Comments on: Giuliani Clueless On McCain’s Health Care Plan: ‘He’s Not Going To Give Anybody $5,000′ http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:45:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: chiefeditor http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-5315948 chiefeditor Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:38:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/#comment-5315948 <a href="http://www.entertonement.com/clips/37636/It%27s-a-deduction" rel="nofollow">Shouldn't McCain surrogates be HELPING his campaign?</a> Shouldn’t McCain surrogates be HELPING his campaign?

]]> By: sectionop92 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-5315924 sectionop92 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:27:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/#comment-5315924 Rudy must love prostate exams, because you can tell several members of the RNC have their hands up his a$$. Rudy is a GOP prostitute...he'll come on any neocon talk show for a negotiated sum of money and a gift certificate to the Olive Garden. Rudy must love prostate exams, because you can tell several members of the RNC have their hands up his a$$.

Rudy is a GOP prostitute…he’ll come on any neocon talk show for a negotiated sum of money and a gift certificate to the Olive Garden.

]]> By: MapleStreet http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-5315768 MapleStreet Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:34:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/#comment-5315768 How do we really know that Giuliani doesn't have inside information that McCain will rig it so he doesn't give anyone 5K ? How do we really know that Giuliani doesn’t have inside information that McCain will rig it so he doesn’t give anyone 5K ?

]]> By: tips-q.com http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-5315684 tips-q.com Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:16:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/#comment-5315684 There was a time when Mayor Rudy was reasonably sane. I even voted for him once. Sadly, he is now clueless on just about everything - not just this issue. There was a time when Mayor Rudy was reasonably sane. I even voted for him once. Sadly, he is now clueless on just about everything – not just this issue.

]]> By: pbg http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-5315678 pbg Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:12:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/#comment-5315678 He says 'credit' and 'deduction' as if they're the same thing. That should disqualify him right there. And has anybody asked the campaign what would happen when premiums go up by 20% the next year? And 20% the next? He says ‘credit’ and ‘deduction’ as if they’re the same thing. That should disqualify him right there.
And has anybody asked the campaign what would happen when premiums go up by 20% the next year? And 20% the next?

]]> By: abarts http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-5315626 abarts Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:00:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/#comment-5315626 What experience does McCain have with health insurance? He's been on the Gov't/DOD his ENTIRE life - beginning with his birth. We should all be entitled to the same healthcare as he. What experience does McCain have with health insurance? He’s been on the Gov’t/DOD his ENTIRE life – beginning with his birth.
We should all be entitled to the same healthcare as he.

]]> By: hussein toasterhead http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-5315598 hussein toasterhead Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:41:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/#comment-5315598 When are we going to start calling McCain's tax plan what it really is? It's not a credit, it's not a handout. It's a coupon. When are we going to start calling McCain’s tax plan what it really is? It’s not a credit, it’s not a handout. It’s a coupon.

]]> By: Nevar http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-5315540 Nevar Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:07:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/#comment-5315540 <em>Hey Rudy, what's the health status these days of the 9/11 rescue workers? Got any idea?</em> Hey Rudy, what’s the health status these days of the 9/11 rescue workers? Got any idea?

]]> By: paleolib http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-5315538 paleolib Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:05:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/#comment-5315538 Too many words in the headline. "Giuliani Clueless" would have summed it up. Too many words in the headline. “Giuliani Clueless” would have summed it up.

]]> By: lurker http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-5315536 lurker Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:03:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/#comment-5315536 So per Rudy the $5000 is only a deduction from taxable income and with that savings ($1000 @ 20%) we are supposed to buy insurance? So McCan't has been misleading us? So per Rudy the $5000 is only a deduction from taxable income and with that savings ($1000 @ 20%) we are supposed to buy
insurance? So McCan’t has been misleading us?

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-5315530 RUCerious Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:58:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/#comment-5315530 GIULIANI: He’s not going to (911) give — he’s not going to give anybody (911) $5,000, that is totally misrepresenting his (911) program, as you say we (911) do. The reality is he’s (911) going to give you a tax (911) credit for $5,000. We get tax (911) credits for all kinds of things. That’s (911) not a handout. GIULIANI: He’s not going to (911) give — he’s not going to give anybody (911) $5,000, that is totally misrepresenting his (911) program, as you say we (911) do. The reality is he’s (911) going to give you a tax (911) credit for $5,000. We get tax (911) credits for all kinds of things. That’s (911) not a handout.

