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I can't wait for the movie about the libstream media and their love affair with Barak Obama.

Coming soon to a theater near you, starring Brian Williams, Chris Mathews, Jon Stewert, Bill Mayrtr, Jack Cafferty, Charles Gibson, and the Messiah himself Obama, its Barakback Mountain!

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You did realize this post was about medical insurance, right? Not a word in your post refers to the issue at hand, just complain about something. How typical.

What a bunch on crybabies. You have a whole broadcasting network explicitly devoted to humping your agenda while trashing the other side. If you think your ideas are so good, then put yourselves on FOX all day and go head to head with the president instead of snipping like a little girl. You won't because you've got nothing. You're pathetic.

And what is CNN's position on the one-sided presentation of Obama's plan on a major news network? Appalling, isn't it? If so, why not say so.

Your silence is deafening.

50% of Republican voters support the public option (72% of Americans overall!) in the latest polls. The difference between Republican voters and Republican elected officials is that GOP officials get huge campaign contributions from private insurance companies and GOP voters get bills and sometimes denials of coverage from the same people.

Republican voters deserve better representation from their party leaders, leaders who never have to worry about their own healthcare.

Healthcare seems to be a very touchy issue in the US almost as much as religion but I see that goverment run healthcare has been sucessful in other countries like France or England where healthcare is practically free for the average person as opposed to our system where companies charge $200 for an inhaler where as in cuba u could probably get it for about a $1.50, not that I support socialism but it seems that it helps the people in reducing their worries about paying for a ridiculous amount for insurance and whatnot

Can't wait till the liberal media gets tired of Barry and all his broken promises and starts treating him like a republican.

I'm ambivalent about the "public option," but anyone who thinks that our current system allocates decision-making to patients and physicians is woefully naive. So before I can believe that the public option is as evil as its detractors claim, someone will have to explain why having a "government bureaucrat" determine what medical procedures are covered is any worse than having a "private-insurance executive" determine what medical procedures are covered. At least the government bureaucrat will (in principle, anyway) base his/her decision on whether the procedure is effective, whereas the insurance executive will base his/her decision on whether the procedure is profitable for the company.

The GOP represents religious wackos, gun nuts and corporate fat cats. To them, they are the "real America". I think republicans should first apologize for shreddinhg the constitution, destroying our international reputation, and tanking the economy before they start throwing stones.

Where did they find somebody that can say the words Republican, bipartisan, and responsible in the same sentence without laughing and/or vomiting?

If the RNC is angry, then I can trust things are better.

I guess it taking this country [at least the last] 40 years to get to this point is a rush job. Stop the politicking and solve the problem. The American people want solutions not another stalemate. –Lee

this isnt bush's fault?! its obamas fault? the unemployment has been steadily climbing since bush was in office. if its still climbing it cant be obamas fault if the problems started during the bush regime!! you people have been blaming obama since he started running for president. and you will blame him even when it starts getting better. u cant accept the fact that you voted for an idiot in 2000 and 2004 and he screwed everything up. you put somebody in office that is to blame. WE ALL SAID HE WOULD SCREW EVERYTHING UP and all you republicans smiled because you didnt care about the facts all you cared about was that you voted for the winner. now the truth is coming out that you voted for the loser and you are doing everything you can to put the blame on the democrats and obama because you still want to keep that smile on your face. but its not working we all know the truth. all of us that voted against bush and the rest of the world!!!!

What a bunch of sour grapes. I'm sick and tired of the RNC. Why don't you stop bellyaching and help work through this process? We need healthcare reform now!!!

Shame on the GOP for using party politics and the same old lies and scare tactics to try to cheat good American people out of healthcare they deserve, just so the GOP can work out their frustrations from losing the last election due to their own idiocy and ignorance.

kinda like the gops' taking over iraq?

How many of you have had your private insurance company deny the treatment your doctor wanted you to have?
If so then your private insurance company came between you and your doctor.
The Republicans want to limit your choice of health insurance companies to those that give them campaign contributions, but ask them who provides their insurance, the answer, the GOVERNMENT.

"Republicans want bipartisan health care reform -a responsible plan that we can afford…where people are free to choose the best care for their families, without a government takeover."

So if your private system is so great, why are you afraid to allow us a choice for a public option? Medicare seems to be pretty popular.

if Obama adds 40 million people to the insured rolls, and we have a fixed or declining number of doctors, how will you ever get an appointment?

Right now in Canada it takes 6 months to see a specialist and 2 years to get a transplant--you could easily die in that period.

Is THIS what you want???? If not, you better speak up.

