WaPO reports this gem:
"If Obama doesn’t scrap the existing health-care reform bills, leading House Republicans have said they won't participate in the president's upcoming, televised health-care summit. In a letter to Rahm Emanuel, House Minority Leader John A. Boehner and Minority Whip Eric Cantor expressed frustration at reports that Obama intends to put the Democratic bills on the table for discussion at the Feb. 25 summit. "If the starting point for this meeting is the job-killing bills the American people have already soundly rejected, Republicans would rightly be reluctant to participate," Boehner and Cantor wrote. "'Bipartisanship' is not writing proposals of your own behind closed doors, then unveiling them and demanding Republican support." White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs responded by saying that Obama has sought Republican input since early last year, and the president remains interested in hearing ideas that the GOP believe will advance the cause of health-care reform. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Obama is "absolutely not" scrapping the bills."
The GOP is not even going to pretend like they are coming to the table to discuss health care reform.
How pathetic is that? This stalemate helps no one. The GOP says scrap the plan, not only do they bring nothing to the table to propose, now they are threatening to not even come to the table.
How about this-- If Bonehead & CAN'Tor are unwilling to discuss health care refom, bring in Dr. Flowers to discuss her ideas about public option as a physician representing 17,000 Doctors who have a plan (and a clue!). She's been begging to have the public option be a part of the discussion, and has a comprehensive plan proposal.
(Scroll down to read "The Doctor is in.... jail" to read her letter to Obama.)
3 comments:
Bipartisanship' is not writing proposals of your own behind closed doors, then unveiling them and demanding Republican don't you mean Democrat support
but they have done just that for the last 8 years-now that a Democrat is in office the rules are changed? WTF! They want to have their cake and eat it too.
maybe the white house should have been reading some blogs for the last year. then they would have realized that the teabagging buffoons are not the only ones who are angry (despite what the msm says), and we all knew that bipartisanship was impossible with the asshole rethugs in the house and senate. maybe then they wouldn't have wasted so much time with queen olympia.
Lib~ Can we thrown in the towel on trying to court bipartisanship now?
I say go ahead with the live broadcast of the invite for the GOP to come to the table with their (brilliant) proposals.
If they wind up showing empty chairs & no shows w no ideas, then so be it.
What does that say if they can;t EVEN come to the table??
Kick em to the curb & vote them out, They are not representing the people if they cant even show up. Maybe they need to bring in "the nanny"??
Nonnie~ The whole process has really gone to hell in a handbasket, Eh?
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