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What part of I voted for single payer healthcare reform didn't the republicans townhall shouters understand? What part didn't the the loosers on the right understand?
My vote count and so does the vote of the 53% americans who voted for single payer reform.

Stay away from my vote. You lost, you've got to wait your turn. Single payer public option reform, that is change I can believe in.

Insurance co.s ration your care everyday. They refuse you care too. and the premium you pay? goes to pay ceos, push papers and the shareholders, be they in a cave laying next to bin laden, taking orders for your insurance co shares for wallstreet.

I hope he resigns as the idiot disgrace he is.

More rhetoric from the king of babble. Obama need to stop dinking around and really lead the party. So far real leadership has eluded him.

WHy must I pay for someone else's band-aids? Buy your own you liberal bums!

obama and the demon-crats and 2/3 of the repubbies just don't get it. WE THE PEOPLE do NOT want this much of this type of government in our lives!!! They are bankrupting our country, they are replacing our senators and representatives with unapproved radical czars that no one has any control over and this administration is totally ignoring the response of the people. Well, he is not totally ignoring it, he is trying to eliminate free speech!

This is a good idea but the repos won't buy it but maybe the american public will. We need health care reform and if the demos can push it through they should. People will see that it works. Maybe not right away bbut they will. Everyone is so worried about not being reelected that we have screwed around with this issue for the last 40 years.

OK.. let's review:

The USA ranks in the high 20's of all nations in life expectancy. (Jordan and Israel are higher according to most listings.)

Of the top 30 nations for life expectancy, 27 of them have some sort of national healthcare plan for their citizens.

EVERY SINGLE industrialized nation has a national healthcare program of some sort EXCEPT the United States.

Why is it we can't get this done? Why has everyone else figured this out but us? Healthcare reform should be a matter of national PRIDE. But the GOP and GOP-controlled media (yes...that means you Rush and FOX) oppose it ONLY because it is not a GOP plan.

Let's get it done!

The president can give the greatest speech ever written, but his creditability and trust is shot so don't expect the American majority to tune in!

In July, a CNN investigation found that a patient and taxpayers were billed about $1,200 over four years for a nonmotorized chair, while a nearly identical chair could be bought from the same supplier for $349.

Administration officials want to require competitive bids for items such as wheelchairs. But the American Association for Homecare, which represents many in the durable equipment industry, said the bidding program would

reduce patient choice
limit access to home medical care
require more hospital stays

Hope he talks about how much money this health care will cost.

REAL Healthcare Refrom will include reducing the fraudulent Medicare costs, Insurance Regulation, Tort Reform, etc

$1200 for a manual wheelchair RENTAL? When the wheelchair costs $250 – $300 to purchase. This is how Medicare functions currently, let us not create another Medicare mess shall we.

Get rid of those "if you have had side effects from you Viagra call 1-800-SHYSTER and you may be entitled" class action lawsuits.

With a democrat in the white house, a huge majority in the house and senate, the dems cannot play the victim card. They have enough to pass the legislation, if its so great pass it. The dems are not allowing the republicians to add amendments so this thing was never bipartisian from the start.

People keep saying that the republicians are on a misinformation campaign, that may or may not be true. Read the bill, there is some messed up initiatives in that thing. Both sides do it, look at the Iraq war, there were plenty of democrats that said that Sadaam had WMD's but when they were never found it was all Bush's fault.

As I think about it, I'm not really sure what Obama can say that will help.
If all seems to come down to the public option and Democrats.
Too many Blue Dog Dems say they will not vote for a bill with a public option, so a bill with a public option can not pass.
But too many liberal Dems say they will not vote for a bill without a public option, so a bill without a public option can not pass.
And we are told this is all the fault of Republicans who got the crap beat out of them in the last election. Less than a year ago.
Whose really in charge? Obama? Liberals? Blue Dogs? Republicans? Who is going to blink first?

Real Healthcare Refrom will include reducing the fraudulent Medicare costs, Insurance Regulation, Tort Reform, etc

$1200 for a manual wheelchair RENTAL? When the wheelchair costs $250 – $300 to purchase. This is how Medicare functions currently, let us not create another Medicare mess shall we.

The Republicans want only to bring down President Obama. Republicans believe that such an end result will justify the collateral damage suffered to millions of uninsured and underinsured Americans. They are a selfish group of people who do not care if all Americans have health insurance. As long as they have health insurance, then everthing is fine with them.

Good, the more Obama opens his mouth the closer to self destruction he approaches.

Palin 2012 !

Let's have the public option!!!

Everyday I watch my insurance stocks go up, do you realize the increase in $$s I'll make when the mandatory insurance requirement goes through. I wonder how many Congress folks and CNN are buying up Healthcare stock just betting on that.....if the public doesn't have an outcry for the public option and it doesn't go through...I'm not gonna feel guilty when my stock goes through the roof....and my 401K!

I am no longer going to advocate for patient rights....you all just gave them up when you handed your care and $$ to the insurance companies....This is unbelievable that all Americans aren't demanding a public option....ignorance runs rampant in this country....it is unbelievable!

I say RAM The Public Option through....or I can't imagine Dems doing well in 2010 or 2012! I can't imagine the American people faring any better....I'll be rich!

At this point, the Democrats just need to PUSH IT THROUGH!! Nevermind the Republicans. Let them continue to be on the wrong side of history. Please do not waiver Mr. President!

P.S – I noticed a few of you believe our current President is the worst in history. How is that cave you have been living in for the past 8 years? You got to be kidding!!