What good would it do to try and work with the republicans they would say no and go against everything the president does. The network the special didnt want to be embrassed by what the repulicans would do or say. The republicans all belong on fox news.

The Republicans do not want to reform Health Care. they want to score political points. If they wanted to work with Obama, they would have found a way by now.

cnn is a fake network

Obviously the Republicans are anti-capitalism if they feel that the president was over-stepping to save two American car companies and 2.5 million jobs which I am sure included some executives who regularly give to the GOP. The bank take-over was a Bush affair and all of these probelms can be traced to the GOP sitting on their collective arse while George Bush did nothing during the last 6 months of his presidency.

I, like most Americans, am for a single payer system. If we don't get one then Congress should have the guts to give up their plan which is a SINGLE PAYER PLAN and go into the open market and learn how it is to really have to deal with those friendly insurance guys who donate so much to theri campaigns.

[...] They'll run an ad tomorrow so you can SEE how sad and upset about this they are... Voice: "Today a national TV network turns its airwaves over to President Obama's pitch for government-run health care." Chyron: "A national TV network turns it airwaves over to President Obama's pitch for government-run health care."Voice: "Shouldn't this be a bipartisan discussion?" Chyron: "Bipartisan?" [...]

cnn is a joke for even posting this stupid junk. why dont you your right wing network get real, the gop is finished, thats why cnn did not get a question from the president at the press conference 2 day, cnn is a puppet of the gop ,and we smart americans know your bull. who cares what lou dobbs or what cnn says, or david gargle,bennett,or any other clown says, they will be looking for employment soon. why does cnn constantly promote a party of notiing, the gop have nothing to offer america, and the majority knows it. the gop stands for got out of propositions,zero,where is roland martin at?

The RNC would be better off coming up with new ideas rather than recycling old rhetoric. What a bunch of losers.

Good. Time to expose to the American people this radical agenda.

Republicans are pathetic

We can't afford to fix healthcare until we fix Social security, Medicare and Medicaid. The whole solution is that we need more people working paying for their own food, housing and healthcare. More people working raises our GDP (therefore lowering healthcare costs as a percent of GDP). It also means less government spending on social programs and more revenue from taxes. We really need a culture change that says anyone 18 and above who is capable of working needs to be working. Welfare, disability and even Social Security are extravagences that we can no longer afford.

RNC = Rush, Newt, and Cheney

Republicans are so accusatory and unhelpful. All that echo-y weirdness but no real ideas. Everyone knows it is contrary to Republican ideology to help people. So why let them be involved? So they can slow it down and muck it up? That is their goal. Americans voted them out for this reason! We need government sometimes. This is one of those times.

What else do they have? When they said stop did they add what they are going to do for the American people? No. Only criticize the President without offering an alternative. Jealosy is the root of hatred.

ABC, in addition to other networks, are clearly in the tank with this President. Makes one wonder whether we are getting a balanced picture. Get a room.

I guess it's okay, however, for Fox news to all GOP 24-7.

" When he says "public option", that means putting government bureaucrats in charge…instead of patients and their doctors.""

Pfft! Are they suggesting that patients and doctors are currently in charge of our health care, and the 'public nudge-wink-socialist option' would be the end of that. Or is that the core of the new Republican health plan? They'll just let the patients decide what treatments are appropriately justified for coverage...? heh, yeah that must be it.

The GOP is so hypocritical.

I want a public option, and the majority of the American people do. And the American public deserves it.

Less infant death, longer life expectancies, and less money spent in Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, etc. Look it up! Educate yourselves. We do not have to settle for an insurance-industry run health care system.

What is new? A party of NO with same old dirty politics.

So where's the Republican's health care plan? No change requires no effort. Right guys?

Republicans think government run healthcare will be a disaster and they also say that government is not good at running anything...

So why do republicans want to be nominated as a Government employee (say POTUS)? For that matter why do they have Republican senators, Republican governors etc. Are they just Power hungry?

what exactly is "bipartisan" healthcare reform? WE WANT CHEAPER HEALTH CARE!!! we want what every civilized nation in the world has@! we want the same system as the top 20 countries regarding healthcare in the world have!!! we dont care about your pathetic attempts at scaring us anymore into believing the communist boogeyman will get us if we take the profit away from the healthcare companies!

What have they done to show their proposal? Have they asked the networks to show their side? Do they believe that corporate America can do the job and provide everything to everyone? So far that hasn't really happened. There are millions that don't have anything and more that don't have insurance that they can really afford. This doesn't seem good to me.

