I hope this thing is struck down for five reasons:

1. Single-payer?  Shitcanned.
2. A full public option?  Shitcanned.
3. Choice?  Shitcanned.
4. Funding for abortions?  Shitcanned.
5. Legal mandates forcing you to buy health insurance from a private company, resulting in millions of dollars in new profits?  Shitca---Oh wait no, that's exactly what this does.

Sure, they could try and add all of that back in before the senate votes, but they won't.  Dennis 'tiny man, huge balls' Kucinich being the only exception, congressional Democrats are too ascared of losing their next election to fight for real health care reform.  To compare these people to jellyfish would be an insult to the jellyfish race.

This bill in it's current form should be re-titled The American Insurance Company Profit Protection Act of 2009, and it should be immediately put down like Old Yeller.

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Do you still think there is any real difference between Republican politicians and Democrat ones?

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I stopped thinking that a while ago.  There's as much difference between Democrats and Republicans as there was between Hitchcock's Psycho and the shot-for-shot remake(with a randomly added masturbation scene) starring Vince Vaughan.

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Quote: from Elm at 11:38 pm on Nov. 7, 2009

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Do you still think there is any real difference between Republican politicians and Democrat ones?

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I stopped thinking that a while ago. There's as much difference between Democrats and Republicans as there was between Hitchcock's Psycho and the shot-for-shot remake(with a randomly added masturbation scene) starring Vince Vaughan.

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Neither have convictions - they have stimulus response.  Whatever is likely to get them re-elected or secure monetary rewards during / after office they do - anything that does not do this or prevent the opposite is not done.