Nothing will do much good , this country is too divided and getting worse .
The GOP will not agree to anything that this President proposes , this nation is sadly getting to a crisis with the hate that the GOP has for this President and Democrats.
Obama has done a good job , he is smart and articulate and speaks well, and the rest of the world have favorable opinions of him. Exact opposite of G.W Bush. But instead of the GOP trying to work with him or even show respect him for his elected post , they decided long ago , they would not.
So it will not matter what this president does , the repubs will not work with him , it was already set in stone , part of the creed of this party of NO!

I'm OBAMAFIED! I can't listen to him anymore, I'll watch History while some of you will listen to LIAR-IN-CHIEF.

why is profit bad? you programmed left are scarily ignorant. It's obvious you are all time-clock punching drones. Scary!

President Obama is playing catch-up and it took him a long time to figure out that he needed to do THAT.

A real leader would have spoken to the American people, not Congress, much earlier than this.

After all of his lies and his shady past, I do not believe ANYTHING that Obama says. He will tell us ANYTHING to get his way. How could Americans elect a man like this?

The president should go before Congress, because the whole country needs to know the truth about health care and the special interest groups that are influencing Republicans. The scare tactics being employed the Republicans is a direct product of special interests influence on Republican congressmen and congresswomen. You cannot depend on insurance companies to do the right thing.

You cannot depend on insurance companies to voluntarily lower prices. IT WILL TAKE A PUBLIC OPTION TO BRING INSURANCE COSTS DOWN. Asking private insurance companies to lower their costs would have been like asking slave owners to free their slaves. IT WILL TAKE GOVERNMENT TO GET PROFITEERS TO LOWER HEALTH CARE MEDICAL COSTS.

Can't wait to fall asleep listening to TOTUS again.

Yaaaawwwnnn... The Obama Show is on every day. And they're all reruns...

I also notice the language and attitude of conservatives – very nasty when they aren't getting their way. Sort of feels like the history behind dictators, tyrants, and others that seek power strictly to dictate their own beliefs. And what do liberals want? Oh yeah, to help people. Nothing peevs a conservative more than trying to help somebody else when it does nothing for their own personal bottom line.

When bankers line their pockets its called capitalism. When oil companies rake the common person its called capitalsim. When the health industry bankrupts an individual for that heart surgery, its called capitalism. But when somebody wants to help out the common folks, they call it all kinds of names. How terrible for you.

It's about time the President gets specific. The lack of specificity and the lack of having made "health care for all" a moral issue has crippled this effort. Republicans won't back it because they seek political advantage. Dems have been weak kneed and haven't asserted their votes. It's time they delivered the promise upon which they were elected.

Look at it this way... Make this like a Doctor visit (if you can afford one) You're (U.S.) very sick...the Dr. says, while giving you a large, thick, syrupy shot (recovery plans) in the butt, "this is going to hurt a lot, but you'll feel better in the morning".

Go Get 'em Doc Obama. This has to happen. But, notjust for you...
FOR AMERICA!

This will be a tough call for Obama if he really wants to get specific about what is in the actuall bills and not just talk about health care reform goals.
The Devil is in the details of the bills the means the use to achieve the ends.
The details in the HR3200 bill are clearly a govermnent takeover of health care. If Obama openly supports the specific details of this bill it will be all over with the American people. All the talk of health care reform will not interfer with patient/doctor relationship, is not a government takeover and you can keep your private plan if you like it, will be exposed as a lie.
It will be very interesting to see just how specific Obama is willing to get.

what a bunch of cry babies in this county – of course its going to cost more – nothing is free. All those folks crying the blues about socialism vs capitalism – you just don't get it, do you??!! The corporation doesnt care about any of us, just our money. Its the govt's role to moderate between big business and the needs of society. Health care in this cournty is now big business, and if you don't think health care rationing is going on now, you are seriously out of touch with reality.

And by the way, would you have prefered our capitalist society to have collapsed in on itself last fall? Or are you enjoying whatever stability you have today because the gov stepped in before it was too late.

Wake up folks and don't be pawns of big business. Stop spreading fear and hate and repeating catch phrases literally handed to you by some ultra conservative. Try thinking for yourself.

Ram it through!

Why did Republican's fabricate information for people to use at Town Hall meetings?

Isn't that a clue to people that their motives might be false?

It has been proven on non-partisan sites such as factcheck.org, that they did indeed lie regarding this reform.

Why?

Dear CNN,

Any chance at all that you'll get around to reporting that Obama will televise directly into the classrooms next Tuesday and that the government is suggesting that teachers work with students to write out how they can "help the President". To me, that's so Hugo Chavez and Korean Kim that it's creepy.

Just a thought that CNN may want to get around to actually reporting on the news every once in a while.

Vision? Obama need Bi-Focals...

Is anybody really listening to the Issues? Nothing Barack Obama ever promised can happen. Nothing! Wannabe's, you all are.

Realists? Your not...

I hope you will tell me how the US plans to Fund this without using the "look honey how much I saved because it was on sale"

How does the US plan to staff medical facilities when these 10 – 40 million hit the doors?

How does the US plan to staff up mental health facilities when all the drug addicts hit the hospitals for their taxpayer provided Valium?

How will you insure that this provides READ REFORM unlike the Democrats last reform NAFTA?

People voted for change to an honest government, NOT A MARXIST govt. You obamabots...really don't understand a large federal govt. was exactly THE OPPOSITE of why/how America was founded. Big Governement = less freedoms, more waste, high unemployment. WAKE UP.

The Healthcare debate in the U.S.A. is becoming almost hysterical and disgraceful. Your Healthcare Reform debate should be honest, accurate and the TRUTH should not be distorted by Lobbyist and Special Interest Groups including the majority of Republican Politicians. The Healthcare System in the U.S.A. is NOT-THE- BEST system in the world. Let us not confuse the high quality of Medical Technology in the U.S.A. with quality of the Healthcare System in the U.S.A.
The W.H.O. places the U.S.A. at 37th (Does #37th = BEST??) and so it would seem that a large # of Republican politicians either cannot read or count or simply enjoy telling untruths, in the hope that some Americans get brainwashed or all, as stated!!