VOICE: GOP didn't have the goods to do it for past eight years! Please take a backseat and reinvent yourselves. Let the party in power for only 5 months show how it is possible. This administration is showing America that it is indeed possible to multitask, and do so effectively.

I have had it with the RNC!
Stop being critical and design a constructive way to do this. We need an affordable top notch health care system. We are in the 21st century, we should have had a handle on healthcare by now, the auto industry should have been a jump ahead in the industry with alternative fuel cars. We are behind and this is the time to step up to the plate and make it happen! America's future depends on Change! Change from the old ways that have gotten us in this mess we are in.
RNC, all I can say is....SHUT UP!

one word for you Republicans PATHETIC!

The republicans are going to criticize any change since they have tilted the countries playing field to the rich and they want to keep it that way.

Poor, hungry, sick or unemployed? Well too bad for you according to the republican party and we now see why only 21% of the country identifies with the GOP.

what is new,for the party of nothing, all they do is get more republicans to turn democrat, they are so out of touch. and finished , we are tired american people of this stupid nonsense, they have lost their minds, president obama will pass health care,because it is right for those who are without. . their so ignorant, so done, 2010 landslide for for the democrats and president obama is to smart for their dumb actions. it wont work this time, or ever again, bush took them down with him,and they will never come back, get gop , its over!

so now we know who speaks for the wealth insurance companies

Statists- Its what they do.

"Tell President Obama to work with Republicans…and to stop rushing into another government takeover."

ARE THESE PEOPLE 5YR OLDS? Jeez, tell your momma to make you play with me! Hilarious, and they want to "lead" this country? Hell they can't even "lead" themselves!

Actually, most people think Obama is trying to work with the Republicans too much. The Republicans have no interest in real reform. If bipartisanship means doing away with a public option, then the American people, who are clearly in favor of the public option in all recent non-partisan polling, then bipartisanship will not get the American people what they want.

Unfortunately too many Democrats are using this theme of "bipartisanship" to justify ignoring their constituencies and protect their Health Insuarnce benfactors by saying that they may try to reform health care without a public option.

If you are in favor of the public option, write to your Congressional Representatives, particulalry if they are Democratic and wavering.

More fear-mongering and hyperbole; based on what we've heard, there will be no government takeover of healthcare (why do they keep beating this drum?). Given our current financial crisis, how does the RNC justify spending money on these ads?

Listened to Obama's speech today on MPR Radio and was impressed with his ideas and sincerity. The system is long overdue for reform and the idea of not increasing taxes and instead reshuffling the existing systems funds and making sure that the hospitals etc aren't taking a larger bite than they have earned is all good and deserves recognition and constructive debate. Who knows, maybe it can work and if not, it is a step in the right direction and Obama should be given credit for it.

Maybe you are being left out because you have absolutely nothing constructive to add to the national dialog?

The majority of Americans don't care one nit about what you have to say anymore because we all see who's interests you have at heart and it isn't the middle class's!

Go cry on your network Faux news as you do 24/7 and stop your petty whining!

You lost, we won – get used to it!

after what they allowed to happen under doofus 'W', they have so little credibility

Man...these RE-goofy-cans are just the epitome of moral outrage. These idiots act as though bureaucratics aren't between every american an their doctors today. Its called "insurance bureaucrats". These rather rich people tell the doctors all the time what medical procedures the company will pay for.

What planet do these Re-dummy-cans come from?

Repuiblicans want a bipartisan plan as long as it has everything they want. If they really wanted to reform health care, they would have, under Gingrich et al from 1994 to 2006. Instead, they did nothing except enrich all of their friends in the insurance industry. AIG, anyone??

Republicans have the notion that corporations should be making money from peoples' illnesses. They are blatantly exaggerating when they say that Obama wants the government to take over health care. Sadly, the Congress is not likely to vote with their constituents' wishes on this.

I wish those belonging to the RNC would do something constructive. We hear how they are so busy with meetings, etc. Yet at every chance they are in front of the camera complaining and whinning. It does take the better person to work within the system voted on by the people.

Televise a PLAN and perhaps I will listen to the GOP but for now the GOP is DEAD!

Republicans need to get their resumes updated.

We have a real leader in the White House now, and he and the Congress are accomplishing what you never could.

Considering 70-80% of the country wants health care reformed and a majority like Obama's public plan, this will fall on deaf ears.

The RNC can go to hell. Did Bush allow dems in on all of his TV spots? I think not. The RNC wants partisanship since they are the minority party, but when they were the majority, they didn't allow the dems in.

