Steele Statement: GOP Ignored At Summit

[babylonsister]

:rofl:

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/live/health-care-summit/#321395

Steele Statement: GOP Ignored At Summit
11 minutes ago

Less than 10 minutes after the summit ended Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele declared it nothing more than a PR event.

Here's Steele's statement:

"Despite the best hopes of the American people, today's health care summit proved to be exactly what they feared most - another PR event for President Obama and Washington Democrats at the expense of bipartisan progress and true health care reform. For well over a year, Democrats have been ignoring the concerns of voters and their unwillingness to scrap their already rejected government-run bill is just further proof that they don't plan on changing. Even more disappointing, it now seems that the purpose of this so-called bipartisan summit wasn't actually bipartisan compromise but rather political theater to provide cover for reconciliation, a parliamentary trick the American people stand firmly against. House and Senate Republicans have consistently offered common-sense incremental reforms that will make health care more affordable, accessible and will protect the doctor-patient relationship without adding to the national deficit but these ideas have been consistently ignored. But this debate isn't about whether the president can fit a couple GOP ideas into his massive liberal plan, it's about two fundamentally different approaches to governing and what is best for America. Very simply, President Obama and Capitol Hill Democrats trust government bureaucrats in Washington to oversee Americans' health care and Republicans trust the American people, empowered with market-based solutions, to improve health care."

[Captain Hilts]

1. Laughable. What an idiot. nt

[Arkana]

2. Well, it's Michael Steele--chances are he didn't watch it.

[dmr]

3. They weren't, but were ignorable-worthy n/t

[Vinca]

4. Steele better hope "the American people" didn't watch it.

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. You gotta admit...he is a funny guy!

[aquamarina]

6. The disconnect is mind boggling.

[Bobbie Jo]

7. I'm sorry, did they say something?

:rofl:

[jefferson_dem]

8. If I wasn't laughing so hard right now, I might be pissed at the little shit.

n/t

[Cass]

9. Yeah just like they were completely shut out of formulating the HC bill, even though there's 150

republican amendments in it.

:eyes:

[gkhouston]

10. Darn it, they just need to POUT LOUDER!!!

:rofl:

[Robb]

11. I hope it was sent as a .doc so we can all see he wrote it last night. nt

[dhill926]

13. yep, exactly...........n/t

[dhill926]

12. I don't think he could write this in 10 minutes.....

no doubt had it pre-written and ready to go........

[babylonsister]

18. You got it. This was probably written prior to the summit. Reminds

me of Jindal's rethug response to Obama last year, the one that had no relationship to what Obama actually said. :D

[HughMoran]

14. You missed the 'ant' and the end. IGNORANT

They are in over their heads - leave HCR to the grownups please, thank you.

[Kber]

15. A decent part of my job is communications

and I just realized how much easier I can make my day if I stop worrying about being factually correct and just make shit up

Thanks Mike!

[Dr.Phool]

16. Steele was ignored.

Everybody ignores him.

They should give him a show after the Colbert Report. He missed his calling.

[City Lights]

17. Crybabies!

:nopity:


:rofl:

[tledford]

19. Michael who? eom

[opihimoimoi]

20. The American People Trusted them Republicans for 8 year plus

Instead of good leadership as we might expect....

We got a Presidential JOKE..The malfeasance and ineptness was mind boggling...

So...Why should we expect any different from the Same GOP Party the nex time...??

They ain't changed their stripes one iota.

[Phx_Dem]

21. You WISH they were ignored, instead of being beaten and left by the curb.

[and-justice-for-all]

22. ....

:eyes:

What a dumbass.

[TomCADem]

23. ROFL! GOP knows it got owned!