Mr. President: Strongly urge all congressional republicans and concurring blue dog democrats to forth rightfully resign from their government run, socialistic health care plans. Additionally, urge them and those of their ilk to stop deliberately spreading lies in the hopes of terrorizing the public on health care reform. What a bunch of self-avowed God-fearing liars.

Here's a thought: if the Democrats would leave the previous administration alone and start focusing on their own current problems (and backpedaling), maybe Cheney, et. al., wouldn't be firing off comments that the DNC gets upset about. But I know, blaming the previous administration and focusing on the previous administration instead of manning up on the reality of *today* is just politics as usual from both sides of the isle. Republicans did it when Bush was in office on Clinton as well.

No wonder we can't get anything done in this nation these days. At least when Clinton was in the White House and Republicans ran Congress there were compromises from both sides and things got done! Now the mentality is "you are either with us or we'll force ram this through without any support from your side." You liberals on the far left are doing more to shift the center back to the right than you know. Enjoy your power grab while you got it!

The Teleprompter King should leave our Heath Care alone !!! Keep Gov. OUT !!! We are not a SOCIALIST COUNTRY !!!

Obama's health care reform = Middle Class tax increases. Anyone who doubts this fact did not pass the third grade in math.

Obama's health care reform = rationing of care. ANyone who does not uderstand this fact is naive as one cannot add 50 million new patients who are now not covered to a health care system that is already stretched thin. Do the math folks.

Obama's health care reform = no provision for drug relief by generic drugs or being able to buy competitively from Canada. Mr Obama's advisor, the hpharma lobbyist Tom Daschel has seen to this.

Obama's health care reform = a deterioration in the quality of health care. Just ask the OMB, the indeoendent body appointed by Democrats.

Obama's health care reform = No provision for tort reform – complements of the Lawyers' lobby

I can't wait to hear him speak! I would love to have health insurance one day!

And if it wasn't for Kenneth Starr and the GOP, the whole country would have had health insurance by now thanks to Hilary Clinton!

the GOP kills....

He's wasting his breath. The jack-booted red state congressmen won't violate party dictates for fear of Rush and Boehner evicting them from their comfortable, cushy big money-funded positions.

Republicant motto: Party before country, party uber alles.

I am sure he would like to indocterinate them to like he is trying to do with our children. I despise OBAMA.

OMG! Are you serious with the teleprompter comments again??? Grow up! In a way I am glad that the sheer ignorance and hate felt my many in the Republican party is coming to light. It was undercover, now its full blown! Thanks for letting America see just how jaded and wicked you are.

It's about time the president needs to take his case to the american people & get the healthcare bill passed with a public option. the hell with the republicans& blue dogs.

Doesn't this man know when enough is enough. The people do not want a trillion dollar health fiasco. Wher does he expect to get this money except from the elderly and that still isn't enough.

What you will not hear in his speech:

1. Details about what will be covered.
2. How much it is going to cost, and
3. How it will be paid for.

He's not stupid. He knows it is being recorded and there's nothing worse than what 60 Minutes can do with recorded lies. If the Democrats pass this thing, 60 minutes will be all over it showing what a nightmare government health care is and how it costs an order of magnitude more than they 'promised'.

Mr President, you control the White House; you have a filibuster proof majority in the House and Senate. If you want to pass health care , go ahead and do so with you rown party. You do not need to speak wot the GOP – why change now? Now, after passing your legislation, do not be surprised when you do not return for a second term; or when the Democrats lose their majority in the Senate; or lose about 40 seats in the House.

We must not let the lunatic fringe determine what kind of health care we have in this country. It is just plain stupid to do that.

Opponents of reform just want the best health care that corporate America can afford to give us without reducing their profit margin. Again they are just ideologues and the repercussions of continuing the current system are not important to them.

Every time someone who does NOT HAVE insurance gets hurt or becomes ill, they to go to a hospital emergency room because doctors offices don't have to see them. Guess who gets billed at full price for that hospital emergency room visit when the uninsured can't pay? Taxpayers. Understand that our GOVERNMENT (you know; the one of, by and for the people of the United States) now provides both social security AND medicare benefits to elderly and disabled Americans. This means if you lose your job or are critically injured and can't work there is a safety net. Giving Americans the OPTION for public insurance introduces a new low-cost competitor in the insurance market which will help lower everyone's cost, as competition does. Making sure everyone has at least this bare-minimum public insurance, presumably by default, lowers the cost to our treasury (the place where our taxes go) for health care delivered in hospital ERs. SUPPORT President Obama, support Health Care Reform and God Bless the United States of America.

I can not wait to hear the President speak. The GOP has scared the people half to death with so much misinformation. I wish he would have done this ealrier but he has his own game.

On thing he is and that is smart. Repeublicans want to call him everything but a child of GOD. The funny thing is that they support the last president that called pilots helicopter drivers. WOW.

"...government funded medicaid/medicare benefits. "

Those are TAXPAYER funded.
I guess you think the feds make their own money... try again.
Everything the government does is paid for via the collection taxes and tariffs.

Anyone who thinks a public option will not raise taxes is a complete idiot.
Anyone who thinks the costs can be offset via saves from other programs is an idiot too.
The feds have never been able to successfully implement a new program without going grossly over budget and wasting billions in taxpayer money in the process.

The loud minority shouts at town hall meetings, the silent majority votes at the ballot box. We know who our President is really speaking to because he doesn't have to shout.