The thing about partisanship is that it needs to be earned, not given freely. If the RNC and the neocon rightwingnuttery would actually participate and give alternatives and work with the dems, that would be good. But the RNC is the party of NO.

There's nothing new about the Republican slams against the president. They only do this to let us know they are still alive out there somewhere.Not thinking and not helping, but still there somewhere.

What's the RNC? Are they talking about that formerly relevant organization of that old political party, what was their name again, the repuglicons? Something like that...

Every one knows the RNC is in the pocket of the AMA and prescription drug companies and they want to keep it that way, Adequate health care should be available to those that need it not just the ones who can afford it.

Oh RNC... you crack me up. Please come back when you actually have a plan. Otherwise, stick with Rush and Co. in promoting Zycam.

And the RNC/GOP position is: that right, what else, a tax cut! Like, all of these 40 + million folks would have bought their own if they would have had yet another tax cut, but since their not wealthy, the cut wul not have applied to them anyway.

No matter how you look at it, the cost of doing nothing (the GOP way) is not acceptable. The cost keep rising, which makes healthcare unaffordable for many, too expensive for businesses, and keeps lining the pockets of the HMOs. Having some alternative for those who can't afford healthcare, and giving options to the others who are just barely affording it (provided they don't develop a serious health condition), would force the current healthcare companies to lower their costs in order to compete, and after all, isn't 'fair-competition' in a supposedly capitalistic society, part of the GOP mantra?

Gee,
that's funny...CNN doesn't want anyone to post about the articles referencing Obama saying the public plan won't harm private insurances...and that they should be 'disciplined..."

Who's going to "discipline," the incompetence in the White House?

He lied about the stimulus pkg, he lied about transparency, he lied about Walpin being fired, he lied about ACORN getting kickbacks, he lied about '5 days of sunshine," he lied about countless other things, and has done nothing positive, since in office...why should we believe him about healthcare?

The RNC and the GOP still don't see the absurdity of arguing against government policies, without offering any real solutions to our existing problems. The GOP is promoting the interests of the health care insurance companies, at our expense. This country can no longer continue to listen to this do-nothing "Party of NO", bereft of any original ideas or policies.

So let me get this right: Republicans elude to the fact that "Government Beauracrats" will create a HORRIBLE product, a HORRIBLE 'option'. But they feel that Insurance companies can't compete with such a "HORRID" product? What does that say about how bad the insurance companies are doing now? So their solution is "Do nothing different, other then offer rich people tax breaks AGAIN".

Republicans: There is nothing to fear unless the insurance companies are in the business of SCAMMING AMERICA. And if they are, then YES, we are ALL for putting them out of business. If they can't provide a quality product at a reasonable price, then obviously they aren't very good at their jobs.

rethuglicans you lost we dont need to have your input since all you will do is say "no" so kick rocks losers!

And now RNC you hear my voice, where were you the past eight years, if you wanted to overhaul the health care, the only time we hear your voices is when the Democrats are on the right track, you have to do something to stop it, so you see the American people are wiser than you think.

Well tit for tat, Bush and Fox remember those broadcasts.

What doesn't the party of "NO" slam. If Obama walked on water they'd slam him for leaving ripples. The GOP is lame.

The GOP definition of "bipartisan" is: Give us what we want or we'll go stick our heads in the sand. Actually, all they ever seem to do is stick their heads in the sand anyway.

Let's see: The Fixed News Channel reads GOP talking points as if they were news; ran continuous coverage of whatever the Bush White House put out; gave enormous amounts of air time (they still do) to whatever Republican is shooting off his or her mouth on any given day. Their budget plan? No numbers. Their health plan? Four pages, with no number of who will be covered and no cost estimates.

But ABC, with two professionals (and not ones who have been particularly kind to Obama, if you remember the primary debate moderated by Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos) is doing an hour to explain to the American people about the reform of the health care system, and THAT'S "partisan"?

It won't be bipartisan because that's not within Alinsky's Rules for Radicals....you must totally take control...The RNC wants individuals to still have some control and responsibility for themselves....Obama is trying to sell this plan under the guise of competition; that it would offer a marketplace competitor to existing alternatives. That's a flat out lie. He wants to crush market competition; therefore if you get health insurance, it'll be dictated by the government to include what price you pay, and what care you will be rationed. What many liberals haven't grasped is the number of "insured," will dramatically outnumber the available doctors and facilities....and wait times, quailty of service and competency in medical decisions will suffer. This infomercial that OBama's fixing to spew on ABC is nothing more that a pitch for expanded government power.

