kimk3's Comments (400)

“"... all but accuses the president of abandoning the principles of his health care reform agenda."

I don't call what he's doing now "abandoning his principles." I call it lying.”

“Great article and all true -- except that Obama is not making the decisions. Rahm is. Obama is acting the pretty boy speech-making guy while Rahm is doing the tough work of pushing through -- or ignoring -- all the tough things the American people want and need. It is corporate democracy and corporate Democrats at its absolute fascist best. All Rahm apparently cares about is getting this guy re-elected in 2012 and he's betting the media will not expose what they're really doing and the people will be as under-educated as they were during Bush/Cheney reign. It's really horrible.”

“Good post. I care nothing about Demi Moore, photoshopped or otherwise, but I applaud your speaking out against her legal bullies, evem as they don't have a legal legal leg to stand on with what they're doing.”

“"So Joe Lieberman got to block (an already enfeebled) public option; Ben Nelson got more abortion restrictions; Mary Landrieu got more money for Louisiana Medicaid... Obama got rolled on the Senate bill"

Obama did not get rolled nor did Lieberman do anything the White House didn't want him to do. This Senate bill is the White House wet dream. And no, White House does not want cramdown either. They're rotten to the core.”

“I agree. it's pathetic. And I wonder who all those "liberal bloggers" are. MoveOn? which should just move on and stop shilling for White House.”

“Time has made itself even more irrelevant than it already was.”

“Take away his DHS Chair from this gasbag.”

“Get rid of Summers. Obama, et al., aren't going to do jack. Congress must regulate the banks.”

“The Fed is also supposed to deal with making sure there is full employment and they've failed miserably. And still want to know where the trillions have gone.”

“"If only the Czar knew..." Rahm Emanuel is the Czar and he knows. O is just following orders.”

“Now Prince wants to be a high school teacher? Maybe Arne Duncan can set him up in one of those military schools he likes so much.”

“Thanks for the smackdown of npr. Are they lazy, stupid or both?”

“"'I'm less concerned about any individual than I am with a government as a whole that is having difficulty providing basic services to its people,' Obama said in his latest blunt assessment of the Karzai government, whose competence is an essential part of a U.S. war effort now in its ninth year."

Too bad Obama doesn't see that this country is having "difficulty providing basic services to its people." Wish he'd focus some attention to that instead of what the bankers, insurance companies and defense contractors want. Jobs, stop the foreclosures, food, and, oh, yes, HEALTH CARE.”

“I think Jamie Dimon is trying to put himself in line to be next. They all suck.”

“"I'm confident that we can actually arrive at this place where neither side feels that it's being betrayed."

His confidence is misplaced. Progressives have been betrayed and he will continue to betray us and suck up to the "other side".”

“I think it's time to purge the military from all the Muslim countries.”

“Except that this isn't reform, not is it universal. It is forcing us to pay for private health insurance, with co-pays (as high as they want), high deductibles, denial of services. -- even if they can't deny for pre-existing conditions. This is a coup d'etat for the medical industrial complex who will make trillions and we will not get any better health care than we have now. And probably worse, since prices for everything will go up.”

“There are few supporters for "Obamacare" because we all know it's crap. He is ignoring the millions -- in fact majority of Americans -- who want a "public option" which really means single payer -- any kind of affordable health care. He is not representing his supporters, he is not representing the majority of Americans. He is representing corporate interests first and foremost. Of course we're disillusioned and even disgusted. Even John McCain could not have pulled off this coup d'etat of the Medical Industrial Complex to send trillions of dollars their way.”

“I agree with Mr. Johnson. I am calling this "health care" bill The Medical Industrial Complex Enrichment Bill of 2009.

I have heard nothing about bringing back Glass-Steagall from Obama, et al. -- the banking system was stable and worked well (for the people) from the time it was enacted until the time it was repealed. Why not do something that works???”

“Bring back Glass-Steagall. As long as Obama is not calling for this I know he doesn't give a crap about fixing the real economy, only about placating the bankers. The Medical Industrial Complex Enrichment Bill is another giant gift of our money to private industry.”

“I spent all my comment energy earlier responding to Plouffe's absolute spin response to Arianna's piece. Ultimately, if I had known O was going to s*** on Howard Dean and hire Rahm Emanuel to run this country, I would never have voted for him.”

“What spin!

--stabilized the banking system -- yep, for top management. Yes, something had to be done but banks are NOT lending, are continuing to speculate and create new "products" that offer nothing to society, their fees and interest rates are absolutely usurious. The trillions given to them with nothing given back is disgusting. Regulation? Nothing meaningful appears to be happening this time around. Maybe after next crash.

--auto industry? He gave them billions to ship jobs to China and bondholders got 100% payout. He's prevented the Great Depression? What do you think 18% unemployment is???

73% increase lending to small businesses? Dream on. "helped hundreds of thousands of owners keep their home" On what planet? He wouldn't even speak out once to ensure "cramdown" was in bankruptcy bill. Sure he cut taxes... part of suck-up to Republicans instead of stimulus $.

Health care bill's real name: The Medical Industrial Complex Enrichment Bill of 2009.

"...no lobbying when they leave their job" He also said there would be no lobbyists in his adminstration but there are tons of them from Monsanto, Cargil, Exxon, Goldman, Goldman, and did I mention Goldman?

Transparent and accountable. Too long for this post.

Eric Holder is doing a terrible job of cleaning up justice -- all of Bush's people are still there & Holder is releasing Republicans but not Don Siegelman.

And had I known Obama was going to let Rahm Emanuel inside the White House to make policy, I never would have voted for”

“"Volunteers have made 300,000 calls to Congress to support the president's health care plan, and held thousands of events around the country," he told me.

This is what's really sad. OFA/DNC are asking people to work against their own interests. And those people, still enamored of Obama's speechmaking and promises, don't realize how little he's doinng for them now with his wretched policies. The real name for Obama's health care bill should be The Medical Industrial Complex Enrichment Bill of 2009. At any rate, Obama's not even running the country and policies, Rahm Emanuel is and no one voted for him.”

“I agree with you all that Obama is not doing. But he is not running the country, he is making pretty speeches. Rahm Emanuel is running the country and the policies. Rahm Emanuel doesn't care about good legislation, or the well being of the American people. The Blue Dogs are his people. He hates progressives and our policies. He cares about campaign contributions for 2012 and the Medical Industrial Complex Enrichment Bill of 2009 is exactly what he wanted -- more money moving upward to the people and industries that do not need it and more Americans getting poorer and suffering. It's very disappointing and tragic, really.”

“Maybe Chuck Hagel can tell Obama about his giant conflict of interest as he did own ES&S, the largest voting machine company, that counted the votes that elected Hagel. Not sure if he still has an interest in ES&S.”