Gibbs: Senate Health Bill Closer to Obama’s Goal on Abortion Funding Issue

“Most of the harm in the world is done by good people, and not by accident, lapse, or omission,” wrote Isabel Patterson in her 1943 essay The Humanitarian With the Guillotine.
“It is the result of their deliberate actions, long persevered in, which they hold to be motivated by high ideals toward virtuous ends.”

Gibbs played Jake like a stradivarius.Trapper saved his tough questions for McConnell.Looks like Jake fits the liberal mold to take George’s chair on This Week.

In a pluralistic society, law will always need to be more conservative than its most liberal members and more liberal than its most conservative members. I think the Senate language captures that fairly well. Obama, whatever you think of his policies, is not attempting to create a Christian theocracy and that is more in line with US tradition than the Republican right.

In a pluralistic society…LOL some of us need to get in the work force, pay taxes, (when possible) instead of being baby sat by Government, and see what U.S. tradition is, that would be the Republican way, right!

In a pluralistic society, law will always need to be more conservative than its most liberal members and more liberal than its most conservative members. I think the Senate language captures that fairly well.
Posted by: Michael |
Surely that is not the only metric you recognize for judging a law.

In a pluralistic society, law will always need to be more conservative than its most liberal members and more liberal than its most conservative members. I think the Senate language captures that fairly well. Obama, whatever you think of his policies, is not attempting to create a Christian theocracy and that is more in line with US tradition than the Republican right.
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Nicely put.

President Obama’s goal is not to change the status quo when it comes to women’s health insurance and abortions.
The status quo for health insurance and abortions:
*Women can buy coverage, get it through their employer or husband’s employer–or a combination of both.
*No federal funding goes to pay for women’s abortions.
Why are people so upset about a president trying to keep the status quo on this sex specific issue?

I’m sure Gibbs and the rest of the Obama Administration prefer the Senate version because they are all neocons at heart.

Oh, and I did not want to pay for Bush’s illegal war in Iraq either, but again, no choice.

Sally2you, do you know there is a failure rate for every kind of properly used birth control of 3%. So don’t assume that women who had abortions were irresponsible. The majority of women I know who have had them were married, had children and simply couldn’t afford any more, either financially or emotionally. (one mom had a child that would need life-long care, another had two ill parents that she cared for along with her two young children.)
As for those objecting to federal dollars spent on abortions taking life, like another commenter here, I felt wronged that my tax dollars were spent attacking Iraq, killing many innocent men, women and children there.

I agree with Sally2you. Abortion is primarily used as a means of birth control by irresponsible people. Think about that … murdering another human being so somebody can have some fun.

So basically Obama wants taxpayer funded abortion despite what the public says:
“A new poll by Quinnipiac shows public opinion hardening on ObamaCare as Harry Reid attempts to push it through to its Senate conclusion. Overall, American voters oppose ObamaCare 53%-36%, but the issue of funding abortion through public funds is even more conclusive. By a margin of 72%-23%, voters disapprove of using federal funds to provide abortions or abortion coverage.”

The democrats do not care what the constitution says nor do they care what the american people want. They have their marxist utopian society in their sights and nothing will stand in their way. In 2010, look for democrats to use the $500 billion slush fund that they are amassing to buy or steal as many votes as they need to continue down this path of destruction.

A big win for many people but not the American taxpayers. It was a win for the drug companies, the hospital companies, and the for-profit health insurance corporations. They get billions of government dollars and millions more from Americans now forced to buy their products. The is also a huge win for the lobbyists. This vote was also a political win. It was a big deal for Barack Obama, Max Baucus, Rahm Emanuel, and Harry Reid–who cared more about putting up a “W” on the scoreboard than about the policy. It was also a big day for senators like Blanche Lincoln, Mary Landrieu, Ben Nelson, and Joe Lieberman. They were bought like hookers, while taxpayers in other states pay for their pork.
It was a loss for the country. Our broken health care system will remain broken and costs will continue to rise at an alarming rate. Hundreds of billions will be given to poorly regulated private health insurance companies in the hope that they spend that money on actually providing people with health care. It forces millions of people to buy very expensive insurance that they cannot afford to get actual health care, so that Democrats can proudly say millions more people are “covered.” Instead of reining in the insurance companies, it only enriches, and empowers them further. It will be a wasteful, expensive, and probably unpopular program for only a small subset of lower income Americans. .
It will put roughly 15 million more people on Medicaid/CHIP. But these improvements come at a huge cost. There is a poorly designed tax that will cause many people’s insurance to get worse, and a mandate forcing people to buy low quality, expensive insurance for unregulated private insurance companies And this is the hope and change people voted for. This is hope and change we can not afford.

Finally, an excellant article on Big Government called “Lessons From John Galt”, the main character in Ayn Rand’s classic, “Atlas Shrugged.” Don Freemand writes:
“Recent headlines seem lifted directly out of an Ayn Rand novel. President Obama decries the “fat cat bankers on Wall Street”. Harry Reid attacks insurance companies for making too much profit. House Democrat leaders call Tea Partiers “Racist, Nazi, Gun Nuts”. How about this nauseating statement made by Army General George Casey after the Muslim terrorist attack on Ft. Hood?
‘As great a tragedy as this was, it would be a shame if our diversity became a casualty as well.’
Should be a “must read” for everyone!!

Yeah, I’m tired of Gibbs AND his boss!

tierra; Just wait until you see the new IRS 1040 form that asks you for your policy number or pay a fine. You’ll really love them then.

Bailedout – I could not have said it better. I am copying that and I may re-post it elsewhere. Someone actually gets it!

I see he is in favor of taking the life of a baby and have those who are against abortion to assist them in paying for it. This is wrong from whatever side you are on.
—————————————-No, he is for following the law, which says that abortion is legal. I disagree with the law that allows people to own an unrestricted number of guns and carry concealed weapons. I would like that stopped as well. I am not for abortion or for guns but the Supreme Court says both are protected in the Constituion. You can disagree – but it is the law. Posted by: mertzgm ________________________mertzgm, why don’t you show me a law that says you have to buy handguns and hunting rifles for people who want them.

Oh, and I did not want to pay for Bush’s illegal war in Iraq either, but again, no choice.
Posted by: mertzgm
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The Constitution states that the President has the right to send troops abroad whether Congress declares war or not.
In the case of Iraq, however, Congress DID declare war…. with the votes of every member of YOUR party.
There is no illegality here either mertzgm.

The health care reform turkey is a piece of junk. Shame on Obama. Obama doesn’t have the courage of a chicken to cross the road even. Obama could never be a true leader of change such as Nelson Mandela or Ghandi, because Obama lacks strength and courage. Obama has no will for a fight, unless it’s a fight to the bottome of medocrity. Congress should not vote for this phony health care bill that denies any reforms for 4 years, it’s a travesty of reform.

It shows the obvious arrogance of his current gang on Capitol Hill to pass a law that precludes challenging some other law they pass. I’ve never quite seen anything like this. Only corrupt politicians could even think of such a thing.