Everytime health care come on the table Congress hem hawing around and it never gets done and millions of Americans keeps digging their graves. you cannot have great health care if you continuing to go to the ER

this republican attempt at fear mongering is shameful, to say the least. republicans are all in a dither that the president wants to go on television and hold a town hall meeting to help define the problem and the solution to the american public. HOW AWFUL! i don't recall any town hall meetings by george bush to promote transparency and understanding of the public when he was determined to invade iraq. HOW STRANGE!
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this article states, "...The RNC says that the GOP also wants to overhaul the health care system..." really? if that's the case, why haven't they done anything to address this issue before? i mean, they had 8 years to work on this, right? HOW ODD!
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this article also states that republicans want "...a responsible plan that we can afford…" a responsible plan we can afford, like what, the iraq war?
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it will take more on the part of republicans than an ad filled with scare tactics to convince me of their sincerity.

This would only be news if the RNC did not slam President about something. The RNC is empty with no ideas no plans and all they have left are defiant children hurling insults. Grow up RNC and show something positive.

That's a hoot!! The Rep have decimated any credibility around bipartisan cooperation. We all know this is just another way to say "NO"

So what's new with the GOP?

Lemme guess, the ignorant democrats will cry 'Party of NO!' just liike every time the Republicans have a better plan than Obama.

It is sad that democrats care more about Obama then they do America.

It's really a waste of money running advertisements 'against' what over 80% of the American public is asking for. When will republican politicians ever pull their heads out of the sand, and stop listening to their own voices.

All they will do is create even more support for the presidents public healthcare plan option. Even insurance agents on on board with the public plan, since it offers over 40 million more people to sell healthcare plans to, since many of their current customers are canceling coverage due to the high cost.

Are the Republicans trying to hypnotize Americans now? Seriously, read the transcript and tell me it doesn't sound like some kind of hypnosis going on. Of course i guess they need to hypnotize people in order to convince people, who either have no insurance or pay more in health insurance than they can afford, that the best solution to this problem is to do nothing about it.

I ask this all the time but I will ask again, What is the alternative plan for Health insurance? And if these Republican scarecrows really think tax cuts are the answer, than they need to see the wizard of oz and get a brain.

What a surprise! The RNC...and their neo-con stooges...have challenged this country's survival over the past eight years with their lack of decency. They nearly bankrupted the country as a whole...both morally and fiscally. Now their poster "boys" Limbaugh and the "Newter" are at it again. Please notice that the members of the Republican Party that place being an American above everything else are standing shoulder to shoulder with this President as he attempts to extricate our country from the "boys of lite" and the mess they left us to clean up. Gratefully the country has learned its lesson and won't be misled again by that flock of "chicken hawks".

Who cares what the RNC thinks? Most of them are racist and the other
half are idiots! So I ask again who cares? He's doing the best he can with the cards he was dealt. Talk to me in 2-3 years.

These clowns are scandalous!.....lol. It would be terribly funny if not so sad. Come up with an alternative with substance instead of bashing the President and using fear tactics which HELLO! DON'T WORK ANYMORE.......totally clueless.

Okay, instead of wasting money on blasting the president and further villainizing the Republican party for an election it really needs to win, maybe the GOP should come up with viable solutions to what they perceive to be problems? I mean, really. I'm tired of hearing the GOP blasting and attacking everyone instead of making a decent suggestion or *gasp* touting their candidates' good sides.

I believe in a two party system. How great would it be if both parties actually made sense at least 50% of the time. Much of the core Republican thinking has been so disastrously wrong for so long, it's hardly worthy of serious debate.

and exactly why should we be against a reformed health care policy in america? won't it save money and lives in the long run? yes it's a tough process but overhauling the system is well overdue. question: how do republicans sleep at night when they think about children without access to medical care ? answer: try not to think boys, it weakens the team....

I believe that both parties should be involved in this countries decisions. The irony of the RNC feeling that republicans have been excluded is that for 8 years, that is exactly what the previous president did. If they would stop complaining about this administrations ideas and come up with something viable, then maybe there would be some discussions. They are too intent on regaining control and less interested in helping ALL Americas.

RNC and the GOP are totally useless and offer nothing but criticism and obstruction because they are in bed with the large insurance companies. They have coverage for themselves and families and don't give a hoot about our children and families healthcare or well being. Thousands of women suffer from breast cancer and have no coverage, why would any woman want to support the Republicans.

