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	<title>Comments on: ER doctors say Goodman&#8217;s &#8216;uninsured&#8217; claims are &#8216;reckless.&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: MapleStreet</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/er-goodman-mccain-reckless/comment-page-1/#comment-5192818</link>
		<dc:creator>MapleStreet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cue the commercial:

While ERs provide episodic care and are the most expensive medical care available, McCain says they should go out of business by providing uncompensated care in order to replace Medicaid and Medicare.

Picture of car dringing around in the rain with the passenger having a heart attack.

When McCain drives the hospitals out of business, where will you go when you need healthcare ?</description>
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<p>While ERs provide episodic care and are the most expensive medical care available, McCain says they should go out of business by providing uncompensated care in order to replace Medicaid and Medicare.</p>
<p>Picture of car dringing around in the rain with the passenger having a heart attack.</p>
<p>When McCain drives the hospitals out of business, where will you go when you need healthcare ?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5192818', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Fred</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/er-goodman-mccain-reckless/comment-page-1/#comment-5192700</link>
		<dc:creator>Fred</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>nickrhoward Says: 

the gop is getting shortchanged on this one then.</description>
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<p>the gop is getting shortchanged on this one then.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5192700', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: nickrhoward</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/er-goodman-mccain-reckless/comment-page-1/#comment-5192672</link>
		<dc:creator>nickrhoward</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No, he&#039;s not ashamed Fred. He&#039;s gone to another thread to earn some more &quot;McCain Points&quot;. Yes, folks, it&#039;s true that the McCain campaign is awarding points to followers who post untrue garbage on internet discussion threads; these points can be cashed in on merchandise...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No, he&#8217;s not ashamed Fred. He&#8217;s gone to another thread to earn some more &#8220;McCain Points&#8221;. Yes, folks, it&#8217;s true that the McCain campaign is awarding points to followers who post untrue garbage on internet discussion threads; these points can be cashed in on merchandise&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5192672', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: nickrhoward</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/er-goodman-mccain-reckless/comment-page-1/#comment-5192574</link>
		<dc:creator>nickrhoward</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s true that if you go to a hospital in the USA without health insurance they will try to save your life. And if you have worked for 30 years to pay for a house they will then take it from you and put your family on the streets to pay the bill.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s true that if you go to a hospital in the USA without health insurance they will try to save your life. And if you have worked for 30 years to pay for a house they will then take it from you and put your family on the streets to pay the bill.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5192574', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Fred</title>
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		<dc:creator>Fred</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Acne is a hit and run troll like jk.  He can&#039;t respond because he has already made himself look like a fool and can&#039;t push it any further.  Sad, sick little puppy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Acne is a hit and run troll like jk.  He can&#8217;t respond because he has already made himself look like a fool and can&#8217;t push it any further.  Sad, sick little puppy.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5192512', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: pbg</title>
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		<dc:creator>pbg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey, ACME?
Still in college?
Ever heard of &#039;pre-existing conditions?&quot;
There are millions of folks out there who are doing OK financially but are functionally uninsurable. I know many such.
Do you know how much it costs to get individual as opposed to group--say, if you&#039;re starting a business? In many cases, it&#039;s twice as much as a mortgage. And it goes up by 20% a year.
And anyone who uses the word &#039;easily&#039; in connection of the health care industry is either a college kid or is working for them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey, ACME?<br />
Still in college?<br />
Ever heard of &#8216;pre-existing conditions?&#8221;<br />
There are millions of folks out there who are doing OK financially but are functionally uninsurable. I know many such.<br />
Do you know how much it costs to get individual as opposed to group&#8211;say, if you&#8217;re starting a business? In many cases, it&#8217;s twice as much as a mortgage. And it goes up by 20% a year.<br />
And anyone who uses the word &#8216;easily&#8217; in connection of the health care industry is either a college kid or is working for them.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5192488', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Fred</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/er-goodman-mccain-reckless/comment-page-1/#comment-5192428</link>
		<dc:creator>Fred</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;ACME_Democrat Says: 
Do you know how cheep and easy it is to get covered for major medical care? I know you don’t because you have swallowed the Democrap’s political propaganda hook, line, pole, boat, and the lake it sits on.&lt;/blockquote&gt;


As a matter of fact I do.  I pay 1300 dollars a month to cover myself and my wife for what is called an excellent policy.  It is more than I have ever paid for car payments, house payments and utilities all combined per month.

as for your link.  It was written by a conservative with a right wing slant...the guy even wrote agains ship so you have no credibility at all.

to read more conservative articles by the same guy you use as a reference go &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.humanevents.com/search.php?author_name=Devon+Herrick&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.

