He makes the case really easily in a way you never see on Fox News, and Beck ends the show… QUICK!
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Video: Pro Public Option Med Student Pwns Glenn Beck
October 16th, 2009
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OMG, Oliver, what are you thinking, that Beck had another five minutes of airtime and he just ended the show on that comment?
Good grief.
Yeah, it went straight to one of those TV test patterns I used to stare at as a kid waiting for cartoons to come on in the morning. Stayed like that for 5 minutes.
I still haven’t figured out why small business groups, libertarian think tanks, venture capital groups and chambers of commerce haven’t banded together with labor unions on this issue. Health insurance prevents folks from starting their own business, is a terrible administrative burden on all companies, is ridiculously expensive and does a terrible job at fulfilling the mission it is intended to fulfill.
Frankly, it should be the Republicans who should be championing this cause. Instead, they are too busy cashing health insurance lobbyist checks. Thankfully, underemployed capitalists like Dennis are there to do it for free.
That Med student didn’t say anything. Of course the government will have low prices – when they have a revenue shortfall they’ll get it from the Treasury.
AND Dennis is right – Beck gave him time to talk, and cut away.
I’ve worked in a newsroom in the past – it’s a quick out, with time ticking from the 4:59 mark. Beck is a bit of a putz for asking an open-ended question in the last minute of a show, just before wrap – I can’t believe that he wouldn’t have wanted to use that time to smack in some comment about how Obama wants to spread AIDS to 5 year olds or something. But, it’s something that happens occasionally. I like how this guy managed to shoe horn in a nice jab of a comment just before end, with no rebuttal by Beck – nice job.
Video: Pro Public Option Med Student Pwns Glenn Beck
Pfft. Someone pwn3d Glenn Beck. Big whup. That’s like pwn3ing Dennis.
I mean really.
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To the Democrats in Congress who don’t quite get it: I want to offer a personal pledge. I and a lot of other people have every intention of removing you from Congress in the next election if you stand in the way of health care legislation that the majority of the American people want. That is not a hollow or idle threat. We will come to your district and we will work against you, first in the primary and, if we have to, in the general election. We do not want the “Public Option(single payer)”…..period! Rest assured, we are all watching how you vote now and in the future.
Just a quick question. For the record, I dislike Dems and Repubs… they’re all corrupt
Doesn’t it bother anyone that fake quotes were used by the US media to harm Limbaugh, a private citizen?
I HATED the Govt. Spending under Bush, but we now have a $1.42 trillion defecit. The largest since 1945!!
Does anything this administration does concern any of you?
Does anything this administration does concern any of you?
Yes, they listen to Republicans too much.
“We do not want the “Public Option(single payer)”…..period!”
Um, I do! Count me as pro public option. Also part of the American public. I am also watching. So that’s now, like, 50/50. OK.
And back to the clip. Nice bit by the med student to slip it in, and a slip by Beck in stage managing. Not quite complete pwnage, but, hey, embarrassing no doubt, and it looks good on him.
Tater Salad: To the Democrats in Congress who don’t quite get it: I want to offer a personal pledge. I and a lot of other people have every intention of removing you from Congress in the next election if you stand in the way of health care legislation that the majority of the American people want. That is not a hollow or idle threat. We will come to your district and we will work against you, first in the primary and, if we have to, in the general election. We …
Absolutely. The wimps have to learn that they were voted in and given majorities, large majorities, all over the place so that they could do something. And if their idea of doing something is caving every time it looks like someone might disagree with them maybe, and ignore what the majority of Americans have said repeatedly that they do want, a solid Public Option, well we certainly will throw them out and get someone in office who has a sense of ethics actually will do what they were elected to do.
… the general election. We do not want the “Public Option”
record scratch
Wait. What?
Program ended at that point. Nice try clipping to a place where a med student put out a line that had been covered earlier in the show.
Most interesting is almost all of the doctors with work experience disagreed with medical students still exposed to the pro-government health care professors who rule university course content. This parallels Obama who had no practical work experience and is a beneficiary of two ghost written books. (Michelle’s admission)
By 54 to 35% Americans oppose government run health care. The worst poll results are appearing as the Senate ended its most recent abortion, no pun intended.
Provisions in HR 3200 and the Baucus bill, specially its no preconditions clause makes it clear to anyone with just a little commonsense Washington doesn’t get it. They are lying about the cost, thanks to a slip by Senator Reid, that it is $2 trillion over the next ten years despite only being effective in 2013. That simple math shows is a three hundred billion annual program.
There is no way this thing is costed out correctly. In addition what about human behavior? In my case, with my wife we will be able to save $6300.00 a year!
Before you Liberals jump up and down this savings is due to our dropping of health insurance monthly premiums, accepting the “fine” and simply pay for preventive tests out of pocket until a major problem comes along and at that point purchase insurance. According to actuary tables I could land up saving almost $200,000.00 over the rest of my life.
Of course private firms under this plan will fold up quickly as millions move to take advantage of this loophole. A crisis will ensue and of course as Robbie the Ballet Dancer Emanuel states a crisis is something that shouldn’t be wasted.
