Comments on: Reminder: First-Ever Real-Time Presidential Response Round Today

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:22:54 +0000

Ater Hillary spoke, the busses from the SEIU pulled up to pick people up. Half the auditorium left. It wasnâ€™t because they only wanted to hear the first four. It was because SEIU had busses leaving to take the people back home. I wonder why they cut off at Dodd. Do you think SEIU wants to keep its members from hearing the comments of Kucinich and Dodd? Those who stayed for the whole speech- maybe 200 people, were very impressed with Kucinich and said ,â€He is the only one who had anything to say.â€ I was passing out flyers on him while people were in the auditorium, and those who saw Kucinich came to me to ask for a flyer after hearing him. THey were â€œvery impresssedâ€ they told me.

Comment by Mary Jacobs â€” March 25, 2007 @ 4:00 pm

I can also confirm this Post.

Robert R.

By: Missed it!

Missed it! — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:23:03 +0000

I could not be at the computer Saturday. Can we delete the whining about “real player” so we can read some actual facts? Would be nice to review the posts that were ABOUT the event itself. Pretty please? I am a doctor in favor of national health care (probably the only one) and am curious of the FACTS of the event. Delte the trash…please. Thank you in advance…

By: Gary Petz

Gary Petz — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 01:09:52 +0000

I agree that a basic set of health services, basic defineable by a broadly representative concensus building process, should be provided to all persons without regard to ability to pay. It would be OK to allow an option of an employer group upping the offering to it’s employees, but the minimum should be avaiable to all.
I also agree with the person who says a high priorityshould be placed in making our economy energy self-sustainable. Raise the price of gas much higher through taxes and use the money to advance sustainability. That is as big of priority as health care. For if we don’t solve the petroleum problem we won’t be able to have health care or any caring services. We will be in economic crisis.
Third priority, get the war mongers out of office, get the liars out of office the fascist out of office.

By: Mamoe

Mamoe — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 22:59:36 +0000

Having Health Insurance is no quarantee your medical needs will be served â€œUnderinsuredâ€ or prey to policies written to benefit insurance companies? …
Despite having health insurance, BS of California denied medically necessary therapies for our 8 year old son. We pursued an independent review with the Department of Managed Health Care in Sacramento and despite providing letters of medical necessity and 85+ pages of documentation, the â€œcontractedâ€ state reviewer agreed with BS of California and they are no longer obligated to pay for our sonâ€™s therapy. Unfortunately, our family is at the mercy of whatever insurance policy my husbandâ€™s employer can obtain. With our sonâ€™s pre-existing condition we cannot secure insurance on our own. This issue is more complex, as it is not a matter of being underinsured, but rather we are subject to policies written so broad that the insurers can rationalize many procedures as not medically necessary; even if the insurerâ€™s decision runs contrary to medical reports and documentation provided from physicians at renowned medical establishments, Childrenâ€™s Hospital Oakland and Lucile Salter Packard Childrenâ€™s Hospital at Stanford. If our legislators are proposing health care for all, let’s â€œinsureâ€ that all parties involved, namely insurance companies, are working in good faith to provide these services and are not hiding behind their cleverly written policies.

By: David MacDonald

David MacDonald — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:52:17 +0000

KUCINICH IS THE ONLY PERSON I COULD SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT, WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF JOHN EDWARDS!

By: nullDavid MacDonald

nullDavid MacDonald — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:38:08 +0000

No one here has spoken about mental health care except
Gov. Richardson. No one at all has talked about children with serious mental health care problems involved in the Justice System. What would any of these presidential hopefuls have to say on this issue? What would you do to protect seriously mentally ill children from going to prison for crimes where almost no treatment exists, and to ensure they go to real treatment facilities, where they will be treated, NOT PUNISHED for their crimes, as in the case very close to my heart, of Kip Kinkel of Springfield, Oregon who was sentenced at age 15, to 112 years in prison without any chance of parole, for crimes committed while extremely mentally ill from Schizophrenia, and acting on irresitable “COMMAND AND CONTROL VOICES” which allowed him “NO CHOICE” in his actions. Should he not be in a Hospital where he would receive REAL TREATMENT instead of almost ENDLESS PUNISHMENT IN PRISON?Many, many children who are seriously mentally ill end up in prisons where they are PUNISHED, NOT TREATED! What response do any of these presidential hopefuls have to this type of mental health care of our children? I haven’t heard any one address these questions in this forum. Is anyone here fit to be president when they totally ignore this very, very serious problem which is a problem of JUSTICE, HEALTH CARE AND COMPASSION? Makes one wonder!!