So when the RNC and Bush/Cheney ran everything they possibly could thru FOX, I didn't hear complaints then. It's been said 1000 times before – on 11/4/2008, the country patently rejected the politics of fear, hate, lies deceit, etc. They rejected the purveyors of that type of politics. When they come up with plans instead of pundits, solutions instead of cynicism, hope instead of hallucinations – then maybe the American people will listen. Otherwise, the GOP is becoming reidiculously redundent since Jan 20. it is getting old fast – except to their base.

Good grief. I don't remember the Democrats running TV ads asking for bipartianship when the GOP ruled the roost. Republicans today remind me of a whining child in a store. They weren't always this way. I remember a time when the GOP was a respectable, viable option for voters. What happened?

Normal opposition and it is a healthy part to the political process.
I don't want to see this legislation get fast tracked into law like that ridiculous stimulus (spending) bill, where no one completely comprehended it.

and another thing I think is a partial truth., There may be 40+ million Americans without Health Insurance, but they are not with out Heath Care.
Anyone (including people residing in America Illegally) can walk into your County Hospital and get care.

There is a difference.

how republican to slam president obama's health care plan before we even know what it is. this party is an embarrassment and only makes the american public more leary of the GOP actions. such a shame that the repubs have chosen to continue the party of NO at the exspence of our nation. please people listen to what our president has to offer before you listen to the rants of the NO group. I JUST THANK GOD THAT THIS GROUP OF MORANS DID NOT GET INTO OFFICE. WE WOULD STILL BE HERE TODAY SCRATCHING OUR PRIVATES AND WONDERING WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING TO HELP THE RICH!!

And can the RNC deny that they are fronting for the medical insurance companies and doctors?!

Yeah, the republicans were real focused on that when Reagan was in office, and when Bush I & II were in office, weren't they? Oh wait, no they weren't. I forgot; the only time they pay attention to is is WHEN A DEMOCRAT BRINGS IT UP AND THEY DERAIL IT.

Most of us think of bipartisanship a a give and take that results in a compromise. The republican definition remains: "Do it our way". Publicly and privately Obama has reached out to republicans in an unprecedented and well documented manner. Yet he has been rebuffed at every advance by stolid "Party Before Country" conservative politics that only offer "reduce taxes" and a "don't do what we did" ideology. Proof? When republican senators moderate, they are publicaly attacked and even driven from their own party, told they are "not true republicans" by idiots not fit to hold their jock straps.

As we get closer to 2010 the republicans will bring out their beloved swift boat tactics and thing will only get uglier.

Thats funny, I mean if the Republicans had a better idea on this why have they not done anything those 8 years when they were in power. Oh yeah, they were busy creating lies for wars.

If Repubs beleived we all should have healthcare Obama wouldnt be doin anything about it now...soooooooooo...obviously Im missing somethin...

Notice how the word "slam" is used by CNN.

Not that they (GOP) are "critical" of Obama's plan.

Just a hint or a sniff of bias – slam! Yes, bias on the part of CNN. Slam – just a common, everyday means of showing bias.

And ABC doing a "town hall meeting" – more like an Obama infomercial.

They are so afraid the Insurance Companies might lose a little of their profits.

Tuff.

We need affordable health care. They did nothing for 8 years, now they just want to stop any chance to even START reform.

Vote the republicans out again next year. Also, get rid of any dems that want to obstruct progress for the people of this nation.

The republicans do not know the meaning of bipartianship.
And, who could possibly be interested in what the incompetent party of no has to say??

I can't wait for the movie about the libstream media and their love affair with Barak Obama.

Coming soon to a theater near you, starring Brian Williams, Chris Mathews, Jon Stewert, Bill Mayrtr, Jack Cafferty, Charles Gibson, and the Messiah himself Obama, its Barakback Mountain!

So what's new??
That is all the republicans are capable of doing.
They are a party of no substance so they accuse, rant, rave, spout lies, incite hate and anger with no credible solutions to anything.
Are they not paying attention to the polls? The American people have spoken loud and clear that they do not like or respect the GOP yet they continue on their path of self destruction.
They are pathetic.

What would they do in his shoes?

The Republicans are such a pathetic lot. They talk about better ways to approach the out of control healthcare costs and that their plan(s) are better than Obama's. Yet these are the same Reublicans who controlled both houses and the excutive branch during the first 6 years of of boy Geroge's failed presidency. Why didn't they do something about health care then? Republicans are nothing more than than hypocritical white haired old white men who thankfully are now the fade away party. To think I voted Republican back in the 80's – what a joke.

