Did everyone here get what Kieth O was talking about in his special comment on health care?

[bigdarryl]

All DU'ers please respond I have a reason for asking this question.

[Sherman A1]

1. Didn't watch it

[JuniperLea]

2. I didn't watch, and haven't seen the transcript yet...

It sure made an impact around here yesterday.

[LSparkle]

3. What I took away was: We shouldn't just let the RICH live ...

while the poor are left to die if they can't afford
health care that can improve/lengthen their lives.
Maybe it wasn't "in your face" but I took it as a
call AGAINST the class warfare that exists in our
society, especially when it comes to health care.

[tabatha]

4. One of the points he was making

was that the republicans, pro-lifers, were not choosing life.

[Tansy_Gold]

5. yes.

1. Insurance companies are the enemy.
2. we need to take down the insurance companies
3. we can do that by sponsoring free health clinics in Montana, Nevada, Louisiana, and Arkansas.


clear enough for ya?



TG

[BrklynLiberal]

6. yes...

[uponit7771]

7. I did

[Raven]

8. Health care is a basic human right. The debate is not about

money or politics or republican or democrat...it is about being allowed to live your life in a decent, dignified way in a country that can well afford it if we got our fucked up priorities right...the story about his Dad on the floor made me think about the dignity part of all of this.

[kimmerspixelated]

28. Raven said it!

[PSzymeczek]

35. Ding! Ding! Ding!

We have a winner.

[Ineeda]

9. I got it. n/t

[Vincardog]

10. We should put on Free clinics in the faces of those who might help pass HCR

[bigdarryl]

12. So my question is WHAT THE HELL is Randi Rhodes problem

she is ranting all day on her show saying he was all wrong on what he was saying

[Vincardog]

18. RR is just pissed that KO has a getter show than she does. She should add something of value or STFU

[Ian David]

25. I didn't realize Randi still had a show. n/t

[PSzymeczek]

36. She got back on the air

in May.

[Ian David]

37. Unless she gets the help she needs, her next self-destruction should put the Lcross mission to shame

[question everything]

40. Lamenting her former 15 min of fame

that faded fast.

[ashling]

11. OK, so what is your reason for asking

??:shrug:??

[bigdarryl]

13. I want to know why Randi thinks he was TOTALLY wrong

[drm604]

15. What exactly did Randi say? n/t

[bigdarryl]

20. Randi quote: Listening to him last night was like listening to Glen Beck

and he did our side no favors on what he was talking about Church hill.

[LSparkle]

23. So she thinks it was like Faux Noize but we should be more like ...

the Repugs in our cheerleading regardless of the flaws
in the approach our reps may be taking? Are we supposed
to spout "happy talk" even as Baucus and co. hope to
sell us down the river???

What the hell is wrong with MSNBC becoming the liberal
version of Faux???? WE NEED A FRIGGIN' CABLE NETWORK
TO COUNTER WHAT THEY'RE DOING? Sorry, Randi, you and
your Clear Channel bosses aren't getting the job done
for us liberals -- we need a TV channel.

But when MSNBC (and KO in particular) decide to follow
the Repugs/Faux playbook, she claims it's "too much like
Glenn Beck." The rap on libs is that we're too cerebral --
what KO tried to do last night was provoke an emotional,
MORAL OUTRAGE at what's about to be voted on in Congress.

I'm REALLY disappointed in Randi. She's way off on this ...
and yeah, if she and Howard weren't moved by KO last night
then then I do think they are a couple of cold fish.

[Hello_Kitty]

22. I heard part of Randi and she didn't say he was wrong

She said he was preaching to the choir and sounded like a pedantic liberal Glenn Beck. I enjoyed Keith last night but I can see her point. And yes, I also think she's jealous of him so it clouds her judgment.

[ashling]

33. I always thought she was soundind like a liberal Rush Limbaugh

:shrug:

[Ian David]

26. Randi's just being Randi. n/t

[gkhouston]

29. Randi's been dissing Keith for years. She appears to be toxically envious. n/t

[vaberella]

31. Or secretly crushing & denying it. Sometimes I wonder if my dislike for Boehner is hidden adoration.

n/t

[Hello_Kitty]

34. I have a hate crush on Eric Cantor.

:blush:

[drm604]

14. When you get down to basics, health care is about life versus death.

The right to life (which can be maintained by health care) is the most basic human right, and thus should be protected by government as zealously as any other right.

[AngryAmish]

16. no

[pennylane100]

17. What I got out of it was how little this country values human life

and the real death panels are those run by corporations. There was a lot of other very valid observations but my short term memory loss prevents me from mentioning them all.

The one thing I did remember that disappointed me a little, was his idea of running clinics in the states of the democratic panel members. I was hoping for something more in your face, like rallies and ad campaigns and nasty tricks that would help derail their careers. But, of course, clinics to help people get medical care is always helpful.

[xxqqqzme]

32. It may not be in your face

but free clinics in the states where blue dogs are kissing insurance co ass certainly is in their face. When a couple thousand show up for a free clinic in Nevada how is Reid going to ignore that and get re-elected?

[pennylane100]

38. I certainly hope you are right, but the cynical side of my is less optimistic..

Take someone like Bacus (a democrat , no less). He took over three million dollars from the medical industry and in return is fully prepared to sacrifice the lives and well-being of hundreds of thousands of his non-insured fellow citizens to repay these bribes. Do you really think the sight of people lining up for a free medical visit will worry him.

He does not need their money and is counting on the fact that there is no reliable opposition or that the poor and needy are less likely to vote. How sad is that.

[BlooInBloo]

19. That's a cold way to find out how dumb people are.

[valerief]

21. I donated. nt

[Bluenorthwest]

24. Sure I did but then I'm not from Ohio

and Dickens does not confuse me, so what do I know?

[Botany]

27. yes .... we need health care reform & he is sad his Dad is dying.

p.s. Randi is vile petty little piece of shit.

[vaberella]

30. I watched it and I understood him advocating for single payer centrally.

However, besides his advocation of single payer he lays blame where blame is due. That our health is not a policy decision so much as it calls on basic human emotions of community and survival. For lives to have been auctioned out for so long in this nation is an abomination and for those who can't afford to "protect" themselves from the gamble that is life---we are basicall asking to die with utter disregard. What's more painful is that those who realized the gamble and could afford to protect themselves have found out they were not protected. Also, we see that care is not care but a profit maker. All in all it was a message of a lot of things but what he wants is the insurance company out of the relationship between the patient and their doctor. What the Republicans and so many of the manipulated populace don't realize---is, as they were screaming Gov. wants to come between you and your doctor---the health insurance companies have been between you, your doctor, and adequate health care.

As an aside on edit. I donated to the NAFC.

[depakid]

39. I got that it was about 50 minutes too long,,,