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Napolean (with good hair)
Breck Boy John Edwards has a new campaign ad. In it, he declares that he’ll tell Congress to act within six months to make sure all Americans have health insurance or “I’m going to use my power as president to take your health care away from you.”
Away from Congress, that is.
Oops. Annenberg Political Fact Check shows why Edwards can’t do that.
Note to John: Please, go home. You’re getting a little bit scary.
Topic: Campaign 2008, WorldMagBlog
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Lynn: YOU BAD!
Do not send John Edwards back to North Carolina!
(But don’t send him to Washington either.)
So? What to do with John Edwards. He can join Jimmy Carter in whatever Jimmy does.
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I just saw up there beside the little blue man with a jumprope, a notice that “pinging is not allowed”. What is pinging? Why would I want to do it? And, why won’t you let me?
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Hmm, I’ll be taking photos of Edwards this morning at a press conference. Should I ask . . . nah, they’ll never pick me.
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Oh, c’mon, Lynn, the race is so much more fun with him in it! The Dems need to keep their Crazy Middle-Aged Guy to go along with their Crazy Old Guy.
And actually, he serves the purpose of making Hillary’s policy positions or lack thereof seem almost reasonable by comparison. (See, it’s all part of the conspiracy…)
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Why the Unitary Executive theory sauce for George Bush’s goose, but not gravy for John Kerry’s gander?
Either 9/11 “changed everything,” or it didn’t.
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I thought it was “Breck girl?” Isn’t that name calling and violating the rules of conduct for WoW?
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Chas, maybe the sonar is undergoing testing.
Alternately, I understand that pinging for another vessel gives away the presence of the pinging vessel. Thus, maybe the captain of the good ship WoWB knows something we crew don’t — we’re on a secret mission and even though danger lurks in them there waters, we can’t look for it lest we give away our position and compromise our mission.
(On the other hand, it may simply have to do with that whole trackbacks matter that keeps pushing up its periscope here at unpredictable times and locations.
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Edwards’s statement reminds me of Ross Perot. I remember hearing him say on televsion that he would just tell Congress what to do. Napoleon indeed!
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Actually the concept of making members of congress deal with the reality of what most Americans go through with their health insurance may get them to do something.
I am tired of fighting with my insurance company over what they will cover and what they won’t. I wrote in the “Rants and Raves” section that our family doctor finally found out how to treat my wife’s chronic pain (almost 20 years now) and the insuracne coompany doesn’t want to cover what is actually working. I’ve already sold my previous home to use the equity for my wife’s treatment and in a few months my savings will be all but gone and I’ll have to contemplate doing it again.
If members of Congress had to deal with the typical insurance coverage of the average American, they would overhaul the health insurance industry overnight.
Clinton, Guiliani, Huckabee, McCain and Romney and all the other presidential hopefuls should probably be saying something similar to what Edwards is saying. Even if they can’t deliver it because of the politics, they would be echoing what the grassroots American public is experiencing on a daily basis.
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Mark Roth: Everyone on this blog is cavitating anyhow, so pinging isn’t necessary. I was curious. I wouldn’t ping if I had the chance.
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Time for a confession. In light of the “Insanity of Bush Hatred” thread, I’m confessing that, as a doctor and a lot of other things, my hatred of John Edwards is total and irrational. At the mention of his name, my ears ring. His picture makes my breakfast splash halfway up my esophagus. Given the choice between Edwards and Hillary, I’d take Hillary in a heartbeat. Choosing between Edwards and Satan, I might just stay home on election day.
I don’t blame the Bush haters anymore. I guess I’m the same shoe on the other foot.
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ping……………..PING!
KABLOEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Probably most here know that members of Congress have a very nice medical plan that provides them stuff that practically no one else has, and that they voted this benefit onto themselves. It’s too bad they have this power, like the power to give oneself a raise.
I think they should all get Medicare, plus the average cash benefit those on Social Security get. And they should have to pay for the Part B and Part D coverage, too, just like everyone else.
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As President the Brock Girl (not boy) will soon find out he doesn’t have the power to blow his nose.
47 million people in America don’t have health insurance.
Here is how I break it down.
20 million are illegal aliens – leaving 27 million
15 million already qualify for free health care through Medicaid because they are poor but have not signed up – leaving 12 million
These 12 million people are young and healthy and do not want to spend money on Health Insurance choosing instead, as they should, to invest it or as they shouldn’t spend it on stupid stuff they don’t need.
So there aren’t many people left who are no covered. The left is blowing smoke over a non issue as far as I am concerned.