We should all have the same health care that Cheny has:

&lt;a href=&quot;http://ga1.org/campaign/cheneycare?qp_source=guaranteedhealthcare&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Cheny Care&lt;/a&gt;

You are talking out of a right wing playbook that is easy to debunk.  Try again if you have the heart.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>ACME_Democrat Says:<br />
Do you know how cheep and easy it is to get covered for major medical care? I know you don’t because you have swallowed the Democrap’s political propaganda hook, line, pole, boat, and the lake it sits on.</p></blockquote>
<p>As a matter of fact I do.  I pay 1300 dollars a month to cover myself and my wife for what is called an excellent policy.  It is more than I have ever paid for car payments, house payments and utilities all combined per month.</p>
<p>as for your link.  It was written by a conservative with a right wing slant&#8230;the guy even wrote agains ship so you have no credibility at all.</p>
<p>to read more conservative articles by the same guy you use as a reference go <a href="http://www.humanevents.com/search.php?author_name=Devon+Herrick" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>
<p>We should all have the same health care that Cheny has:</p>
<p><a href="http://ga1.org/campaign/cheneycare?qp_source=guaranteedhealthcare" rel="nofollow">Cheny Care</a></p>
<p>You are talking out of a right wing playbook that is easy to debunk.  Try again if you have the heart.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5192428', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DieNowForPeace</title>
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		<dc:creator>DieNowForPeace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Do you know how cheep and easy it is to get covered for major medical care&lt;/em&gt;

So stupid you are, yes? (think of Yoda&#039;s voice).

If you&#039;re single, young, employed and in top health, you&#039;re close to being correct.

If you&#039;re uninsured, or unemployed, or have a pre-existing condition, then, just TRY to find &quot;cheep (sic) and easy&quot; coverage.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Do you know how cheep and easy it is to get covered for major medical care</em></p>
<p>So stupid you are, yes? (think of Yoda&#8217;s voice).</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re single, young, employed and in top health, you&#8217;re close to being correct.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re uninsured, or unemployed, or have a pre-existing condition, then, just TRY to find &#8220;cheep (sic) and easy&#8221; coverage.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5192416', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ACME_Democrat</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/er-goodman-mccain-reckless/comment-page-1/#comment-5192370</link>
		<dc:creator>ACME_Democrat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Fred Says:&lt;/em&gt;

Do you know how cheep and easy it is to get covered for major medical care? I know you don’t because you have swallowed the Democrap’s political propaganda hook, line, pole, boat, and the lake it sits on.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Fred Says:</em></p>
<p>Do you know how cheep and easy it is to get covered for major medical care? I know you don’t because you have swallowed the Democrap’s political propaganda hook, line, pole, boat, and the lake it sits on.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5192370', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Fred</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/er-goodman-mccain-reckless/comment-page-1/#comment-5192328</link>
		<dc:creator>Fred</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;ACME_Democrat Says: 
Your stat is just a convenient political ploy to mislead the public to your political ideology. One of the biggest problems is the publics ignorance on how the health care system really works.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I would contend that your stats are for that purpose alone.  I don&#039;t think people in America need stats to know that the health care industry in America has brought us to a crisis.

If you want to contend that there is no health care crisis then you probably think that our economy is doing just fine too.  You probably have stats to back that up too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>ACME_Democrat Says:<br />
Your stat is just a convenient political ploy to mislead the public to your political ideology. One of the biggest problems is the publics ignorance on how the health care system really works.</p></blockquote>
<p>I would contend that your stats are for that purpose alone.  I don&#8217;t think people in America need stats to know that the health care industry in America has brought us to a crisis.</p>
<p>If you want to contend that there is no health care crisis then you probably think that our economy is doing just fine too.  You probably have stats to back that up too.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5192328', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: hussein toasterhead</title>
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		<dc:creator>hussein toasterhead</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;DieNowForPeace Says: 

Hands down Walter Sobchak from “The Big Lebowski” was John Goodman’s high water mark.