Great. We're ready, President Obama.

The majority of Americans support health-care reforms with a compassionate public option that will improve competition and extend affordable coverage to those in need.

Grassley and Enzi have proven they have No intention on voting for any health care by their immoral lies and greedy insurance interests. They should not be allowed to obstruct the process any longer in this misguided "Gang of 6."

Congress and the president need to move forward with the moral representatives who understand the importance of this much-needed legislation for the American people. Godspeed President Obama.

So the "messiah" elected to save us....is going to get more involved?
It's a start but BO needs to develop more of a backbone and deal directly with those Democrats who are holding things up.
And what's this malarky about the Democrats needing to remember why "we" elected them. Barack Obama was elected because he wasn't Bush. Remember "change"? All BO campaigned on was "change" and he wasn't Bush.
To quote a famous line..."Do you feel like you've been swindled?"

and he BETTER be talking REAL healthcare reform, we arent interested in any of this co-op BS or some USELESS watered-down public option!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if you wont give us single-payer, it better be a STRONG, legitimate public option. like EVERY SINGLE other industrialized nation has

NO MORE BI-PARTISANSHIP!!!! you dont REASON with these republicans and traitorous "democrats", they are as out of control as a toddler throwing a tantrum, and we all know how successfully THOSE negotiations go!!!!!

NO MORE BI-PARTISANSHIP!!!

NO MORE REPUGS!!!

NO MORE RIGHT-WING NUTJOB "ENTERTAINERS"!!!!!

NO MORE LIES!!!!!!

MAX BAUCUS MUST BE FIRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Senators Grassley and Enzi are TRAITORS! No more bipartanship bargaining with them!!

"...recent comments by two chief Senate Republican negotiators — Charles Grassley of Iowa and Mike Enzi of Wyoming — who have sharply criticized key elements of Democrats' health care plans even as they insisted that a workable bipartisan plan was possible.
In an August fundraising letter, Grassley asked people for "support in helping me defeat Obama-care." He said Democratic-drafted bills would be "a pathway to a government takeover of the health care system."
Enzi, in a radio address Saturday, said Democratic proposals would restrict medical choices and make the country's "finances sicker without saving you money." ..."

If it ain't in writing (plain english and not legalese or politispeak ) it means nothing! You won't spend a few thousand on a used car like that. Yet the liberals are willing to spend trillions based upon a speech or two! UNREAL!

Democrats are not the ones calling others "socialists", Wilson.

Wade we will be firing up the TATOO guns just for you. You ridiculous individual. You haven't a clue what oppression is .........

We need the change and we need it now. Put it to vote, we are willing to lose the first round. Let us vote out anyone who votes against it in the 2010 election. Then have another vote.

Round 1 to identify those against it. Vote them out. Round 2 to get it passed.

We support you Obama, and will vote out those against you (exept in the backwards inbred portions of the country, which are the minority so no fear).

Look, Democrats...

I get it... YOU want medical care. And I want you to have medical care, too.

But where we differ is that you insist I pay for your share.

Anyone want to pick up the cost of my dinner, clothing, transporation or housing? No? Then don't expect me to pick up the tab for your Motrin and lipo.

Ironic? Higher-Boltronic. Who are these guys??

Hey, Von Bismark. The wealthiest 1% of all income tax filers in this courntry pay MORE aggregate dollars into the Treasury than the total paid by the bottom 95%, with the 4% in between the two accounting for about 20% of all receipts. Look it up. Half the people in this country pay no income taxes at all, and many of those get refunds, aka welfare in disguise. Taxes have consequences, and it would be good if Congress stopped viewing productive citizens as ATMs.

YES WE CAN....
Triple the DEFICIT
Increase Taxes
Still have PORK in our bills
Support for Illegals
Weaken National Security
Ruin Healthcare

CHANGE we need is coming in 2010, and 2012 when we vote the biggest idiots (Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Waxman, Schummer, Frank) out of office.

Gve me some Fiscal Responsible Moderats (DEM or REPUB) and we'll change it correctly, but not with "SNO-BAMA".

the sad reallity is that the very people that are protesting against the public option are the recipient of the government funded medicaid/medicare benefits. they are scared that government will not be able to provide them enough, if any reform gets implemented.

Shouting others down and childish name calling are not political discourse but is seems the chosen method for some. Using terms like Socialist, Marxist, Nazi, telepromptor and Acorn sandwiched in between sedicious blather fed by Glen Beck and Rush expose the willful ignorance of those folks and it is that ignorance that has elected politicians who constantly work against the good of the people while doing everything they can for the corporations and the lobbyists.

I want health care. I need health care. I want my tax dollars spent on American issues, not on some fake war. We finally have a pres who is doing something for American Citizens. Let the man do his job! I wonder if he were white, would we even have this convo.

I agree with the Dutchman. Just get it done and the Republican's can do whatever they want to do. Make it a hybrid plan with public and private options, spend more on Medicare even if it means raising taxes and get on to other things!!!!

The only Republican who is negotiating in good faith is Olympia Snowe. The goal of all the other Republicans has never been to solve the problem but to use it to get back into power. None of their arguments against changes to our health insurance actually add up.

What more threats or more browbeating?
The American people that will think for themselves know that everything Obama says is not true. Any thing that he says now is just a sales pitch and he is going to use all of the tricks to try to sell a bill that is just not what the majority wants.
The answer is still no I'm not buying!

The new CNN poll just released today shows that support for health care reform is essentially the same as in June.
The "death panel" kooks have not won the day. The President will.

Liberal execuses are everywhere:

1. The Liberals blame the GOP for blocking this proposed government takeover, yet The GOP don't have the votes to stop this in ANY house! I guess it's easier to blame the GOP than it is to blame the bill.