Jerry
Marine veteran

You are just lying the republicans donot want a bypartism health care reform Presidents plan is much more confident than them republicans-we need to have the same insurance that the white house republicans have since we are paying for their hospital insurance anyway-that's why we are in the mess we are in now because of them-I say no to the republican plan let the public the people make a stand and choice w/o them telling us what health care plan they have at 1st they had none now here they come up with a no none sense plan we donot want they donot have our best interest and President Obama do-I am against the republican's plan will not work.

Yawn....next! maybe if the GOP did not mislead this nation for the past four decades this would mean something.

Okay, so what's the plan Stan? Put up or shut up.

Republicans are the Government Bureaucrats standing in the way of me and my Doctor.

GOPers Do you have any plan to offer? If yes than talk it out and let American people to know your plan where you all can save money without government run program. People do not have any confidence in you and your policies. You know we are in 21st century. get real you oldies...........................& let Mr. President to work on all these issues facing to our nation, you can invole in the process or shut up.

Also, the Republicans had 8 YEARS to get something moving on heathcare – and they did NOTHING. (Neither did Clinton or the Dems in congress.) Obama has ALREADY DONE something by getting the drug companies to participate. At least ONE person in gov. is actually DOING something.

Everything the RNC does these days is like watching lousy 1960s TV re-runs

Never in my 52 years have I seen the PARTY OF NO ...

So far out in right field ... that they can not even see home plate ...

Their ancient Ideologies seem to become even more Draconian with every passing day

WHEN ...IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY GOING TO BEGIN EARNING THE PAY WE AMERICANS PROVIDE TO THEM ... WHEN ?????

The party of nothing ...

All of a sudden they want 'bipartisanship' after having what amounted to absolute dictatorship under Bush. Ridiculous hypocrites.

And the fact that even a third of the US population doesn't want government funded health care shows how absurd it is.

Remember that when you take your kids to a government funded school on a government funded highway as you're protected by a government funded military......

So, the RNC is AGAINST open and honest communication? The RNC is AGAINST the people hearing the President's thoughts on health care? The RNC is UPSET that the President is TALKING TO THE PEOPLE? Well, sorry, guys, but GW BUSH's days are over.

Let's see... we started to attempt to reform health care around 1992 if I recall and since then it has only gotten more expensive every year while insurance companies continue to make obscene profits from the misfortune (and by denying coverage) of others...but we don't want to "rush into it".
Should we wait another 17 years guys?
Also, I would much rather have a government bureaucrat with no profit motive handling my account than a business bureaucrat who has a financial interest in denying my coverage.

Mr. Republican ...

Do you think that doctors and their patients make the "DECISIONS" in today's health care system? Honestly ... do you? Today, the for-profit insurance companies deny coverage to people with policies ... these profiteers stand in the way of what patients and doctors want ....

Funny, I don't recall you fighting against that .... you hipocrite.

Talking points and sound bites are Republicans' only assets.......

**.. "Shouldn't this be a bipartisan discussion?"
**...."does not agree with Obama...
**..."a responsible plan,"
**... "plan that we can afford"…
**"...plan without a government takeover,"
**"...Tell President Obama to work with Republicans"…
**"...stop rushing into another government takeover."

A noun, verb, and propagandistic sound bites...

The RNC's misuse of the word "bipartisan" really bugs me. When Republicans had the majority, they thought "bipartisan" meant "the Democrats should shut up and do what we want because we are in the majority."

Now that we've had two elections that have not turned out so well for them, they think "bipartisan" means "the Democrats should shut up and do what we want because it's not fair that we're in the minority."

If this is their idea of "bipartisanship," Obama needs to stop striving for bipartisanship and do what he thinks is *right* for America.

I don't want to hear what the Rethugs have to say. They have NEVER cared about reforming health care. They have been fighting against healthcare for everyone since the 1960's with that B.S. album their God Reagan made about the "evils of socialized medicine". They gave Clinton the blues about his healthcare plan, and when they got power, they did NOTHING about reforming health care, and now we're supposed to believe that not only do they care, but they have a plan?

Approval rating of GOP 25% and dropping.

"Shouldn't this be a bipartisan discussion?" It is a bipartisan discussion – the Republicans contribution to the discussion has been to continually say "no" to everything.

Yep in-deedy the republicans have a plan. It's called "More of the same for the insurance lobby and HMOs". Along with cutting medicare benefits and reducing prescription coverage and allowing the industry to police its self. Just like Wall Street and that certainly worked well now didn't it?
Demand Universal Health Care Now!