August 29th, 2008 at 10:40 am&lt;/i&gt;
_______

A fantastic role in a great movie, though I have to hand the award to his brilliant insanity in Barton Fink.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>DieNowForPeace Says: </p>
<p>Hands down Walter Sobchak from “The Big Lebowski” was John Goodman’s high water mark.</p>
<p>August 29th, 2008 at 10:40 am</i><br />
_______</p>
<p>A fantastic role in a great movie, though I have to hand the award to his brilliant insanity in Barton Fink.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5192294', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DieNowForPeace</title>
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		<dc:creator>DieNowForPeace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hands down Walter Sobchak from &quot;The Big Lebowski&quot; was John Goodman&#039;s high water mark.
&lt;em&gt;
Whereas what we have here? A bunch of fig-eaters wearing towels on their heads, trying to find reverse in a Soviet tank. This is not a worthy adversary. &lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hands down Walter Sobchak from &#8220;The Big Lebowski&#8221; was John Goodman&#8217;s high water mark.<br />
<em><br />
Whereas what we have here? A bunch of fig-eaters wearing towels on their heads, trying to find reverse in a Soviet tank. This is not a worthy adversary. </em><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5192186', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ACME_Democrat</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/er-goodman-mccain-reckless/comment-page-1/#comment-5192166</link>
		<dc:creator>ACME_Democrat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba595/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Read the Data it speaks for itself!!&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;em&gt; More than 84 percent (250.4 million) of U.S. residents were privately insured or enrolled in a government health program, such as Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Programs (S-CHIP).
• Up to 14 million uninsured adults and children qualified for government programs in 2004 but had not enrolled, according to the BlueCross BlueShield Association.
• Nearly 18 million of the uninsured live in households with annual incomes above $50,000 and could likely afford health insurance.&lt;/em&gt;

In theory, therefore, about 32 million people, or 68 percent of the uninsured, could easily obtain coverage but have chosen to forgo insurance. That means that about 94 percent of United States residents either have health coverage or access to it. The remaining 6 percent live in households that earn less than $50,000 annually. This group does not qualify for Medicaid and (arguably) earns too little to easily afford expensive family plans costing more than $12,000 per year. However, they could afford the limited benefit plans that are gaining in popularity

Most Uninsured are able to afford insurance but are healthy and feel they do not need it. Your stat is just a convenient  political ploy to mislead the public to your political ideology. One of the biggest problems is the publics ignorance on how the health care system really works.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba595/" rel="nofollow">Read the Data it speaks for itself!!</a><br />
<em> More than 84 percent (250.4 million) of U.S. residents were privately insured or enrolled in a government health program, such as Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Programs (S-CHIP).<br />
• Up to 14 million uninsured adults and children qualified for government programs in 2004 but had not enrolled, according to the BlueCross BlueShield Association.<br />
• Nearly 18 million of the uninsured live in households with annual incomes above $50,000 and could likely afford health insurance.</em></p>
<p>In theory, therefore, about 32 million people, or 68 percent of the uninsured, could easily obtain coverage but have chosen to forgo insurance. That means that about 94 percent of United States residents either have health coverage or access to it. The remaining 6 percent live in households that earn less than $50,000 annually. This group does not qualify for Medicaid and (arguably) earns too little to easily afford expensive family plans costing more than $12,000 per year. However, they could afford the limited benefit plans that are gaining in popularity</p>
<p>Most Uninsured are able to afford insurance but are healthy and feel they do not need it. Your stat is just a convenient  political ploy to mislead the public to your political ideology. One of the biggest problems is the publics ignorance on how the health care system really works.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5192166', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: McWars</title>
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		<dc:creator>McWars</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The American College of Emergency Physicians has done America a service by making it officially clear that they cannot handle the burden of 46 million uninsured. 

The increasingly older population alone in this country calls for a renewed healthcare system. Obama&#039;s call last night for making the same plans available to members of congress available to everyone else is just what I wanted to hear.

You see, fixing healthcare really isn&#039;t that difficult or costly. We&#039;re not out to make a carbon copy of Canada&#039;s or Britain&#039;s system, but keeping innovation intact, encouraging others to enter medicine out of an obligation to humanity and not on a commercialized mindset of making $300,000 right out of medical school, and bringing access to EVERYBODY. 