2. The Liberals blame the Blue Dogs. The Blue Dogs are listening to the voices of their people (like the whole of Congress should). I guess it's easier to blame the Blue Dogs than it is to blame the bill.

3. The Liberals are blaming the seniors for protesting in the townhalls. I guess it's easier to blame the seniors than it is to blame the bill.

Have you liberals stopped to consider: Maybe its not the GOP, maybe its not the Blue Dogs, maybe its not the seniors but maybe its the bill? I doubt it, but keep blaming everyone else for your failures. You own the White House, the Senate AND the House and still can't get this done! Maybe its Bush's fault!

Government spending as a percentage of GDP is 45%. We are focusing upon reforming the wrong thing. The scary thing about this Marxist government takeover is that we have a man that hasn't run as much as a local fast food restaurant running the country.

Wake up research your history were did all of these marxist policy start. Long before President Obama can into office. A lot of you all are blowing off steam but you are racist prejuidce bigots. President Obama becoming President is not a Fluke. We are in last days, so, instead trying to create more problems we all need to be praying and asking God for forgiveness. We as a country is in trouble and you dumb ????? don't see it.

Let's get it done, Mr. President! For too long, the stupid people in this country have been wrecking havoc. It's time for a little enlightenment, and way past time for nationally guaranteed health insurance.

Good. All the adults need to begin to work in good faith on an issue that is so important to every American.

reading more speeches off a teleprompter written by his boss DAVID AXELROD who is the actual president of USA.

I would like him to specifically address where the doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals needed to service 40+ million new insureds are going to come from. Unless the ranks of healthcare professionals is significantly increased, demand will far exceed capacity which will lead to rationing. Also, where is the $1,000,000,000,000 going to come from? Eliminating fraud and abuse in Medicare/Medicaid is insignificant against a trillion dollars.

I'm so proud of President Obama for hanging in there in spite of all the hatred from the right . . . . still working so hard to better this country for all of us!

The coward in chief blaming some boogeyman in the Saul Alinsky way of snicker, snicker "governing".

You can PASS whatever you want Barry, but you don't have the guts to call out the smart wing of your party that doesn't want this mess.

This isn't about race or politics, ALL OF US WANT REFORM, but real simple even for you Barry, you don't tear down the whole HOUSE to fix a leak in the basement.

Start with tort reform, allowing US to buy insurance across state line which will open up comprtition from state to state and company to company, now you as a Marxist have no idea how that works, we call it capitalism in this country.

Why do the Dems always resort to namecalling when things are not going as they wish ?. Why all the hatred ?. Does 2010 and beyond scare you? It should

Why do all you Liberal comment-posting morons think this is a good thing - that this will surely end the debate once and for all?

This is a terrible thing for you. Every time Obama goes back to the "speech" well, it gets a little bit shallower.

Polls show that the majority (ie: more than just GOP) are tired of seeing and hearing Obama on TV every five minutes. Having to go back to that dance again is going to be detrimental to his ratings. He can either (A) apologize for the health care mess he's created with poor leadership, or (B) blame the GOP even more, which hasn't been working to sustain his numbers for the past 3 months.

He, and you, are screwed.

Mr. Obama needs to set back, take a deep breath and really look at the important parts that need fixed and just do that plus, start a regulation of the insurance industry as well as the drug industry.

We are all paying too much for health care and medicines mainly because of all those without insurance and the GREED in those two industries...

The Republicans calling Obama a socialist are hypocrites. If they're so against socialism, give up their own healthcare, quit and go work in the private sector. There's quite a few "socialist" benefits and programs that republicans have/voted for.. please do we have to bring up Bush?

The best week of the Obama presidency was the week he spent out on the Vineyard. He should consider doing that permanently.

"Health care reform is the opiate of the masses" – Obama

This is where he will blame everything on the Republicans and the past administration.
The speech is old and no longer valid.
The Republicans don't hold enough seats to stop any legislation, so try another excuse.
How about the truth?
America doesn't believe you and the MAJORITY don't want to be a prisoner to a government run health care system.

Waiting for my number to be tattooed on me by the government so they can "keep me healthy and safe".
Oh wait.. this is the 21st century... no tattoos, just a micro chip in your arm linked to a national databases the feds can track you.

Keep it up Obama. You still got people at your back. Reform needs to happen.

THANK GOD! The past month has been strewn with lies, misinformation and betrayals. The GOP will not back us! Too much corporate money involved. The Blue Dogs are just as conservative, selfish and hypocritical as the GOP. Here is what I KNOW from personally experience: I have been turned down FIVE times for insurance coverage for a pre-existing condition and that includes TWICE by AARP. Every time an uninsured person is rushed to ER and gets medical attention, I pay for it. Medicare is government run and it works very well for me. Keep it funded. We are screwing younger generations out of health care because we Baby Boomers are numerous and getting old. Morally, I am my brother and my sister's keeper because Christians know the New Testament says: If you do this for the least of your brethren, you do it for ME."

I say leave republicans out of the negotiations. They haven't contributed nything to the debate except lies and misinformation. When reform does come around, watch how many of them are going to try and jump on the bandwagon like when Medicare was passed. Republicans are a bunch of hypocrites!

Thank goodness another speech I was getting worried something happen to the teleprompter.

I will be playing solitare while talking on my cell phone.

Say whatever he wants, both chambers of congress want to get re-elected and this crappy health care bill is electoral poison.

Why don't you listen to the speech and learn how a real leader leads.. He is listening and will now articulate a plan to reform a healthcare system that badly needs it. People that resort to name calling just have nothing to offer a discussion.... Think about it...

The republicans have always been good at branding and coming out first. However, it's the finish that counts, and a healthcare plan will be passed whether they want to work together with this administration or not.

