AOL CEO: 'Obamacare Is an Additional $7.1 Million Expense For Us'

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  1. shane0911

    shane0911 Helping lost idiots find their village

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    Beat me to it. I was about to come back with this, The cornhusker kickback I believe is what they called it. Of course Red's TV wasn't working that day, or it really didn't happen. Amazing how he tends to overlook this well reported issues. Oh its true amigo, you call it what you want but he couldn't get this thing through without the bribes to landrieu and nelson.
     
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    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Politics as usual. Politicians promise each other votes in return for votes. Always been that way.

    Concession after concession was made to placate Republicans, not one of which responded with a vote in favor. How about extending coverage for children to age 26? A Republican initiative. Personal responsibility incentives? Republican. How about medical liability reform? Right out of Ryans plan. Many republican ideas were included, you can find a better list here.

    House democrats actually derided Obama for concessions made to Republicans.
     
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    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Sour Grapes. Strike 2.
     
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    Well, now a delay on the small employer mandate. Another "law" abolished by the executive branch. Sad commentary on the State of the Union. Hate to say I told you, but ACA is the Dem's Waterloo.
     
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    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    You can't lose a battle before it is fought, Napoleon.
     
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    shane0911 Helping lost idiots find their village

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    Like I said, you refuse to see it.
     
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    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    There is an old joke in science. "I never would have seen it if I hadn't believed it." You see what you want to see, Ace.
     
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    shane0911 Helping lost idiots find their village

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    And you believe what you want to believe. Perhaps it is semantics. I say barry never passes this bill if he doesn't kick back money to Neb and La senators, which is true. You say its politics, also true. In the end, it matches the form, fit and feel of a bribe to a "T". You can call it a ribeye steak if it makes you feel any better but it is still a bribe.
     
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    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Then all politics is bribery and larceny. Which is essentially inaccurate.
     
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    shane0911 Helping lost idiots find their village

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    No, I'd say its pretty damn spot on. It shouldn't be, but it is. Definitely not the way it was intended.
     
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