Demand can be met and ills can be remedied if we PUT OUR MINDS TO IT.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The American College of Emergency Physicians has done America a service by making it officially clear that they cannot handle the burden of 46 million uninsured. </p>
<p>The increasingly older population alone in this country calls for a renewed healthcare system. Obama&#8217;s call last night for making the same plans available to members of congress available to everyone else is just what I wanted to hear.</p>
<p>You see, fixing healthcare really isn&#8217;t that difficult or costly. We&#8217;re not out to make a carbon copy of Canada&#8217;s or Britain&#8217;s system, but keeping innovation intact, encouraging others to enter medicine out of an obligation to humanity and not on a commercialized mindset of making $300,000 right out of medical school, and bringing access to EVERYBODY. </p>
<p>Demand can be met and ills can be remedied if we PUT OUR MINDS TO IT.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5192132', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What an incredibly careless and ridiculous comment from Goodman - typical, though.  A repugnican who can&#039;t see anything from his ivory tower.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What an incredibly careless and ridiculous comment from Goodman &#8211; typical, though.  A repugnican who can&#8217;t see anything from his ivory tower.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5192134', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: misshusseinmolly</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/er-goodman-mccain-reckless/comment-page-1/#comment-5192116</link>
		<dc:creator>misshusseinmolly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>McCain&#039;s campaign has come out with some outrageous statements, like we&#039;re in a &quot;mental recession&quot; and we&#039;re nothing but a bunch of &quot;whiners&quot; (the guy who said this was supposedly dismissed from the campaign), another guy claims that nobody is uninsured because they can always go to an emergency room (the campaign claimed this guy didn&#039;t speak for the campaign), and McCain himself claims that Iraq is a peaceful and stable nation (but, of course, McCain doesn&#039;t speak for McCain).

McCain&#039;s obvious lack of any grasp on reality reminds me of Ronald Reagan.  I remember vividly one time when Reagan did a press conference with the want ads of a newspaper, claiming that there were many help-wanted ads in there and that anybody who wanted a job could just answer an ad.  He was completely clueless that most of the ads called for specialized skills, that there were far more people looking for work than there were jobs available, and that for each job opening, there were enough applicants to overwhelm the employer posting it.

The Republicans are keeping alive their tradition of being out of touch with reality.  I just hope people are able to see it this time around.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>McCain&#8217;s campaign has come out with some outrageous statements, like we&#8217;re in a &#8220;mental recession&#8221; and we&#8217;re nothing but a bunch of &#8220;whiners&#8221; (the guy who said this was supposedly dismissed from the campaign), another guy claims that nobody is uninsured because they can always go to an emergency room (the campaign claimed this guy didn&#8217;t speak for the campaign), and McCain himself claims that Iraq is a peaceful and stable nation (but, of course, McCain doesn&#8217;t speak for McCain).</p>
<p>McCain&#8217;s obvious lack of any grasp on reality reminds me of Ronald Reagan.  I remember vividly one time when Reagan did a press conference with the want ads of a newspaper, claiming that there were many help-wanted ads in there and that anybody who wanted a job could just answer an ad.  He was completely clueless that most of the ads called for specialized skills, that there were far more people looking for work than there were jobs available, and that for each job opening, there were enough applicants to overwhelm the employer posting it.</p>
<p>The Republicans are keeping alive their tradition of being out of touch with reality.  I just hope people are able to see it this time around.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5192116', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: McWars</title>
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		<dc:creator>McWars</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Wayne A. Schneider Says: 

And to think I used to like John Goodman, especially when he played Linda Tripp on SNL.&lt;/em&gt;

Or when he was the Commanding General, Marine Forces, Pacific, who promoted Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors) to Honorary Corporal.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Wayne A. Schneider Says: </p>
<p>And to think I used to like John Goodman, especially when he played Linda Tripp on SNL.</em></p>
<p>Or when he was the Commanding General, Marine Forces, Pacific, who promoted Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors) to Honorary Corporal.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5192092', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: unbelievable</title>
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		<dc:creator>unbelievable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This &#039;health care policy&#039; costs us more each year than it costs all other countries who have high-quality national health care policies.

In a Democracy, the government is the people, so the Conservatives who want less government, want less self-rule.  Idiots.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This &#8216;health care policy&#8217; costs us more each year than it costs all other countries who have high-quality national health care policies.</p>
<p>In a Democracy, the government is the people, so the Conservatives who want less government, want less self-rule.  Idiots.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5192086', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: McWars</title>
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		<dc:creator>McWars</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;ACME_Democrat Says: 

kjk&lt;/em&gt;

The most coherent posting of yours to date.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>ACME_Democrat Says: </p>
<p>kjk</em></p>
<p>The most coherent posting of yours to date.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5192074', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ACME_Democrat</title>
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		<dc:creator>ACME_Democrat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>kjk</description>
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