The Shannyn Moore Show – Live Blogging
It’s that time again! Saturday night, when a tiny ray of light shines down on the deep dark horrible place that is normally….conservative talk radio. For the next two hours, you can tune in, call in, live blog and otherwise immerse yourself in The Shannyn Moore Show.
Senator Mark Begich will be calling in from D.C. to talk about health care, and the senate vote today to begin that debate! Thanks to all of you who called your Senators and made that happen. The vote passed 60-39. We needed every last Dem to do it. Now if they could only vote like that more often we’d actually be getting things done!
Live Stream it HERE.
Time: 5-7pm Alaska time, 6-8pm Pacific, and 9-11pm Eastern.
Give a call, and live blog it in the comments!
The number is 907.274.5297. The toll free number (in state only) is 866.610 5297
Did anyone just watch Moore Up North on Channel 5? What did you think of the Under the Bus panel? Leave a comment! For those of you anxiously awaiting the YouTube, it’s coming soon!
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Contact info for Ft. Hood if you want to contact them:
Ft. Hood Public Affairs
Building 1001 RM. W105 Fort Hood, TX 76544
254-287-0105 | Fax: (254) 288-2750
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Public Affairs POC
Jay Adams
254-553-4994
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http://pao.hood.army.mil
For those who were unable to get the live streaming, you can listen to the podcast HERE. Go to the little media player and click the rewind button ONCE. It will scroll you to today’s program. It should be up in a little while. It’s still great as a rerun! Sorry for the technical problems.
yay! also blogging in the treehouse
shannyn talking about her latest tv show with the “under the bus” theme
Keep in mind that Shannyn never sees anything in the chat so if you have any input or questions, make sure you make them here. Thanks! AKM
I watched, really enjoyed it. The panel was both informative and funny.
now smacking C-Span about the way the vote was reported
60-39 vote.
Can’t say Grassley without spelling “ass” in the middle…
and Lieberman voted yes!!!! [hell must have froze over...]
Repukelicans suck
people will be required to BUY private health insurance…
sorry and this is me…if I could afford private health insurance, I would ALREADY HAVE IT!
The kid props are cheap tricks. Thank you Shannyn. Maybe I should rent out my seriously elderly mother, the beloved Miss Suzie! She has been watching this avidly. She’s a retired kindy teacher, brilliant, and floating away. She’s been remarkable the past few weeks because she is furious that some people do not even want to discuss!
Discussion is the foundation of government. Discussion is THE most important part of knowledge. If we can not discuss, we are no better than some colony of miscreants.
Shannyn’s right. Lisa Murkowski does suck!
Helloooo, Dahlinks!
Hey Shannyn!
Go get ‘em, girl!
waving at Shannyn!
Hallo, Shannyn!
Hi Shannyn. You’re coming in strong in Arizona!
Hi! Illisouri (we live in the Metro St. Louis area, in Illinois) is happy to be listening to you.
Hello from Florida!
audio breaking up for me…ok for the moment, but it’s in and out
If that guy had any brains he would hang up before he break is over.
He is doomed!
the break
Well, Shannon took my call and she was very nice and informative. I think she is going to hand the next caller, Greg, his a$$, at least that is what she Shannon said she would do.
Bless his heart.
My connection is breaking up here also…
This station sucks. If they haven’t figured out the audio streaming problem, they’re incompetent.
hey guys.. if anyone is having trouble getting into the chat, see this thread on the forums.
http://www.themudflats.net/forum/index.php/topic,8816.0.html
I’ve got complete silence now…
Rishi!!!! feed the hamster!!!!
Damn chat stream has !@#$ the bed again!!!!!! *grumbles* REEEEEEEEEEESH!!!!!!!
If anyone is actually in range of the radio station and is listening online, please turn on the radio. There’s only so many people that can be on the stream at the same time, so only use it if you need it!
Reading the live chat here folks (seagull without audio) so KEEP LIVE BLOGGING!
Love ya!
Thank you akmuckraker. You’re awesome!
Ack! No signal?
Wish I was in range, I’m in Milwaukee…
I’ve heard a total of maybe 5 mins the whole time…about to abort!
So basically, the show has gotten too popular and we all can’t listen at the same time. I am not getting anything now. I guess that is better than losing popularity, for sure.