For years, over 100 now, there has been a call for healthcare reform. Now that Obama has set a goal (something sorely lacking the previous 8 years, goals) the republicans are screaming how it's being rammed down their throats.

100 years of procrastination isn't long enough for you?

No matter what President Obama has to say to us about Health Care Reform.... We don't like his RUSH to PUSH this THING that some are calling Health Care Reform. We will NOT forget the push and the rush, and the fact that the only people who read it, are the ones who wrote it. It is such a confusing mass of mess, that we get it. We see
what your administration is capable of doing. We do not trust you or them, now or ever.

I wish that we did. President Obama is our President after all, I just
really wish that he had not gotten elected. We were warned.. but so
many of you voted for him. I wish you could take it back.

Until then. Pray for our Country

i don't care about the 9th, what matters is Sept. 8th , the Day of Indotrination of our young school children by obama and the teachers union..this has been a well thought out plan. BE AFRAID AMERICA.

I guess President Obama has to convey the message to Congress since it does not get what the American people want. THE PEOPLE WANT CHANGE IN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, THE ECONOMY AND THE COUNTRY!!

It is too bad the people on the right do not see healthcare reform as something more important than a poltical football. I guess they were tired of kicking the global warming denial football around. I wager the next football will be immigration where the right will argue that we should simply find and deport all 20 million illegals without charging the taxpayer a dime in doing so. Do you know how many bus trips it takes to move 20 million people?

All you uneducated clowns that's always making comments about the President using a teleprompter, I didn't hear so much about the prompter when stupid W, or even when Clinton was in office. President Obama is a very intellengent man and you morons make these comments because it threathens you, what a bunch of losers. Think about it, W read from the prompter and he still messed up his speeches. LOL

The problem is how can you believe anything he says when he said one thing years ago (ex: single payer option) before his Presidency, and now he's saying something else. And I don't believe he just "changed his mind". Unfortunately, the Democrat Leadership is saying one thing and will do another...just to get support for this horrible bill. We all want healthcare reform, but not the Dems way.

As I said before, I think he needs a founding health care set principles that people can trust will not allow any future changes or interpretations that will go against the initial intent. Similar to the consitution itself. That way people don't need to read the entire bill to and interpret it correctly to feel confident. They can just feel confident the founding principles will protect them from anything in the bill that goes against the basic principles.
Brian

Is there a reason this was NOT part of the STORY????

Obama is considering detailing his health-care demands in a major speech as soon as next week, when Congress returns from the August recess. And although House leaders have said their members will demand the inclusion of a public insurance option, Obama HAS NO PLANS TO INSIST ON IT HIMSELF, the officials said.

On health care, Obama’s willingness TO FORGO THE PUBLIC OPTION is sure to anger his party’s liberal base. But some administration officials welcome a showdown with liberal lawmakers if they argue they would rather have no health care law than an incremental one.

The confrontation would allow Obama to show he is willing to stare down his own party to get things done.

AND THE LEFTISTS WILL STILL VOTE FOR IT.

Smoke, lies, mirrors and more lies and by the way ABORTION IS AND WILL BE FUNDED, they are just manipulating the way it WILL BE FUNDED

I don't understand when people cry out "I want my country back!". Back from who or what?!! Whatever. Universal healthcare for all. Finally a President confronting the problem

I have health insurance from my husbands work, doesn't mean I'm satisfied with it. I would love to be able to get the same care as our elected leaders.

The President will now speak coherently about health care reform after a month of hysterical right-wing ranting about "death panels" and other such stupidity.

We will have a major reform bill passed in the next 2, maybe 3, months. Get over it, Republicans. You lost and you remain losers.

Captain Teleprompter to the rescue. When will he learn that leadership isn't measured by how many minutes of the evening news you occupy?

Von Bismark- Rich people pay 39% of their income...poor pay zero. How is that a benefit to the rich? Middle class pay 10-25%. Us Middle are sick of you lazy and unwilling. GET A JOB!
No more marxist policies.

"....more car salesman spew...." This guy is absolutely the worst president this country has ever had. His lack of leadership combined with his total incompetence doesn't even qualify him to be a shift lead at a burger joint....what a disgrace this is for this once mighty nation, to have such an inferior person in the white house.

Judy still does not get the point. The Health Care system needs to be reformed. A vast majority of Americans think so and, unfortunately, a large number of Americans know so based on the insane amount of money they give to HMO's. So, Judy, go back to waving your American flags as we spend bilions of dollars to make the city of Bagdad a heap of rubble based on your Republican bretherns heap of lies. The Right has no credibility with anyone with a better memory than a cockroach.

Now we will get something done. It will be a plan that will include a government option. Obama let ALL the ugliness come out the last 4 weeks so that most are comfortable that the NEGATIVE , NASTY junk was all hot air from the minority...NOT the majority. We will now get the Reform and Government Plans that this Country Needs and deserves. COST you say ???? How can you put a cost on something that is certainly MORE important than 8 years in Iraq that has done NOTHING for the American People. At least we ALL will have something that we will benefit from....it will be tangible and not what IRAQ was. If my chlidren , Grand Children , etc are going to pay for something I want them to SEE what they are being tapped with...not a made up War for the Oil Millionaires.

Taking it to the people and calling Congress out on National television. A bold move that I hope pays off

Sorry Mr. President, I'd rather have Dick Cheney waterboard me than listen to your pathetic excuse for health care reform!

I welcome it with both arms!