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-5315524 RUCerious Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:57:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/#comment-5315524 Not even the most ardent McIIIrd shills know what shilling is being doled out today. Wow. I can't decide whether this is a campaign meltdown, blowup, crash and burn or maybe just a rapid lava flowingoveryourfeets. Not even the most ardent McIIIrd shills know what shilling is being doled out today. Wow. I can’t decide whether this is a campaign meltdown, blowup, crash and burn or maybe just a rapid lava flowingoveryourfeets.

]]> By: shoeless http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-5315518 shoeless Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:50:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/#comment-5315518 When McCain taxes health benefits, and corporations ax their employee insurance plans in response, what will happen to all those people with pre-existing conditions when they try to find a new insurance company to accept them? When McCain taxes health benefits, and corporations ax their employee insurance plans in response, what will happen to all those people with pre-existing conditions when they try to find a new insurance company to accept them?

]]> By: the Lone Voice of Reason http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-5315520 the Lone Voice of Reason Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:49:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/#comment-5315520 Obama doesn't have to bolster the numbers at his rallies by shipping in school children like Blinky did in Ohio. Obama doesn’t have to bolster the numbers at his rallies by shipping in school children like Blinky did in Ohio.

]]> By: voteforamerica http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-5315508 voteforamerica Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:43:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/#comment-5315508 <a href="http://voteforamerica.net/editorials/Comments.aspx?ArticleId=132&ArticleName=A+More+Perfect+Democratic+Democracy" rel="nofollow">A More Perfect Democracy</a> <a href="http://voteforamerica.net/editorials/Comments.aspx?ArticleId=130&ArticleName=A+McCain+Victory+Requires..." rel="nofollow">McCain needs 409,239 votes in seven states to win the election, whereas John Kerry needed 118,599 votes in Ohio</a> A More Perfect Democracy

McCain needs 409,239 votes in seven states to win the election, whereas John Kerry needed 118,599 votes in Ohio

]]> By: misshusseinmolly http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-5315504 misshusseinmolly Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:41:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/#comment-5315504 They're now spinning all the McCain contradictions, flip-flops, and misspeaks so furiously that they're making twine. There comes a point where the yarn won't spin any tighter, but that's not stopping them. They are reduced to just making random noise, whether it makes sense or not. McCain probably could have avoided the pit he now finds himself in if he had not grabbed and derided the "spread the wealth around" thing. It's sort of like his crusade against earmarks. Holes get punched in his narrative, he tries like mad to spin around them, and he winds up looking like a fool. They’re now spinning all the McCain contradictions, flip-flops, and misspeaks so furiously that they’re making twine. There comes a point where the yarn won’t spin any tighter, but that’s not stopping them. They are reduced to just making random noise, whether it makes sense or not.

McCain probably could have avoided the pit he now finds himself in if he had not grabbed and derided the “spread the wealth around” thing. It’s sort of like his crusade against earmarks. Holes get punched in his narrative, he tries like mad to spin around them, and he winds up looking like a fool.

]]> By: the Lone Voice of Reason http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-5315498 the Lone Voice of Reason Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:41:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/#comment-5315498 It's almost Halloween and Ghouly is already shoveling $hit into everyone's bag. He's scary wierd It’s almost Halloween and Ghouly is already shoveling $hit into everyone’s bag. He’s scary wierd

]]> By: Wayne http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-5315502 Wayne Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:40:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/#comment-5315502 Trudy, Trudy, Trudy..... Next time wear the famous red dress and the blonde wig, then the bad Faux Snewz reporters won't beat up on you so much. They usually are too busy drooling over blonde bimbos to beat up on them. Trudy, Trudy, Trudy…..

Next time wear the famous red dress and the blonde wig, then the bad Faux Snewz reporters won’t beat up on you so much. They usually are too busy drooling over blonde bimbos to beat up on them.

]]> By: stewarjt http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-5315500 stewarjt Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:40:51 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/#comment-5315500 The crossdresser pwned by the wimp. The crossdresser pwned by the wimp.

]]> By: SP Biloxi http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-5315494 SP Biloxi Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:40:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/30/giuliani-mccain-health-care/#comment-5315494 "Giuliani Clueless On McCain’s Health Care Plan: ‘He’s Not Going To Give Anybody $5,000" Ans obviously Ginger missed the memo on McCain's $5,000 tax credit spin. Giuliani: "It’s a deduction from the income that you earned." Why is this cross-dressing clown getting more airtime? He certainly not helping his BFF McCain. “Giuliani Clueless On McCain’s Health Care Plan: ‘He’s Not Going To Give Anybody $5,000″

Ans obviously Ginger missed the memo on McCain’s $5,000 tax credit spin. Giuliani: “It’s a deduction from the income that you earned.” Why is this cross-dressing clown getting more airtime? He certainly not helping his BFF McCain.

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