Sounds like I too will miss out on the “hand over of the gentleman’s a$$” as my connection just cut out. Enjoy!
Is Rishi around? We haven’t been able to get a steady signal tonight.
Thanks for any assistance!
Okay, AKM. Just killed our online feed. We can barely get it on the radio in Homer, but I’ll defer to the Mudpups far away who can’t get it at all except by live streaming.
Too many people tuning in. It’s a good thing, but a tough thing.
Jimzmum!
St Louis area here, too! Are you on the forum? (sorry for OT post)
Nan
Comments from the Treehouse:
: we’re really missing out tonight
: aha
: guess I’ll have to wait for the podcast
: when does the podcast come out?
: Shannyn took some vitamins…. got lots of energy to Twack!!!…. them trolls.
: lol
: oh no… snos? I was reloading the flats site – it’s stuck again (maybe)
: is the ‘flats down again?
: break, still saying begich soon
: Who is on right now? Saying anything good?
: ok, first rude caller referenced lesbians, highly insulting
: did not bring his manners at all
: Did Shann get him good?
: second rude caller lost his cool entirely
: not surprising…are you communist! lol, what an eedjit
Sorry you are all having problems with the connection. Perhaps it is the lingering bad voodoo and conservative vibes hanging out in the studio. Or perhaps it’s because Shannyn is a “STAH” and the connection has been overwhelmed. I’ve had this site crash many times from traffic and I know how frustrating it can be…
Can’t get the audio either. Breaking up then crashing.
Comments from the Treehouse:
: we’re really missing out tonight
: aha
: guess I’ll have to wait for the podcast
: when does the podcast come out?
: Shannyn took some vitamins…. got lots of energy to Twack!!!…. them trolls.
: lol
: break, still saying begich soon
: Who is on right now? Saying anything good?
: ok, first rude caller referenced lesbians, highly insulting
: did not bring his manners at all
: Did Shann get him good?
: second rude caller lost his cool entirely
: not surprising…are you communist! lol, what an eedjit
Oops… my apologies for the double-post!
It’s a far right-wing conspiracy, I tell you all!!!!!!! *GRUMBLES*
No feed for me in the Olympia area of WA. Appreciate all you live blogging this. Kudos to Shannyn for getting so popular. Eddie the Berker should have this problem- NOT.
sad…I keep losing the feed.
No one listens to that dribble…
Usually the stream is good. Not tonight. Good on Begich, sorry vote Murkowski (blech!)
South Side Chicago
I’m at the ANC airport waiting for my flight, and my internet connection sucks. I wish I had one of those old little mono transistor radios so I could tune in. Please someone, tell me what the Senator said. I couldn’t get it at all.
I’m at the ANC airport waiting for my flight, and my internet connection sucks. I wish I had one of those old little mono transistor radios so I could tune in. Please someone, tell me what the Senator said. I couldn’t get it at all.
Is it me or am I hearing DOUBLE?!?!?!?!?
Can someone who is listening on the radio tell us what is being said?
Thanks
Shannyn is a STAH, there is no doubt. I also read that Ms. AKM won an award! Go to Phil’s blog – Progressive Alaska (listed on the right) for the INFO.
What is a STAH?
Comments from the Treehouse:
: Glad to hear begich on the air. He’s a LOT smarter than the last Guy.
: lol, no kidding!
: low bar there, honestly
: You don’t see Lisa M. calling in to the show to give her opinion…. she doesn’t care what people think.
: Time to draft Tony Knowles to run against her
: still faux news
: the news worked fine, humph
: ‘news’, that is
: hmm, cant dry your laundy outside in PA?
: odd tidbit on faux news
: I heard the Boardwalk at Atlantic City is on fire? yow!
: Faux has a unique prioritization of information dissemination, emp!
Hi from CA! Was getting a few seconds of feed at a time…enough to tell Shannyn was kicking butt. Now there is nothing and trouble loading mudflats.
trish in S’WFl – Me, too. : (
To Shannyn,
Your TV show was fabulous tonight. I’m still laughing. Loved it when Andrew Halcro said the ghost writer must have been Fitzgerald to get the word “effete” in there.
I haven’t laughed this hard in I don’t know how long.
STAH – the East coast liberal elite way of saying STAR!
