Georgia Congressman David Scott, who found a swastika painted on a sign near his office just days after a heated exchange about health care reform, appears on “American Morning” to comment that the individual responsible is “very, very dangerous.”
He also reads a letter he received – “Obama joker” letterhead and all – peppered with the N-word. Scott thinks such hate or racism has no precedence in the health care debate. “We need to explain what the public option means without the tension,” he explains, and goes to say that it’s “not a death panel” and does not cover abortions.
He also blames Rush Limbaugh for setting the tone when he wished for President Obama to “fail”.
Ron Clark Academy students write a song their take on health care reform to the tune of Miley Cyrus’ ‘Party in the U.S.A.’ on CNN.
Lyrics:
Got paged in the morning at 5am
Time to go into work again.
Welcome to the world of medicine,
Whoa, here we go again.
The hospital’s packed with people in a long line
Agitated cause we’ve waited for a long time.
This is all so crazy, too many missing coverage lately
My tummy’s turning and I’m feeling kinda sickly
My hip’s bad and I feel weak
And the prices are always raising up.
Conservatives and liberals say
To reform healthcare today
But they can’t seem to find a way.
So we throw our hands up for healthcare reform
Make your choice today.
Private and public care
Will a marketplace treat us fair?
So we throw our hands up for healthcare reform
Make your choice today.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It’s a problem in the USA.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It’s a problem in the USA.
Obama says everyone needs
Health coverage in America now.
We need to insure those 47 million
But the government doesn’t know how.
Deductibles getting higher every day
I got my bill and I’m thinking NO way.
And what about my brother?
He’s hurt and can’t get covered.
My tummy’s turning and I’m feeling kinda worried
Capricious coverage is killing me.
That’s when a doctor said, “You’ll have to go.”
Bipartisan support was tried so we wouldn’t be denied
But Joe Wilson yelled, “You lie!”
So we throw our hands up for healthcare reform
Make your choice today.
Private and public care
Will a marketplace treat us fair?
So we throw our hands up for healthcare reform
Make your choice today.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It’s a problem in the USA.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It’s a problem in the USA.
At a speech on July 20, President Obama responded to Sen. Jim DeMint saying his healthcare plan will be his “waterloo” and “break him” if defeated.
“This isn’t about me,” Obama said. “This isn’t about politics… This is about a healthcare system that is breaking America’s families…. businesses and… economy.”
On 9.12.2009, we went to Washington DC to document the Tea Party protests against, well, a lot of things, including health insurance reform, the IRS, abortion, global warming, and our “socialist/communist/fascist/Nazi/Muslim” president, Barack Obama. Some of them called for a return to McCarthyism, while others called for Glenn Beck to run for office–indeed, it seemed the only thing that everyone agreed on was Fox News.
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This NEW LEFT MEDIA film was produced and edited by Chase Whiteside (interviewer) and Erick Stoll (camera operator).
A NOTE ON CZARS:
Some users have pointed out that White House “Czars” existed long before Ronald Reagan. As it turns out, Donald Nelson, appointed under FDR as a “Wartime Production Czar”, was the first. The Republican Gov. of Colorado, John A. Love, was later appointed under Nixon as an “Energy Czar”. We appreciate this correction, though such an oversight does not dilute our point. The current outcry against Czars is merely alarmist propaganda perpetuated by Glenn Beck and the rest of the right-wing media.
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– Paul Krugman, The Swiss Menace
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White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod talks to CNN on the morning after the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy. Axelrod shares memories about Kennedy and his remarkable career in the Senate, and comments on where the health care reform plan stands in the wake of his passing.
Sen. Orrin Hatch and Sen. Arlen Specter discuss “death panel” talk in the health care reform debate. Hatch says that the Democrats want a “government takeover” in health care, as well as other things he finds “objectionable.” Specter calls the “death panels” a “myth”, and stressed “the government option is an option.” He also explains why he changed his mind on support of a government-run health option. “I think competition is good,” he says. Specter also calls out Hatch on his “filibuster” and challenges him to go “back to the bargaining table.”
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi tells John King that despite in-fighting in her own party over a proposed health care reform bill: “We believe we have a good bill… When I take this bill to the floor, it will win.”
Sen. Claire McCaskill talks to Bill O’Reilly about the Senate Finance Committee passing “the healthy futures act” and inching closer toward health care reform.
Earlier, O’Reilly had on Karl Rove, who argued that the act is a “shell game” as far as bringing down the deficit, while imposing heavy taxes.
“You know, Karl Rove is really good at leaving out important details,” she responds.
Georgia Congressman David Scott, who found a swastika painted on a sign near his office just days after a heated exchange about health care reform, appears on “American Morning” to comment that the individual responsible is “very, very dangerous.”
Ron Clark Academy students write a song their take on health care reform to the tune of Miley Cyrus’ ‘Party in the U.S.A.’ on CNN.
At a speech on July 20, President Obama responded to Sen. Jim DeMint saying his healthcare plan will be his “waterloo” and “break him” if defeated.
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White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod talks to CNN on the morning after the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy. Axelrod shares memories about Kennedy and his remarkable career in the Senate, and comments on where the health care reform plan stands in the wake of his passing.
Sen. Orrin Hatch and Sen. Arlen Specter discuss “death panel” talk in the health care reform debate. Hatch says that the Democrats want a “government takeover” in health care, as well as other things he finds “objectionable.” Specter calls the “death panels” a “myth”, and stressed “the government option is an option.” He also explains why he changed his mind on support of a government-run health option. “I think competition is good,” he says. Specter also calls out Hatch on his “filibuster” and challenges him to go “back to the bargaining table.”
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi tells John King that despite in-fighting in her own party over a proposed health care reform bill: “We believe we have a good bill… When I take this bill to the floor, it will win.”
Sen. Claire McCaskill talks to Bill O’Reilly about the Senate Finance Committee passing “the healthy futures act” and inching closer toward health care reform.
David Pakman’s sit down interview with former CIGNA VP and health insurance whistleblower Wendell Potter from Cleveland, Ohio.
–Clips from David Pakman’s sit down interview with former CIGNA VP and health insurance whistleblower Wendell Potter from Cleveland, Ohio.