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Wiglaf @ 6,
Lynn’s has internalized heterosexuality to such an extent that she just cannot assign people gender non-conforming insults. This is proof positive that Christian Victorianism will limit your thinking.
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janie (13): Probably most here know that members of Congress have a very nice medical plan that provides them stuff that practically no one else has, and that they voted this benefit onto themselves. It’s too bad they have this power, like the power to give oneself a raise.
Frank: Feddle legislators (and a whole bunch of other feddle employees, I suspect) are exempt from participating in FICA. So it’s also too bad that we “mere citizens” have to participate in FICA by federal law, and that we don’t have the option of investing 7.65% (or whatever the number is these days) of our gross pay as we see fit for our own retirement.
But I guess we — the dumb mere citizenry — have to be taken care of by our masters, while they can take care of themselves.
Maybe Linda Thompson had the right idea …
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Chas,
We need to ping so we can see how deep it is in here. Oh well, it’s pretty deep, so I guess we have nothing to worry about…
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from wikipedia…
ping is a computer network tool used to test whether a particular host is reachable across an IP network. It works by sending ICMP “echo request” packets to the target host and listening for ICMP “echo response” replies. ping estimates the round-trip time, generally in milliseconds, and records any packet loss, and prints a statistical summary when finished.
The word ping is also frequently used as a verb or noun, where it can refer directly to the round-trip time, the act of running a ping program or measuring the round-trip time.
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The usefulness of ping in assisting the “diagnosis” of Internet connectivity issues was impaired from late in 2003, when a number of Internet Service Providers filtered out ICMP Type 8 (echo request) messages at their network boundaries. This was partly due to the increasing use of ping for target reconnaissance, for example by Internet worms such as Welchia that flood the Internet with ping requests in order to locate new hosts to infect. Not only did the availability of ping responses leak information to an attacker, it added to the overall load on networks, causing problems for routers across the Internet.
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So it’s a little silly to put a message on the page saying “pinging not allowed” since the ones who are going to do it are probably bots controlled by spammers.
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Y’all want to borrow my spell checker?
It’s Napoleon, not Napolean.
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Note to Lynn: How much Breck must you use for yours, or do you just take it through the carwash? There’s a new, conservative, version of Hair. With your endowment, you could be the chick who (chastely, of course) lets John Edwards go socialize medicine. Let the sunshine in.
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Edwards gave the typical UAW-catered speech this morning here in Dubuque. A friend of mine was filming the speech, so he let me get up front for some great pics. But not the best ones I got today . . .
Interestingly, I stopped for lunch at a local Italian joint called Mario’s on my way home, and found out Edwards and his entourage were dining there as well.
I retrieved my camera from the car, took photos of the owner of the restaurant with Senator Edwards, and told the Senator, “Hope you don’t mind, but I’m a Republican taking your photo, so don’t be surprised if there’s a little extra ‘red’ in your eyes.”
He just laughed, and the other media all took notes.
When he exited the restaurant 20 minutes later, I was there to take a “money shot” of him in front of the restaurant sign (hey, I gotta pay my bills somehow). I than asked if the Breck Girl would pose for a photo with me. As he put his arm around me and flashed his million dollar smile and adjusted his $600 haircut, I mentioned that I interned for Jesse Helms when I was in college.
“Oh well, that was a long time ago,” he told me.
“Yeah, but things haven’t changed much since then,” I responded as we shook hands once again.
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RR writes: actually, he serves the purpose of making Hillary’s policy positions or lack thereof seem almost reasonable by comparison
I’ve noticed that, too! Perhaps we should check to see if Hillary’s paying him to stay in the race.
WIGLAF writes: I thought it was “Breck girl?” Isn’t that name calling and violating the rules of conduct for WoW?With your endowment, you could be the chick who (chastely, of course) lets John Edwards go socialize medicine. Let the sunshine in.
I suspect I’m supposed to be insulted, but I wasn’t clear on your meaning. So I’ll have to defer hurt feelings pending clarification.
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Oops…something was lost in translation on my comment @ #22.
WIGLAF asked whether calling John Edwards “Breck Boy” violated the rule against name calling.
Answer: No. As with libel law, public figures are fair game here.
SCROOP wrote: With your endowment, you could be the chick who (chastely, of course) lets John Edwards go socialize medicine. Let the sunshine in.
I respond: I suspect I’m supposed to be insulted, but I wasn’t clear on your meaning. So I’ll have to defer hurt feelings pending clarification.