‘STAH’ is ‘STAR’ in New England speak… I’m from CT, I heard it all the time before I moved…
Bryan, its not you I am hearing double too! They are really effed up!
Comments from the Treehouse:
: caller Chantelle, not gonna yell at ya, question student with loans, how can we have healthcare without incurring more debt
: I’m gonna be stuck with all that debt
: sm: extending time you can be on parents insur. if you’re below a certain income, be public option and subsidized
: saves money by pool being huge, early treatment cheaper than acute care
: Shannyn is telling the girl the age is being extended…then cut…
: caller Mike, heard you gettin beat up 4 break, ticks him off about tort reform, why hate america, tort lawyers the ones to defend the little guy
: sm: why today have we gone so far from civility that we cannot discuss what is wrong with healthcare
Bryan: I’m in CT, it’s the BAHston accent!
OFF TOPIC – I am. Don’t get there much, though. Taking care of sweet Miss Suzie and life in general.
Shannyn and all. Civility is the key. Where did it go? I am a native of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, born and bred and brought up in the midst of Kentucky politics. Civility was always paramount. Even if a man shot another man on the steps of the Capitol in Frankfort, it was done with the highest form of civility. It was politics, and only if you are from Kentucky will you understand that.
Kinda like LOBSTAH, BAHSTON, ‘You can’t get THEAH from HEAH’…
I love these people who say that they don’t want health care. They’ll take the risk on. Are they going to sign something saying that if they get hit by a bus they promise to lay there and bleed to death instead of going to the emergency room where the rest of us end up paying for them?
Argh…
Health Reform/Insurance will allow business to be more competitive in the world market. That said, with lower costs comes additional jobs due to world market competition.
It’s always someone ELSE’S problem AKM. Not very Gandhi like if you ask me. But again, most of us are DemocRATS.
How’s the stream? Hey, love you guys…it’s a teabagger parade tonight.
BAHSTON, Rhode Island, Maineards, et al…
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mo(o)re Comments from the Treehouse:
: got that right…I see the same thing and then…splat!!!! “reloading player…”
: lol, I thought I lost it last break. Forgot I had the radio on, grabbed the wrong earphones!
: So does Mike thinks tort lawyers are the only ones looking out for people?
: lol, @earphones!
: This is a GOP radio stream…. “It LIED!!”
: bwahahaaaa!
: funny, honestly
: well…KBYR is Faux News…
: well, there ya go. :-/
: going to break again
: Shannyn’s great
: yep!
: Alaska won’t keep her long, imho
: destined for bigger things
: This off Phin Mungers blog.. as per a comment from the Open thread to direct me there.
: We’re celebrating because we just found out that AK Muckraker – has been named Cook Inletkeeper’s 2009 Alaska Muckraker of the Year!
: The ball is in her honor!
: oh how FUN!
: http://progressivealaska.blogspot.com/
: an apt title for AKM!!
: That was brought up at the end of Moore Up North
: yay for AKM!
: what can I say, winter is long and dark, Balls are a Ball!
: way cool!
Shannyn, I love ya…but that faux station you are on bites!
Tried for more than 20 minutes trying to get on…works about 30 seconds, background noise, the dead silence, again and again. —-
FWIW, Lamar Alexander, said:
Dumping of 15 million low-income Americans into a medical ghetto called Medicaid that none of us or any of our families would ever want to be a part of for our health care…
..Moving 15 million Americans into this medical ghetto…
…Moving 15 million low-income Americans into a program called Medicaid which is a medical ghetto is not health care reform.
http://www.dailykos.com/tv/w/002364/
Well, I was in the “medical ghetto” for at least 10 years and it paid for all my prescriptions and the balance of what Medicare would not pay. Zero cost, zero bills. I had no problems whatsoever, and when I returned to work, I paid for a group plan that was worse than my Medicare/Medicaid plans. Yep. And the folks I worked with had no idea that I had better coverage under Medicare/Medicaid than they did under BCBS and then Aetna.
Must watch to make sure the state runs the programs properly. Now, I am back on Medicare and I pay a premium, but I do not qualify for Medicaid because I am not pregnant nor do I have breast cancer. Yep. In other words, if it wasn’t for the federal government programs, I would be living under a bridge or dead if it was left up to my state. I also went over a year both times without any insurance at all, until SSDI approved my claims. I am a person with a disability, since 1984.
