House Healthcare Bill, Most Americans Thrown Overboard 1of2

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now, interviews Rep. Dennis Kucinich and Jane Hamsher, founder of the popular Blog Firedoglake, concerning the House Healthcare Bill passed over the weekend.
Abortion opponents disrupted negotiation of the first national healthcare legislation in 60 years to plant their narrow agenda into the legislation while totally bypassing the Supreme Court in the process.

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[Scoppertop]

Dennis, besides voting no on the healthcare bill, shows his genius by continuing to appear on FOX, therefore spreading his popularity among voters who would not normally be exposed to his ideas.

[rltmlt]

Your right, he's working for everyone's best interest which is what an elected representative should do !

[mysticman07]

yes but unfortunately hes one of a few... untill americans smarten up it doesnt look good

[uturniaphobic]

"preexist condition"! That doesn't sound good...

Does that mean I didn't exist prior to having healthcare? I don't get it..(joke)

healthcare = RFID program initiation IMHO

I love the way Fancy Nancy grabs that mic! woohoo! see 4:22

love the Vid and look at Dennis' voting record and Ron Paul's voting record and we will see to parties voting in step most the time.

Go Dennis! Go Ron!

5*s!

[jeepndesert]

dennis is right, his proposal is the middle of the road. noone is forced to take govt health insurance. noone is forced to take private insurance. it is a level playing field, increasing competition. this bill does nothing but force a private monopoly, punish those who can't afford health insurance, and puts the govt hand in private healthcare.

[jeepndesert]

i can't afford health insurance, and i can't afford the penalty for not having it. if i get sick, family and the state can help if i can't afford it. if i get bad sick, social security disability kicks in. don't see what this bill does. kucinich makes sense.

[Scoppertop]

Believe what you want -- everyone else in the world knows Bush cooked the intel. The only thing the Iraq war is protecting is corruption and the ability of oil companies to steal Iraq's oil resources; the Afghanistan war is about a pipeline, and Karzai is the former CEO of Unocal.

[CarribeanBeachbum06]

I believe President Bush through as much intel that was available to protect against the worst that could of been. We just didn't know what he had or not since Saddam flipped off the U.N.

I find D.K.s actions on his website hypocritical. It isn't a big deal in the big scheme that he bans people from speaking but it is telling.

[Scoppertop]

Somehow, banning people from a forum doesn't compare with the Bush administration's lying the country into war, torture, rendition, etc., and the waste of trillions of taxpayer dollars. Sorry.

[CarribeanBeachbum06]

I used to admire Dennis Kucinich but learned that he or his people want an iron fist and banned those who were polite but thought provoking from his website forum. That is the greatest crime against diplomacy and peace. Manipulating information never = Peace. Shame on D.K. for that.

[CarribeanBeachbum06]

So it is a good thing to support people who do the same as Bush like Kucinich banning people on his website? How does that make America more FREE?

I do think that using the media to win a war is necessary. I think history shows I am correct that when the nay sayers get the mic, our soldiers end up dying and Islamic terrorism grows.

[Scoppertop]

You, too! Just remember that Bush & Cheney banned free speech in the entire country during their administration... and controlled the population with propaganda fed to the news outlets.

[CarribeanBeachbum06]

Just remember that Dennis Kucinich or someone in his name BANS free speech on his forum. To me that is shameful to make people think that fair discussion is welcome while shoving people out the back door by banning their IPs.

Hope you are doing well!!