One reason why the national leaders of the RNC aren't being included that comes to mind is the fact that they keep spreading lies about the proposed health care reform. It isn't government run health care. They would have a public option to purchase, which would be cheaper because it would not spend so much on advertising or administration. The Republicans had 6 years of White House and Congress control and did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about health care reform. They only talk about it now because they want to oppose Obama and they know that if he is successful in a government option, then people will realize that the government can run programs efficiently, debunking one of the Republicans biggest political points. This isn't a government takeover. If they were mature and willing to rationally discuss this, then maybe the Democrats would include them. But they have no feasible ideas and just want to bicker. Stop spreading lies Republicans. If you truly loved this country, you would work to build it up, instead of lying and manipulating to keep control over people and thus breaking it down.

That's why the republicans have no allies in western democracies...always lies and half truths ...health care in other countries does not put gov't in charge of health care...

After suffering with 8 years of Bush, the Republicans have a lot of nerve slamming Obama on anything.

That's it. No new ideas again from the GOP, and yet they continue to flap their jaws. Why don't they learn by Democrat example and be taught how not to be nasty, mean ,thick and slow. Imagine. This could be the health care that your grandchildren use, or your elderly parents.
Now THAT'S fiscal responsibility. Go back to school, and dump Steele, Rush, Newt and of course Cheney.

Tell the Republicans that they lost the election for a reason.

How do you spell "Republican?"
W-H-I-G

Once again, all that is offered is "NO!" Useless GOP, useless.

RNCs only healthcare overhaul solution is to ensure that their buddies in healthcare industry can still continue making huge profits at the expense of public's health. And some democrats are just the same way. If the healthcare reform does not pass that includes a strong public option (no co-op ridiculous idea), then I am done with democrats. Ralph Nader there I come...

Looks like the RNC is still pissed off about the election aww to bad so sad

I wish the NRC would all just drop of the face of the earth. They are nothing but a useless piece of crap...Just keep giving your monies to them so Vitter, Ensign. Foley and the rest of that group can pay as they go....There should be a revolt against these bags of hypocrites...

Easy for the Republicans to criticize. They have that down pat. That's all they do. Let's see them come up with something workable in health-care reform. Hey, wasn't that was Bush was going to do? Got lost somewhere in between starting wars...............

Please, this is no where near the degree that Bush and FOX teamed up to promote the Bush/Cheney agenda.

It's a townhall on ABC, chill out RNC...besides, you had 8 years to reform health care, what happened?

I wish the NRC would all just drop of the face of the earth. They are nothing but a useless piece of crap...Just keep giving your monies to them so Vitter, Ensign. Foley and the rest of that group can pay as they go....There should be a revolt against these bags of hypocrites...

"Republicans want bipartisan health care reform — a responsible plan that we can afford…where people are free to choose the best care for their families, without a government takeover,"

If the Republicans want this, why didn't they get it done when there was a Republican in the White House, and a Republican controlled congress? All we got from them was a half-baked Medicare Part D prescription plan that when all is said and done, helps the pharmaceutical companies more than it helps the people who subscribe to it. When are the Republcians going to learn that if you are going to constantly be against everything that the Democrats propose, you actually have to have a realistic plan of your own (a plan that calls for something more than tax cuts), if you want to be taken seriously?

Good, Glad to see they are finally doing something. Getting pretty tired of watching Obamas infomercials passed off as News. Everytime Obama doesn't get his way he goes on TV to try and convince us.

JUST LIKE THE RNC – A LOT OF "MOUTH" BUT "NO ACTION"!!! They WANT bipartisanship but what they offer is a "subtraction" from what Obama wants and an "addition" of NOTHING!!! They TWIST what Obama is promising and say the SAME THING in reverse!! Jeez! Here we go again!!!

"Republicans want bipartisan health care reform — a responsible plan that we can afford…where people are free to choose the best care for their families, without a government takeover,"

TRANSLATION: We ain't got squat in the ideas department.

What a bunch of hatred and childishness they spew. Government needs to take over because corporations have nearly bankrupted the country. Whether the Republicans want it or not. They really need to learn to shut their trap. They are hardly the morally superior ones here, especially after what the South Carolina Governor just did.

how can ABC deny it's not doing Obama's bidding? It's not letting any of his critics speak, and if anyone at these townhall meetins does challenge Obama's plans, Obama can just give his side of the version with no fear of rebuttal.

ABC is in the tank 100% for Obama.

It's not a government takeover republicans. 72% of Americans want a public option. You guys are still out of touch.

Just like the Republican National Committee: saying "no" to every proposal and claiming that there are no problems to fix at home, while giving rhetorical aid and comfort to our enemies abroad.

And what is the Republican's plan exactly?

Over 70% of the American people want some kind of government health care. When are the Republicans going to start listening to us?