Sure missed listening to the show. Kudos all!
Finally gave up. Got more break ups than talk. Hopefully people will keep telling us what’s happening.
Shannyn, They need some I T investment at KBYR so that we can keep the stream. Missed the show, too much traffic I guess. You’re too big for that hick station.
Shannyn..the stream is still crap for a lot of us.
we filed trouble reports with radiotime.com, downloaded the new firefox media player plugin as suggested.
it’s still not working other than we can hear commercials.
Shannyn need to go broadcast on KUDO 1080 AM… it’s a progressive station that broadcasts Air America…
AK, yup, he’s gonna rip the IV right out and pull off the pressure bandage and deal with it himself. Maybe he could get a big tattoo on his chest that says “I DON”T WANT HEALTH CARE” and they can just push him off to the side of the road and he can have his wish. And what if that guy got cancer? He is going to pay for it out of pocket? Maybe if his name was Paul Allen who unfortunatley was diagnosed with Lymphoma. Has this guy ever seen what they charge for an aspirin in the hospital?
Everytime anyone references “teabaggers”, my mental image is of the teabagger term referenced by Bill Maher. It’s hilarious, but R rated.
Shannyn, the stream not coming through. Is it high traffic or Faux News cooties in the stations intertubes?
Congratulations AKM on your award!!!!!!!!
the stream has been broken all night
Howwwwdy Shannyn and mudflatters
The stream is the pits, keeps going on and off…non stop, AAAargh..
yep let them know more than a few times…heh
K U D O 1 0 8 0 A M A N C H O R A G E
http://www.kudo1080.com/contactus.asp You can contact them and suggest it here. AKM
Signal keeps going in and out, but I can understand most of it… this caller, Kim?, objects to Palin being on military installations.
Bryan, Shannyn was at KUDO….
Lynn… grew up with Palin. People are so disconnected.
Shannyn says… to them, “suck it, you are not a culture of life.”
Ft. Hood Public Affairs
Building 1001 RM. W105 Fort Hood, TX 76544
254-287-0105 | Fax: (254) 288-2750
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Public Affairs POC
Jay Adams
254-553-4994
Ft. Hood Public Affairs
Building 1001 RM. W105 Fort Hood, TX 76544
254-287-0105 | Fax: (254) 288-2750
—
Public Affairs POC
Jay Adams
254-553-4994
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http://pao.hood.army.mil
Shannyn, can’t get through on the phone so here is a suggestion. She is appearing at the North Post Exchange on Fort Bragg and will probably be appearing the the PX on Fort Hood. The exchanges are under the command of Major General Keith Thurgood, the commander of the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES). His e-mail is Commander@AAFES.com For anyone who decides to email him, be respectful and to the point. Let him know your displeasure and why. And hmmm, wonder if she will be appearing at any of the Exchanges in Alaska, NOT!
IMO the people who don’t want health insurance figure they can take the chance because a hospital can not turn them away and they will be taken care of one way or another.
She needs to go back there! NEVER have a problem with their stream…
Joe… Average credit card debt is 10k, Alaska is one of the worst. What do we do if people cannot pay for health care or the fine but are living in cardboxes boxes…
Shannyn… small businesses are already losing because the premiums are too high…
Joe seems frustrated with her answer. Gets argumentative. Complains about federal taxes… people pay 51% in taxes.
“Joe, you sound like a giant freeloader.”
Hahahaaaaa… she spanked him good. And cut him off.
“You are so over taxed.”
No luck in Jersey, I tried but it kept cutting out. I have to rely on the posts. Thanks guys.
Gerald… “I am a minister of the gospel.” Wants to talk about values. Abstinence.
Shannyn… “It’s not affective. Where they teach it, higher rates of gonorrhea…” feed cuts off.
What kind of measure do you use with your daughter?
Parents paid attention. She “hadn’t gotten to that rodeo yet” by the time she graduated from high school. Kids don’t always go with what you tell them.
feed is wise…
It’s sad the feed cant handle the load. Wanted to hear Begich Ahh well.
Even channel 5 was messed up for the first ten minutes.
Thanks for the comments here.
From New Jersey?… shares concern about Palin’s visit to Ft. Hood and Palin’s race baiting. And concerned about teabagger’s, birthers, etc., language on Anchorage talk radio.
