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more about #keitholbermann LouisCeline: If this Insurance industry friendly "Reform" doesn't pass get ready for the Democrats (the "Clinton" Dems still run the party) to start dumping blame ... more » lalaland13: Fuck the Senate. I have no faith in this institution anymore. Same with the House. Silly me for thinking the insurance companies could get away with ... more » battleaxonista...is a humorless bitch: [www.commonwealthfund.org] I find this has a fairly interesting explanation with some number crunching on the (semi)current version of the bill. It a... more » PennyFarthing: My 58 year old mother has to buy her own insurance because she co-owns my family's business. She pays something like $300 a month, and has a $5000 ded... more » Apollinarius: Not to sound like an ass, but this health care bill started out at the bare minimum to be of any use to anyone. The compromises have killed any worth ... more » L'Chaim!: My mother had a choice: Accept an insurance plan that starts at a relatively "low" buy-in, and increases "incrementally" every quarter; or be denied b... more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: This whole thing makes me want to buy some guns and develop a strong set of opinions on the sex organs of others just so I can be on a winning team fo... more » CynicalPink: The way the bill is now, I think if it got passed a lot of people would find themselves in the situation I'm in. Insurance became mandatory at my scho... more » la.donna.pietra: Latoya, that is some fascinating history on Social Security. I had no idea it was so discriminatory in its original form. Oddly enough, I did know a... more » Valkyrie607: Axelrod, Clinton, and the Obama administration are coming off as disingenuous here. They seem less concerned about the fate of the American people tha... more » mama_t: We need to pass the bill. No, it doesn't do nearly enough. No, it's not what progressives like myself want. Yes, it makes way too many concessions ... more » Questioning Everything: We know that the bill is incredibly flawed when insurance stocks rise every time there is a concession to the conservative wing of the party. Thx guys! more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: I am seriously bummed about all this. I was really excited going into the debate. I was willing to make a few concessions, but my youthful naivete r... more » odinsraven: Increased "access" to health insurance is not the same thing as increased access to care. Just because the insurance company would now have to take m... more » Hooplehead: Without the public option, I'm not sure you get coverage that is affordable enough to realistically mandate that all people need to buy it. And if no... more » LatoyaPeterson: I just updated this post with more comments from Dean on Salon. If you hit refresh, you should see the two paragraph addition. more » bluebears: Color me shocked, SHOCKED! that Bill Welfare Reform Clinton is in favor of moving forward on the bill. more » quatrevingtquatre: I have never been more sad about a piece of legislation in my life. I have in the past 4 months, spent around $5,000 on biopsies, ultrasounds, prescri... more » battleaxonista...is a humorless bitch: My family wouldn't be in debt, my mother would not be dying, and several people I know would still be alive if this 'shitty' bill had been enacted 5 y... more » TheUptightMidwesterner: This woman thinks SHE is being stalked? I swear, she could make Jesus put out a restraining order against her. I want to stalk her across the face wit... more » -
#healthnuts
"Kill The Bill" Mantra Splitting Progressives & Democrats Over Reform
Politics can make for strange bedfellows. Over the last two days, progressives have joined conservatives in their calls to delay or kill the health care reform bill, but party icons like Bill Clinton are advocating to stay the course. More » -
#bachtalk
Michele Bachmann Calls MSNBC Anchors "Stalkers"
Michele Bachmann says she has "stalkers" at MSNBC. Keith Olbermann responds, "Having had an actual stalker myself, I think the Congresswoman needs to apologize to women (and men) whose lives are blighted and ruined by such terror and threat." [Mediabistro] -
#movingpictures
Diamonds Were This Girl's Best Friend
For those who didn't catch it last night, check out Keith Olbermann's amazing tribute to his recently-deceased mother Marie: hard-core baseball fan (70 years of Yankees games), preschool teacher, breast cancer victim, mother. -
#bumrushed
Janeane Garofalo: "The Type Of Female Who Likes Rush Is The Type Who Falls In Love With Prisoners"
Megan decided to ignore Rush Limbaugh's appeal to American women this week because she didn't want to help promote him. But after seeing Janeane Garofalo's appearance on MSNBC last night, the ban has been lifted. More » -
#dirtbag
Joaquin Rapping? We're Getting Punk'd
- Joaquin Phoenix's rap career: An elaborate hoax? Sort of.
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#wailinpalin
Sarah Palin Speaks; Smacks Around Katie, Tina & Keith
Call the wahmbulence! In a new interview with noted douchebag John Ziegler, Sarah Palin whines about, among other things, Katie Couric ("Katie, you're not the center of everybody's universe"), Keith Olbermann and Tina Fey. More » -




