Jon Meacham on the 'New South' | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008

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Posted By: joetraderny @ 08/04/2008 12:05:36 PM

why are all of mcbush's ignorant, racist, elitist comments, and professed ignorance on geography, history, internet, email, economy all called "missteps"...similar to bush's "misstatements" when he accidentally says he purposely attacked iraq for oil...you can put lipstick on a pig, but that don't make it a beauty queen...they are both total liars, fabricators....they are both big oil, and both are very evil......both are dirty politicians who will pander to everybody and not care about anybody at the same time.....choose wisely.....

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Posted By: Duck Soup @ 08/02/2008 9:41:20 PM

Here is the new South (I cried when I heard this story):

I suggest strongly that you listen to it if you haven't already.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/28/60minutes/main3889496.shtml

So many poor sick Americans who can't afford health care must resort to going to a third-world medical relief agency now operating in the United States voted. Many of these people for the same Republican politicians who have done everything they can to block healthcare reform. These Republicans even blocked healthcare for kids in the expansion of S-CHIP.

Where are you Republican politicians? Where are you? What are you doing for these citizens? Many of them voted for you. They work hard. They are not all lazy. Listen to this. Listen to them.

God bless RAM. God bless them. RAM can't do it alone, however. They can't provide healthcare like the government can. They must turn away hundreds of sick Americans with no recourse. They can't tackle this problem with a makeshift operation and one big helicopter from World War II.

These sick Americans want to pay for healthcare. They can't afford it. Like the 28-year-old mother of 3 who is at risk for recurrence of cervical cancer and can't afford the follow up, they are putting their families before their health. Obama doesn't want to give them a handout. He wants to offer affordable healthcare which they can pay for with dignity instead of taking handouts.

And shame on you Republican politicians. Shame on you. No excuses. Just shame on you. You haven't lifted a finger to help these good American citizens. Instead you have blocked the help. Shame on you. Shame on you. You all need to just stop for a while. You need to sit out politics and reflect. Shame on you. May God forgive your warped souls.
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  Posted By: pearsoncrz @ 08/04/2008 12:02:49 PM
  
  Obama's voluntary plan wouldn't fix the health care problem because we would still have uninsured people showing up at the emergency room for treatment. And his claim that his plan would not have a pre-existing conditions exclusion is ludicrous. Who would buy insurance then? No one, at least not until they got sick.
  
  The basis of insurance is for everyone to share the risk, this isn't possible if you only buy insurance after you get sick.

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Posted By: morbie5 @ 08/04/2008 12:10:01 AM

McCain is pro-life

Posted By: AnthonyAfterwit @ 08/03/2008 6:55:45 PM
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Uhm, has anybody mentioned to the bible belt that McCain is PRO-ABORTION?

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Posted By: Jack999 @ 08/03/2008 11:02:58 AM

John McCain You must remember this Vintage Old Song "I STARTED A JOKE" by Bee Gees? But I'm sorry you ain't realize that the Joke is On You,"You makes The World laughing" How stupid you're !!!!!!!!!!!!

Republican reporter can't help resort to this comments on John McCain ...I'M TOTALLY AGREED WITH HIS MOTHER to said publicly that indeed that JOHN McCain is plain Stupid."For a man who will turn 72 this month, he's a surprisingly immature politician,erratic, impulsive and subject to peer pressure from the last knucklehead who offers him advice. The youthful insouciance that for many years has helped McCain charm reporters like me is now channeled into an ad that one GOP strategist labeled "juvenile," another termed "childish" and McCain's own mother called "stupid."

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Posted By: Jack999 @ 08/03/2008 5:04:29 AM

Republican reporter can't help resort to this comments on John McCain ...I'M TOTALLY AGREED WITH HIS MOTHER to said publicly that indeed that JOHN McCain is plain Stupid.

"For a man who will turn 72 this month, he's a surprisingly immature politician,erratic, impulsive and subject to peer pressure from the last knucklehead who offers him advice. The youthful insouciance that for many years has helped McCain charm reporters like me is now channeled into an ad that one GOP strategist labeled "juvenile," another termed "childish" and McCain's own mother called "stupid."