Shannyn – Cry for help; erectile dysfunction problem on the part of those who carry guns to public meetings.
caller – “I wonder if (Palin) quitting is genetic.” People need to speak out.
Kevin – gives contact info.. same as #86 bucsfan, above. (That you, Kevin?)
Aaahhhhh… Josh and Rick still waiting, but show is over!
ty, shannyn.
I’d never tried to listen until tonight, got on late and feed kept cutting out. But I did get to hear a bit of hate from a caller, Greg, I think.
I guess that I don’t understand why the first question to this sort of person isn’t “so, why are you calling/listening?” It’s obvious that there are many that call in to spew hate, they have some ulterior non-productive motive, so I just don’t get why Shannyn engages with them. The best defense is offense — you’ve got to keep asking them questions to expose their unintelligent palin/rush/hannity/beck talking points which can be easily refuted.
Maybe I’m just so overdosed on the palin/rush/hannity/beck hate that my tolerance is low. After reading some things online today about the icky lady, big signs preaching hate posted by business owners, etc., I quickly got fed up and decided that I needed a hiatus from all of that and would stick to the Alaskan bloggers. And I don’t even go to the right-wing places! This country could really really use some uplifting info in the news. It’s all a big fat downer. I can’t even bring myself to get excited about the health care issue — big whoop, it gets to be debated ad nauseum, the party of no will insist of changes, the spineless dems will cave, and still the no guys & gals will not vote for it…
It’s all so discouraging, and when I hear Shannyn engaging with these people, and in some cases talking down to them and thereby lowering herself to their level, I just get more discouraged.
Sauerkraut, I KNOW NOTHING! NOTHING
There she goes… there she goes again… great tune.
A comment from someone in Rochester NY today said there was no one of color for the book signing. It was posted on a Rochester local TV station site
Have a good night and a Happy Thanksgiving Shannyn! God Bless…
I agree… not the “Six Pence Non The Richer” version…
What ever happened to Mike Method’s show?
If the anti-healthcare reform people have you seeing red, VOTE BLUE !!
Well the last 15 minutes came in without cutting out. Must be because all those that were frustrated gave up and that allowed my feed to run uninterrupted. As far as the callers from the right, I get tired of the same old bs logic used to try to discredit healthcare. Shannyn really tries to listen to them and let them feel they have a legitimate stand. I would have hoped that we would ALL have been educated now as to who the good guys and bad guys are and where we need to take back control. Frustrating! Oh well. I hope everyone has a blessed Thanksgiving!
Folks, I’m going to stand up for the station – give em a break. Shannyn and AKM have become BIG news. Many people are going to try to listen, either via this blog, Gryphen’s or Shannyn’s (I may be missing someone else who linked), but it is “all good” because there’s lots of people who want to tune in. So we suffered one night, they will have it together next time (they better or Shanny – you need a new station!)
Go Alaskan Bloggers!!!!!
Good Lord! You guys are awesome…AWESOME! Sorry for the melting stream…sucks!
SMR that’s just what the Republicans want the rest of us to give up the fight.It is discouraging,I stopped going to those hate sites stations long ago.I listened for awhile just to be fair but some of the people just amaze me with how they can be shown something is false and still say you are wrong.
I finially went on firefox and at least got the last 15 or so minuets of the broadcast just fine.Will have to remember that for next week.
Why would any army camp want palin there,she is so divisive and she incites people to violence.That’s all they need is another person to go there and encourage violence .my wish for her is that the rapture she believe is coming will come now and take her away,end of problem as far as she is concerned.
Great job Shannyn you go girl
99 SMR
I guess that I don’t understand why the first question to this sort of person isn’t “so, why are you calling/listening?” It’s obvious that there are many that call in to spew hate, they have some ulterior non-productive motive, so I just don’t get why Shannyn engages with them. The best defense is offense — you’ve got to keep asking them questions to expose their unintelligent palin/rush/hannity/beck talking points which can be easily refuted.
Good point SMR. I’m surprised there isn’t anyone at the station [producer?] that doesn’t screen the calls, by asking questions….what do you wish to discuss with Shannyn, for instance.
Who needs idiots asking if she’s a communist?
Did the guy just learn the word? Ridiculous, I would have cut that guy off in a flash. It’s her sandbox and no morons, please.