It's amazing how many people still cannot accept a african american in office. Not just this article, but I've seen and read the most ludicrous comments on other related stories on CNN. Honestly? Republicans need to read the deifinition of Socialist. Where was this outrage against socialism when George Bush tried to privatize social security a few years back? The Florida GOP chair is an idiot who has shown his true colors. Socialism? What about Bush's prescription drug benefit for Medicare? Bush exploded the deficit with no restraint on spending despite 6 years of a Republican Congress

This will either be genius or will completely back-fire. He is walking a very fine line and Im not sure he is even sure which way it will fall. Im giving him credit for taking a chance, but if he comes out and just trys to appease his far left (ie Ried and Pelosi) he is setting himself up to fail as most Americans fall somewhere closer to the middle than these two.

In response to the loonies commenting on the President's asking America's students to take responsibility for the education and do something to help the nation, I have a few words for them: "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." So I guess JFK was an evil socialist as well? Sometimes I get the impression Republicans would be happy on their own little island, growing their own food, slitting each other's wrists, and each taking care of himself alone. But wait, then they wouldn't be rich off the backs of another's labor. They would be living as Christ did, and we all know how well they follow his teachings.

If he wants a bi-partisan solution to Health Care, Reid and Pelosi are the last ones to seek advice from. Congress has made an incredible mess of this issue and would be better off starting over.

Whats he gonna say I won again? One term and Jimmy Carter II is out of Office.

Obama caved to GOP pressure.
I'm glad I didn't vote for him.

Ditch Health Care and GET ON TO THE "WAR" Our Soldier Citizens are DYING and he just keeps on spending money and disregarding these IMPORTANT CITIZENS ! He's trying to PUSH this reform down the throats of citizens for his own agenda. – AND that is : his personal financial and political gains in the next four years and beyond. ALL politicians look out for themselves FIRST. This guy is NO DIFFERENT. Don't be fooled by a "wolf" in "sheeps clothing". It's happened before and will happen again. WAKE UP TAX PAYING AMERICAN CITIZENS !

Great we have Larry Curly and Moe Trying to figure out how their going to feed their little mushrooms. Yep you keep us in the dark and feed us your crap. We will sit here and applause on how you force the public into what YOU think is right. Get a grip. Oh I know if I talk to the Dems and tailor my speech to what they want then everything will be OK and everyone will forget. Remember Mr. President we are not all mushrooms and do not need to be told what to do.

Can this be mandatory? What is going on? It isn't like our Nation was attacked. Just because he is losing the fight for health care doesn't mean he needs to call a special session of congress.

Anyone want to place bets on how many Tea Partiers will watch/listen to this???

well the three blind mice will meet on health care. lest hope msnbc and you can come up with a bush chaney moment to of set how bad these great leaders will fare. and if you can get bush go after palin that may help now all you democrat get to cry about 911 was set by bush

President Obama,

Be strong and courageous, AND GO TO WORK!

After all of the Reckless Right's sleazy twisting of the truth and lying in an effort to scare people out of wanting necessary reforms that will make the health care system better and the economy stronger, MOST AMERICANS STILL WANT REAL HEALTH CARE REFORM!

This has got to be bad news for the likes of Grassley and Enzi and all their Republican cohorts.

Please listen to Pelosi about the public option. Anything less won't get costs under control.

Good. I hope he tells the GOP/profit insurance companies that their end is near and that universal non-profit health care is coming with or without their help.

My health is not for profit.

force it through Barry......dare ya..............you will be looking for work in '12

I guess the President still does not get the picture – drop the Healthcare bill since the country does not want it!!!

Reid and Pelosi, why not invite Bert and Ernie as well, then they could all have a good talk

What took you so long

Wow, at lest it's not yet another campaign event stocked with cheering supporters masquerading as a 'town hall' meeting.

Let's see if he sticks to his 'evil special interest' routine of bashing doctors and insurance companies...while making doubly sure the teleprompter doesn't have the words "TORT REFORM" anywhere on it's hard drive.

Another week – Another speech.

Everyone has finally realized... Obama = poll-tested, teleprompter approved speeches.

Instead of TALKING... try LISTENING to the American people!

what part of NO does this loser not get??

obama ( the twelveth imiam ) all getting together at the White House th discuss the dest method of blowing smoke at a joint session of Congress on Sept 9th. No doubt he wants to get all huffy about Sept. 11, 2001, among other things on their agenda. Wake up people!!

The conservative masses in this country have been mostly silent for years and years. It took this loser, marxist president to awaken the sleeping giant and awaken them he has. No more being silent. We, the people want our country back and the democrat politicians that stand by Obama will fall with him in the next elections.

Its about time that schools payed more attention to how our government is run. A civics lesson now and then never hurt anyone and just might make todays youth a little bit smarter. Too bad our people were so gullible when they listened to our former Pres. If they had done their homework we would not be in Iraq with 4000 of our finest dead over a lie. And if you still believe those stories about how going to Iraq made us safer, then I'll sell you a bridge in Brooklyn.

I am delighted to know that President Obama will at last call the obstructionist bluffs of the GOP and some "Blue Dog" Dems...Mr. Obama has always had the unique gift of clear, direct communication that makes sense to the majority of Americans. I defy the extremists – particularly on the right – to call him Socialist, anti-American, etc to his face at this address. I eagerly anticipate hearing his message, and hope it brings this important debate back into some reasonable arena of focus.

YES. And he should have done it earlier to dispel all these stupid myths and lies which the GOP and right wingers are spreading.

How much will the networks lose this time for carrying this speech?
How will the ratings be?
Maybe if low enough he get the point "we are tried of seeing you on TV"
I for one will be busy since it is Wed.

Let me give everyone a preview:

Blah blah blah , uhhhh ummm, blah blah blah, YES WE CAN!

