A proposition:

[Union_Jack_1972]

Good post, Jack! As can be seen in this thread alone, America is a nation divided like never before. There IS no "middle" any more.

There has been no real middle in America since the days of Reagan and maybe even before that...

 

[Caroljo]

His wording could have been better..I agree.

It seems that's his problem every time though! He has never apologized for anything, in fact....he seldom admits he's wrong about anything. The closest I remember him admitting to be wrong is when he stated those shovel ready jobs weren't so shovel ready.

And darn, he just "wasn't clear" when talking about Obamacare for 3 yrs and repeating the same thing over and over that you could keep your insurance & your Dr...then all of a sudden the was an IF thrown in there that was never brought up in the whole 3 years, until the shit started hitting the fan.

He has not been held accountable for ANYTHING through his whole presidency....NOTHING. There's excuses for everything that has happened, but never has he admitted that he was ever wrong.

 

[Bernard_Fokke]

What kind of a question is that? Don’t you know it’s racist to question the integrity and abilities of a black person?

Sensitivity training for you, young man.

I'm about as sensitive as I'm ever going to get but I'll bet she neglects to answer the question in a direct manner.

 

[Addy]

It seems that's his problem every time though! He has never apologized for anything, in fact....he seldom admits he's wrong about anything. The closest I remember him admitting to be wrong is when he stated those shovel ready jobs weren't so shovel ready.

And darn, he just "wasn't clear" when talking about Obamacare for 3 yrs and repeating the same thing over and over that you could keep your insurance & your Dr...then all of a sudden the was an IF thrown in there that was never brought up in the whole 3 years, until the shit started hitting the fan.

He has not been held accountable for ANYTHING through his whole presidency....NOTHING. There's excuses for everything that has happened, but never has he admitted that he was ever wrong.

Fairsheet made an excellent point .. I will refer you to that.. some good points to consider when you are bashing the president.. And gosh darn, old insurance policies being ACA compliant was a snag but not a deliberate one.IMHO

As this poster says, today's Democratic Party is centered on a set of policies almost indistinguishable from that of the Reagan Era Republican Party (for better or worse). If that ain't "compromise", what is? The Obama/Democrats are fowarding virtually the same policy set pursued during what many Republicans view as their heyday.

My compatriots hate it when I allude this but...SOME of those policy sets were founded in reason. Now, the Republicans are hollering a policy set that abandons virtually all that "reason", and they complain that the Democrats won't "compromise".

 

[Caroljo]

Fairsheet made an excellent point .. I will refer you to that.. some good points to consider when you are bashing the president.. And gosh darn, old insurance policies being ACA compliant was a snag but not a deliberate one.IMHO

I think it was deliberate. Funny the truth comes out when it's too late to do anything about it. Ya, he said the insurance companies could keep those old policies in place...but by the time he said that, they had already dropped millions of people. Why would they spend the time and money re-instating them again? I think Obama and everyone else knew it was too late for it, he was just trying to cover his ass.

 

[Barbella]

I think it was deliberate. Funny the truth comes out when it's too late to do anything about it. Ya, he said the insurance companies could keep those old policies in place...but by the time he said that, they had already dropped millions of people. Why would they spend the time and money re-instating them again? I think Obama and everyone else knew it was too late for it, he was just trying to cover his ass.

I think he knew it was b.s. BEFORE the ACA became law. He lied to the American people in order to push it through, consequences be damned.

 

[Colorforms]

I think he knew it was b.s. BEFORE the ACA became law. He lied to the American people in order to push it through, consequences be damned.

Well it’s not like nobody told him. Conservatives were calling this on day one. In fact, the ACA is working exactly as conservatives predicted, right down to cancer patients loosing access to their medications.