helpful if people would start from the premise (because it is fact) that left the way it is, will bankrupt us. We have to lower the costs and from everything I have heard and read from reliable media, my own senator, and our representatvies here is that the whole purpose is to lower costs. There are a lot of ways that can be done. But to do nothing is simple irresponsible. I would hope you can put your hate aside long enough to watch and evaluate the facts not the rumors and untruths that have been circulated for months.

Oh god, he’ll deliver the Republican response to the bill? Is he going to end up saying it’s going to indoctrinate our children? That it’s full of socialisitic ideas? That no one should be allowed to hear it without reading it first? etc. etc.

Gretchen:
I have no hate, other than the loathing of this bill. There are so many things that could be done that arn’t even mentioned.
Additionally, I see a few billion going down the drain in more useless committes and fat paychecks to Government overseers. It has always happened and the only way to keep it from happening again it to keep government out of it.
My nephew studying high school Government could and HAS come up with a better plan than this do-nothing congress has accomplished.
Our law makers approched this problem as the did the economy and every other problem – simply throw money at the issue and hope it goes away.
We are in desperate need of real Americans, real leaders. Unfortunatly what we have is 500 empty suits in Washington trying to figure an angle to get rich off of tax payers.

If the proposed Healthcare Reform Bills are so great, why can’t Obama pass them without any Republican support. The Dems control both the House and the Senate. So why are they blaming the Republicans? What are they waiting for? Sounds to me the Dems are scared. Why are they so scared? The Republicans at least have the balls to do things! The Republicans went to war for God sakes and the Dems can’t even pass a freakin Health Care Bill!! Give me a break! LOL

No Common Sense -I agree with you that the health care should have been handled better. Obama was, I’m sure, trying to use open debate as a way to get ideas. How can you say after eight months that he is ineffective. I think he is extremely effective in tackling problems that should have been tackled a long time ago. That makes a politician unpopular. But all great presidents including Lincoln and Truman, were very unpopular while in office. I am anxious to hear what he says with an open mind. My problem is that when nut cases like Palin come out with downright lies, about a bill that is not even fully constructed, – and people jump on her statements knowing full well they are stupid – I have to wonder why. The idea is to lower costs on health care and I really don’t believe that Obama or any Senator will sign any bill that does not lower costs. Thanks for your reply.

FASTZX6R SAID – “If the proposed Healthcare Reform Bills are so great, why can’t Obama pass them without any Republican support. The Dems control both the House and the Senate.”——————-
Very simply, because despite what the far right says, Obama is a moderate. And the liberal wing of the Democratic Party are as hard headed as the GOP. They want a one payer system and are determined not to settle for anything else. So, in order to do the right thing – which is reform health care – he has to buck the extremists in both parties.

Let’s see…a heart specialist M.D. & a republican & the only thing he agreed with the President on was the need to limit malpractice lawsuits. I can see why they chose him to speak.