Translation: The "Public Option" is dead

Good. Leaving this up to congress was a big mistake. If President Obama jumps fully, the know nothing, do nothing republicans and the unreformed dixiecrats who call themselves democrats will feel the real force of the American people. We need real health care reform which includes, at a minimum, a public option.

Once our President tells the joint session of Congress, in plain and straight forward terms, that the government is NOT planning to "takeover" healthcare, the Republicans had better stop lying to the American people about this...OR ELSE!

Get rid of pelosi and Reid and we might get someplace. They are not leaders and are bringing the President down. Lets get some fresh minds...

Health care reform is needed and needed now. Barack MUST clearly articulate in plain english his plan, so that the right wing nut jobs cannot misintrepet them and spread false, wild and insane rumors.

I am glad our President is doing this. I hope this address is in prime time. I really doubt the hateful bigots that are always using federal funds will listen. What America has seen the past few weeks does not represent main stream America. We are much better than the people we have seen ranting and raving like lunatics. I can only hope the people that are against HRC never lose their health care because of a serious or terminal illness. I hope they never have to watch a loved one die from cancer because their health care policy is cancelled.

Why? The guy should have found out by now that his golden words don;t mean a thing to Congress.

Why bother...it's over...and if you think it's not....reconsider....scrap it....it has to start over...there is no trust, it's unreasonable without any real compromise to anyone, anywhere ,on this -so it will fail.

2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

Dancing in the streets; we are behind you Obama. Go get them, and let them know the that America people want reform and a Public Option.

It's About Time!!!!! Go get em Barack!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will like President Obama to make the challenge for the Republicans childishly simple:-

1-Ask any middle class worker to show proof that his taxes have been raised.

2-Call on the GOP House members and Senators to give up their own Government-run healthcare insurance as well as their pension.

3-Call on them to renounce Medicare,Medicaid and the VA health bills as well SCHIP. Because all these government-run programs are all socialistic in nature.

4-Denounce the Bush tax cuts for the rich because that is redistributing the wealth to the wealthy.

Enough of this " lets all just get along" crap and just do what the Repubs. do and bulldoze it thru and let the chips fall where they may. -----– If the Repubs had had their way there would be no social security, medicare, medicaid, etc.,etc, today millions of people rely on to just survive.

Pity I can't watch it, but it should be interesting. I hope he goes into detail to shut up the naysayers, but nothing will be enough since they're determined to hate anything he says anyway.

Speech will go something like this: "blah blah blah blah blah".

Hooray! Time to get this health care reform roadblock unjammed and back on track! America deserves no less.

While I am always happy to hear what our President has to say, I wish someone would remind Congress and educate Americans that it is CONGRESS's responsibility to write the laws of the land…NOT the President. His role according to the constitution is to advise the Congress as to what the American people want but beyond that its Congress's job to do it. They are always screaming about the President having too much power and yelling that the Congress is CO-EQUAL with the President. But when it comes to the HARD WORK of creating controversial legislation, they try to push it off on the President to try to cover their butts. DO YOUR JOB CONGRESS and get a good health care bill done!!!

Thanks for the advance notice. I'll reserve a movie from redbox.

Too bad....he is obviously keeping this political. I wonder if he'll invoke the "Do it for Teddy" phrase...... sorry, I'm not buying it.

At least he is more patriotic and cares for this country then most of these or politicians.

"BO BO the clown" is going to do another tele-promted speech.

BORING.

He should have done this to begin with! Of course, when dealing with stupid Reid and loud mouth Pelosi, what can we expect? Reform we undeniably need but the way it was initially approached – boo and he found that out in a big fat hurry! What a fool to think his so-called rock star status would just carry him on any and everything little ol thing he wanted. He hates to be questioned but maybe now he's seen the light!

Moe, Larry and Curly are going to have dinner, how nice. No doubt Moe will tell these two clowns that the public option is out. Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk

Come on Obama get these Dems – blue dogs and all- in line, we need health care reform with a public option!! Surely the dems get get this done!!!

Three great minds that can destroy a country!

Sorry greedy health insurance company executives...

We need is real leadership here, so let's hope that Obama listens to Pelosi more than to Reid.

Somebody needs to tell him that no one is interested in hearing him in prime television viewing time. His act got old about three of four prime time appearances ago.

Read the results of the latest Zogby International polling from August 31, 2009:

“Zogby: Obama Approval Plummets to 42 Percent
President Barack Obama's job approval rating is down to 42%, with a decline in approval from Democrats the leading factor”.

This President needs to learn how to work behind a camera and not in front of it...if he has it in him.

We all need to make our health care demands known to our members of congress all of them. Democrats need to remember why we elected them.

We need a comprehensive healthcare reform now with a public option, period.

Boring, how's about he shares the mike with some of his self admitted communist czars who work with him in the White House?

Now stop it libs, it is not any republican calling men like Obama's Green Czar Van Jones a communist, he admitted that he is one, his own words. In fact Jones made a comment in 2005, and it would seem that his comment hits close to home for all those now working in the white house, even the commander in chief. Obama Green Czar Van Jones: "I'm willing to forgo the cheap satisfaction of the radical pose for the deep satisfaction of radical ends." So moderates, this what you had in mind when you voted for hope and change?

He has to again explain the reform to you idiots who don't understand it and can't read.

Whoopeeee – The dumb talking to the idiots.

This is not funny anymore, please stop the politics. Reducing the state of the union and his polls to this horrible attempt to control the hill has made this almost meaningless. This is beyond sad. Yes, I helped him become president.

Here's a preview:
"lie, lie, exaggeration" then say something everyone can agree on...then use the word "folks" alot...then rip apart anyone who has a different opinion than his marxist views. Why does have have over 3 confirmed communists on his staff and part of his administration??? Van Jones is a confirmed Marxist!

you are doing a good job, thank you