“I CAN TELL YOU THAT FLORIDA REPUBLICANS ARE CONCERNED THAT OBAMA WILL NOT ONLY POLITICIZE THE POLITICAL PROCESS, BUT MIGHT HAVE AN UNDUE INFLUENCE ON THIER NAIVE AND UNEDUCATED CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES.”

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P.M. Carpenter at BuzzFlash on The Public Option as the Undead, dividing progressives.

“THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS LEARNED THAT ALTHOUGH STILL DEAD, SADDAM HUSSEIN HAS OBTAINED BETTER HEALTH INSURANCE THAN MOST AMERICANS … FROM AFRICA. AND IF WE DON’T IMMEDIATELY REFORM OUR SYSTEM, COVERAGE FOR THE AVERAGE FAMILY WILL GO UP IN SMOKE LIKE A MUSHROOM CLOUD.”

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BLOGWORTHIES:

Perrspectives on Health Care Fight; No Echoes of Bush’s Social Security Debacle.

The Dawning of Deception or Still ‘Waiting for Godot’ — Your Choice White House at BuzzFlash.

Republicans Bring “Classiness” To the Classroom, by Madkane.

“BY CREATING A GOVERNMENT PROGRAM THAT DOES AND ACC0MPLISHES ‘NOTHING,’ DEMOCRATS CAN FINALLY KILL ALL REPUBLICAN CHARGES THAT WE’RE TRYING TO KILL OUR OWN CITIZENS.”

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BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin: White House Now Fighting for Health Care “Reform” that Will Enrich For-Profit Insurance Companies and Big Pharma.

Perrspectives on Why Right-Wing Hissy Fits Work.

“GOVERNMENT HEALTH PLANS DON’T KILL PEOPLE … PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES DO.”

“THE PARALLELS ARE EERIE – MRS. KENNEDY SUPPOSEDLY WARNED LINCOLN NOT TO GO THE THEATER; THESE DAYS, REPUBLICANS URGE OUR NUTJOB BASE TO ENGAGE IN KABUKI THEATER.”

PARTY OF ‘DRAMA BEEN ROTTEN’ DETERMINED TO STRIKE

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Speaking of rotten, BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin on Why FOX Won’t Fire Glenn Beck.

And back to the positive side of human nature, Madkane’s Ode To Ted Kennedy (Limerick).

“AINEITBDRMCTIWOBDFPHISTPWNHCCS — ALTHOUGH IT’S NOT EVEN IN THE BILL, DON’T RATION MY CARE THAT I WOULD OTHERWISE BE DENIED FROM PRIVATE HEALTH INSURERS, SO THAT PEOPLE WITH NO HEALTH CARE CAN SURVIVE.”

Story of the Colliers at The New York Times.

“ANY HOPE OF BENDING THE COST CURVE IS NOW OUT THE WINDOW, DUE TO THE HIGH TOLL ON THE METS OF NOT JUST THROWING CURVEBALLS … BUT ALSO JUST BENDING OVER.”

“GIVE US …  YOUR POOREST AND SICKEST AND BEFUDDLED MASSES, SO WE HAVE A GOOD EXCUSE TO FURTHER TORCH THE PUBLIC BY RAISING PREMIUMS HIGHER THAN OUR CROWN.”

BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin makes the point: Private Insurance Companies to Make Out Like Bandits Under So-Called “Healthcare Reform.”

Lisa Casey on the advertisers torching Glenn Beck.