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Public Healthcare Truth by Robert Reich

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Topic: Public Healthcare Truth by Robert Reich
Posted By: John Beagle
Subject: Public Healthcare Truth by Robert Reich
Date Posted: Oct 18 2009 at 10:34am


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Posted By: John Beagle
Date Posted: Oct 18 2009 at 10:37am
Here is what Robert has to say about this video on his blog:

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2009

More Desperation from the Right

Lou Dobbs, Sean Hannity, Rush, and the right-wing blogosphere seem interested in a talk I gave in September, 2007 to students in a political science class here at Berkeley, in which I played the role of a presidential candidate so politically incorrect and tone-deaf as to pummel every sacred cow in sight -- including the notion that our society could afford and would continue forever to pay whatever amount of money was required to keep everyone alive forever. The whole point of the mock exercise was to show that presidential candidates can't state what everyone knows to be the truth because they'll be taken apart by the Right or the Left. I slew many other sacred cows in that mock exercise, some of which are held dearly by the Left. Nonetheless, two years later the Right has exhumed the lecture and taken my words completely out of context purportedly to show that Obama and the Democrats plan death panels. 

If their desperation weren't so pathetic it would be funny. After all, they have proven the whole point of my lecture. UC Berkeley maintains an  http://webcast.berkeley.edu/course_details.php?seriesid=1906978463 - archive of webcasts  and my speech is available there http://webcast.berkeley.edu/stream.php?type=download&webcastid=20057 - verbatim , should you wish to listen to it in its entirety.




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Posted By: Merrell Wood
Date Posted: Oct 18 2009 at 12:35pm

Is this text and video clip posted to promote discussion or confirm a conservative political agenda? I hope the former...



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Posted By: rngrmed
Date Posted: Oct 18 2009 at 12:59pm
Lou Dobbs, Sean Hannity and Rush are a disgrace to politics..Their shows are nothing more than a glorified Jerry Springer show.  A democrat could say it was a warm and sunny day in mid June in Southern California and they would disagree or say that the left was pulling he wool over our eyes.  Not that the left is much better.  Too bad these 2 parties can't work together..always some hidden agenda


Posted By: John Beagle
Date Posted: Oct 18 2009 at 1:13pm
I am saying that Robert Reich explains health care goals of the current administration better than Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Lou Dobbs.

Be careful of what you hope for, you might end up with the government telling you when it is time to die because someone else is more deserving of the health care budget.

Life expectancy will go down and health related preventable deaths will go up if health care is socialized in this country. We will have plenty of money to pay for abortions but not enough to buy grandma her medicine to keep from dying.


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Posted By: Bocephus
Date Posted: Oct 18 2009 at 11:38pm
Originally posted by Merrell Wood Merrell Wood wrote:

Is this text and video clip posted to promote discussion or confirm a conservative political agenda? I hope the former...

And whats wrong with being a Conservative ?



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