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I never insult anybody. I use a car wash myself to get clean, although I have to pay $2 more because I don’t fill up on gas. Your picture shows a lot of hair, and I didn’t want you to have to buy a lot of Breck, which could only remind you of John Edwards. As a conservative with big ears, I hear a lot of things, including the rumor of the right-wing Hair production, and I just wanted to pass that on to you. I think your hair would be terrific in it. Just trying to be helpful. Sorry.
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Oh my. In the history of campaign commercials, this doesn’t even register.
Considering all the grand, sweeping promises the candidates for President have made down through the years, this one is pretty mild by comparison.
Surely none of us are shocked that a politician is making a promise he can’t keep or has no intention of keeping?
Forgive me if I don’t get the vapors over this.
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I mentioned that I interned for Jesse Helms when I was in college.
That explains alot
“Yeah, but things haven’t changed much since then,” I responded as we shook hands once again
I though 9/11 changed everything.
Edwards’ promise reminds me of Guillaini’s false claim of the difference between prostrate care in NYC and in London. He neglected to mention his care was courtsey of a government run health insurance programme. Socialism for him, private care of the rest.
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Great story Outkast! Email me the picture of you with Edwards, ok?
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I could be mistaken, but I doubt it.
I expect Rush Limbaugh started “The Breck Girl” tag for Edwards months ago when we saw the picture or discussion of him primping in the green room before appearing on TV.
Rush never uses Edward’s name anymore, he just says “The Breck Girl”, and everyone knows who he’s talking about. I’ve never heard anyone else say Breck Girl until here.
Rush also says “Osama Obama” because Ted Kennedy once said that by mistake. And half the time, he calls Nancy Pilosi “Miss America”, and always calls Harry Reid, “Dingy Harry”. (i.e. not good enough to be the famous “Dirty Harry”.)
Some of you are offended by that. I think it’s funny.
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Chas
My middle students are more inventive and have more class when developing nicknames than Limbaugh.
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Metanoia and Janie have true instincts. I think the Edwards campaign ad is great! The Annenberg Fact Check people make the mistake of reading the ad like an executive order, when the ad is a declaration of purpose and intention, not means and mechanisms. Edwards is promising to use the bully pulpit of the White House and submit legislation to take away health benefits from senators and representative — even from himself and his own family, I assume. There is nothing inherently “scary” about a president submitting legislation and talking trash about Congress. It doesn’t mean the president is morphing into a dictator.
Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with trying to dredge up negative emotions against Democratic candidates — please do. Turn your complaints about Edwards’ threats against Congressional benefits into a national cause. While you’re telling people that they have no right to determine the scope of their government, please focus on the candidates’ secondary characteristics and call them sissies. Make my day.
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VS: I emailed the photo to you. Anyone else want it?
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Chas,
I believe you are right. Rush is hilarious when he wants to be.
HRW,
I guess you hate rich guys who got that way by being taleted, smart – and right 99.94% of the time ( another one of his sayings). Also none of your middleschooler kids will amount to even a small hill of Limbaugh beans
Now if Linbaaugh was teaching them the outcome could be better for them. He is teaching everyone else a thing or two
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Outkast, I would love to see it
sounds like a funny one. I tried to find your published work, but all I got was a picture of some orange people with a big pot of spaghetti in a church kitchen. I want to see your “A” stuff like this Edwards one! Gallery link or stock images link too maybe?
world mag blog at yahoo
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Llama,
Agreed, Comedian Rush Limbaugh is really funny! If only he was trying to be funny all the time
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For a gallery page of photos I’ve taken this week of presidential candidates, visit: http://partners.dubuque365.com/photofeatures/uaw_candidates/index.html
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We are already getting a taste of what it would mean to hand health care over to the government. Your very health will become politicized. In the interest of “reducing taxes”, the government will tell you what you can and cannot eat or drink or breath. Mandatory vaccinations, no smoking, no fatty foods, no dangerous sports and tax penalties for being obese or not wearing a helmet or seatbelt. Strangely though, every man, woman and child in America will be on government supplied meds.
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We’ll be turned into medicated zombies!
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Universal healthcare is the opiate of the people.
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Some great souvenirs! I have to say I pictured you much taller and without a goatee. In the pictures you emailed me, Biden looks very tired. His campaign should spring for some Visine and a Romney makeup treatment at the spa!
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I only look short when standing next to Romney, I think. As for the goatee, that was a new addition that started when I asked my girlfriend to marry me this summer. Now as my wife, she wouldn’t let me shave it even if I wanted to (I think because I look 15 years younger without the greys in my facial hair, and she likes being married to an “older” man).
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