Even lowly sports radio call in shows screen the ‘too drunk and high to speak’ caller, for instance. Or yet another basher.
I think a funny moment was gerald… who was speaking in a low voice and Shannyn asked if it was a 900 caller, before he identified himself as a minister. LOL It was the 1-900 Minister, I jest!
I wouldn’t be thrilled if Shannyn moved to the other station. Don’t feel like downloading Microsoft’s starlight. Feh on microsoft products, thanks. [from a Mac user]
Great show and go Alaskan bloggers, indeed.
But you have to admit it was funny when Shannyn talked about rules and being nice right before she threatened to hand Greg his ass.
Seagull…I agree and that’s why I encouraged everyone tonight to send trouble reports to radiotime.com, which provides the livestream.
I notice at this late hour there’s no problems with the current KBYR program….sigh…
well, radiotime.com has emailed back to me and says it’s not THEIR problem:
Thanks for contacting RadioTime.
It looks like you’re trying to reach Smart Radio, one of many radio stations and shows in our directory.
Please use the information below to get in touch with Smart Radio directly.
Smart Radio website:
http://www.kbyr.com/
email: jmcdonald@kbyr.com
phone: (907) 274-5297
Did you catch the part when a man caller, said something about wanting to know two things (radio transmission was erratic, I think that’s what he said), and Shannyn said: “black lace and 5’7″ – There was a moment of silence – lol
OT- Just got back from visiting a friend. She told me on the news tonight, it was reported that Palin’s book sales are the highest ever for a “non-fiction” book. (yuk-if true). AND President Obama has lost almost 20 lbs, which is causing some concern about his health. (disturbing)
Just wanted to share so we can keep those topics on our radar…
85 – sauerkraut: “Lynn… grew up with Palin. People are so disconnected.”
What was that? Was it a comment from a caller? What was said?
Or someone that you know?
I have nnot had much time to read this blog or participate much lately. For those who may read AKM and other Alaskan blogs, or who are moaning about health care and why should they have to pay for someone else..yada yada…let me tell you a story.
I am Canadian, as many of the readers here are. My husband and I both have good jobs. We also have health insurance…universal health care. The insurance from our respective employment pays for extra like..chiro..dental…optomotrist…semi and private rooms and meds.
Hubby had heart surgery on Thursday. He came through very well, and is going to be hale and hearty in no time. We had several doctors…all of them we were able to choose.
Our flights to the city where this had to be done…paid..my hotel room…paid…..my meals ….paid….taxis to and from hospital and airport…paid.
Those who argue against health insurance, you do realize this would bankrupt most people with no insurance? Please…think abou this. My taxes may be a little higher than yours, but I know my neighbour will get the same health care I get.
An american that works for the same company as me says he doesn’t even notice the difference in taxes. He and his wife (who is Canadian) are having a baby…..so you can bet, he is greatful for our insurance.
Go to thisblog and it talks about Sarah and her packs buying large amounts of books in advance to make it look like her book is a best seller! Sorta illegal in a sense but thats how Sarah does business!
http://www.dickysdoodles.blogspot.com
GM from NC. If you get a chance, read Frank Rich’s column (NYT) today about $P “book”; it’s excellent.
And thanks, AKM, for reading the “book” so we don’t have to!
Now, I admit, I’m none too thrilled about the Senate health care bill, and it’s going to be interesting to see how things progress at this point. I’m more for universal health care, and I can tell you, as a Medicare recipient, that having the insurance companies handle the Rx part (D) of it is not thrilling. Those of us who receive a govt subsidy because we’re below a certain amount of SS are being kicked out of many plans because the companies are raising premiums already (even though Bush & the Republican Congress gave them, what was it, $13Billion in subsidies to handle it?). I’m afraid the HCR bill in its final version is going to be just another boondoggle for the insurance companies, who are, in the meantime before 2014 (when it’s first implemented) going to raise premiums, etc. through the roof. They have 5 yrs to do it, and you know they will. If the plan winds up costing more than predicted, we’ll certainly know why. I just can’t see Congress just doing something like health care for the people without enriching the pockets of those who helped write this bill and who in turn contribute to their re-election campaigns.
@dinkyp
Pretty much SOP for conservative political books – lots of other books get the same treatment. Plus some retailers are already selling the book at pretty significant discounts.