By: annefrank

annefrank — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:18:08 +0000

I missed Edwards!! :( Will there be a link to access later?
Oh – and thanks for sponsoring this forum.

By: R

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 15:59:28 +0000

Politics is/has become big business. Maybe if Bush were impeached, the drive for early campaigning wouldn’t be so early. The drive seems relentless and frantic and is something that turns me off, frankly. It’s like war drums.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 15:52:31 +0000

Earthside, I agree with your post, I’m tired of it already and it’s just starting…Remind’s me of the shopping push for the holiday’s….Last year it started for the christmas push on holloween, suspect it will start after easter this year….I’ve had enough already…..Blessings

By: R

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 15:50:06 +0000

#32- I’m torn. On the one hand, I agree with you. On the other hand, this may get some people who have never been involved in politics before to muster some interest. Regardless, it’s out of MY hands and in the hands of the consumer, interest-type organizations who will undoubtably handle these affairs for promo and profit. All I can do is keep my focus and not deviate from what I know is right for me.

By: Earthside

Earthside — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 15:42:51 +0000

This forum is ridiculous.

The election is 21 months away; the Dem convention is 16 months away … it is totally ridiculous to be staging ‘candidate forums’ this far out from an election.

And there are undoubtedly candidates still to get into the nomination race!

There is a big mistake going on here, I think. With all these states now thinking about moving their presidential primaries and caucuses into January or February 2008, the contest could be over by March!

What is a presumptive presidential nominee going to do for seven months? Except receive a blistering assault from the radical Republicans that Jesus Christ, himself, could not survive.

I think this ‘way too early’ stuff is going to backlash. If this keeps up, I would predict that candidate fatigue will cause voters to look for alternatives — I predict more third and independent party candidates than ever in 2008 because of this ‘never-ending campaigning’ strategy.

By: R

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 15:34:15 +0000

Wow- You mean that we may actually get to join the 21st century, sometime this century? Imagine that- And us being a leading world power, and everything!

By: Rajeev Vashisht

Rajeev Vashisht — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 15:29:57 +0000

Cool technology enebled forum, more interactive more lively.

http://www.tekno-world.blogspot.com

By: Keith

Keith — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:26:41 +0000

Real Player only? Sorry I won’t attend. Too many privacy issues with that software.

By: Faiz

Faiz — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:58:55 +0000

Many people have commented on candidates’ placement of pictures. They are ranked in alphabetical order, by last name — both in the post and in the pictures.

By: GSD

GSD — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:37:33 +0000

They should all begin by thanking Karl Rove for turning a 90% approval president with the sympathies of the whole world into a universally loathed nit-wit with 29% approval.

Thanks Turdblossom, it could not have worked out better. It almost seems as if we had been paying you.

-GSD

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:24:24 +0000

How come I wasn’t invited, I like Vegas!! Tom 4 President , oh, that’s right to be taken seriously we’ll need 100 million dollars in our campaign fund..”for corporate bribes”…Why don’t we just institute the healthplan given to Congress that American taxpayers provide them with??

By: Tobby

Tobby — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:53:14 +0000

I do not understand what Hillary and her husband think we are-they are practicing mendacious and crude politics. Let’s end this BUSH-CLINTON dynasty, we are more than 300million people. Democrats, choose Obama and Edward; they are the fresh and authentic people, who will provide a little breathing space to the million Americans. I thought Hillary ran one of the most failed healthcare system in the country before.

By: MMc

MMc — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:49:12 +0000

More BS from TP with Hillary first and Obama next to last. I feel like Iâ€™m reading Fox.com. SHEâ€S A LOSER.

Comment by Bill Miller â€” March 24, 2007 @ 2:41 am

Look again – ever heard of alphabetical order? No conspiracy here.

By: FOS

FOS — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 09:15:16 +0000

I am looking forward to this. I’ve already downloaded to make sure I have no problems. This is going to be awesome. Health Care is one of the biggest concerns to us next to Iraq and I hope we get a lot of good information about where each candidate stands.

Obama Edwards 2008 ( IN THAT ORDER )