Obama is much like Trudeau was for Canada. The Canadian “agent for change” destroyed the heart of that country. Elected in 1968, by 1980 it was over. Canadians became a nation of whiners. Only recently with more conservative governments has this trend began to turn a round. Obama is a cheshire cat, look beyond the smiley face, there is nothing. Trudeau used universal health care to gut the soul of a nation, after that the rate of cutting edge health research in that country fell by 80%. It will do the same here. Tens of billions of private sector health research annually will dry up throwing millions out of work. Millions with high incomes. These cutting edge jobs will land up in China, Indochina, or India.
I am a nurse who immigrated from Canada with 8 years experience in a BC hospital there, and three in America before moving into a new career.
Seeing both systems up close. As an RN, don’t let Obama do this!
Beck’s the Gallagher on the right wing. All he has are stage props like his chalk board and red phone. He can’t beat anyone in a debate
I will be glad to assist in the removal of Democrats from Congress any time. That’ll teach them Republicans a thing or two, eh?
Remember, lefties: The Circular Firing Squad faces inward.
By 54 to 35% Americans oppose government run health care.
How many oppose a Public Option?
“Yes, they listen to Republicans too much”
That’s funny. I thought they had a veto-proof majority?
Obama is much like Trudeau was for Canada. The Canadian “agent for change” destroyed the heart of that country. Elected in 1968, by 1980 it was over. Canadians became a nation of whiners. Only recently with more conservative governments has this trend began to turn a round.
Boy, again with the slagging of Canadians for no particular reason. Didn’t they have a liberal government for, like the past 15 years or something? These whiners maintained public health care and failed to have their banking system collapse, their economy tank due to a folly-based housing bubble, haven’t invaded foreign countries for no reason, etc etc. If anything they should be smug and arrogant, but I don’t see that either. In fact, I don’t hear much of anything — they’re just quietly up there, with their cursed civil society and manageable social safety net.
And whiners? Jeez, look at the wailing from the right when a modest proposal for health care reform, which doesn’t even come to what other countries have.
That’s funny. I thought they had a veto-proof majority?
They do, which is exactly why they need to stop listening to the GOP.
Hey Oliver,
Thanks for posting my comments from yesterday’s show on your website.
We were asked to participate in the forum and though I was tentative to go, I’m glad I did and it was an interesting experience to talk to some of the doctors afterwards. They actually do make some interesting points making me further realize what a complicated problem we have on our hands.
There were multiple points that I wanted to make during the show but as you can imagine Glenn really concentrated on his agenda and often left conversations dangling (my roommate had that happen to him). I’m glad/lucky that I had the opportunity to at least say something at the end.
After my comment, he actually said, “congrats, you got the last word in.”
I thought they would edit my comment out so I was quite surprise to see it when the show aired yesterday.
About the public option, though I am pro-public option I do have quite a few reservations. And the points Republicans make in terms of how it could potentially be abused do need to be addressed. In addition, Will it lead to a single payer system and if so what challenges does that bring?
It just seems to me that the overt profitting by insurance companies is a common complaint by all and it needs to be addressed. Public option maybe an extreme way but it seems to me a plausible way of combatting this issue.
“Before you Liberals jump up and down this savings is due to our dropping of health insurance monthly premiums, accepting the “fine” and simply pay for preventive tests out of pocket until a major problem comes along and at that point purchase insurance”
How exactly are you going to obtain insurance AFTER you have a problem? I do not think you understand how insurance works.
Please explain how they are listening to the GOP. They won’t even tell us what’s in the bill! I thought they were going to post ALL bills online 72 hours prior to BO’s signature. Did he lie?
Please explain how they are listening to the GOP.
They watered down the stimulus in order to get GOP votes, and health care reform has been watered down and the public option is not in it yet largely due to attempts to make the legislation more “bipartisan”.
I thought they were going to post ALL bills online 72 hours prior to BO’s signature.
They didn’t do it with the stimulus because it was very last minute. I’m assuming the senate health care bill will be online because it should be done in the next week or so and debated for some time after. You can see other bills right at whitehouse.gov.
“They didn’t do it with the stimulus because it was very last minute”
But, he flew to Chicago for Valentines Day and waited three days to sign it. Couldn’t it have been posted over the weekend? I know his datenights are important though.
Shorter 2nd amndment (what, you got a problem with vowels?): But but but….WAAAHHHH!!!
Duros- I have a problem with douchebags lying. Apparently, date night in Chicago was more important than signing the Porkulus Bill. Do you dispute the FACT that BO flew to Chicago, and waited to sign the bill until Monday?
Duros-
Do you not want to read bills that are going to affect your life? This is not a D v. R issue. The healthcare bill is a debacle, and apparently you don’t care.
Oliver, am I wrong? Please prove me wrong!!!
I don’t know if you remember, but Valentines Day was Saturday, February 14th. President Obama said that he needed it on his desk by Friday 13th!! Then he went to chicago and signed the bill on Monday.
Please explain how they are listening to the GOP.
Obama offered to incorporate any number of GOP proposals in exchange for their support. The GOP refused:
And the Democrats, out of the kindness of their hearts still put together a health care reform plan that allowed the private insurance industry to exist. Did the Republicans rejoice and appreciate this concession? No, all we hear from the GOP is a bunch of petulant lip coming from a bunch of arrogant destructive crybabies.
Please, Mr. 2ndAmnmnt, pay attention to what is going on instead of using unawareness as a form of argumentation. The Republicans sold out the country on health reform because they weren’t willing to act in good faith. I think some kind of retaliation is in order.