tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post733775347979407386..comments2024-01-03T05:23:36.046-08:00Comments on The Citizens: Closing my eyes and crossing my fingersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-53158880809794634132009-11-25T13:41:36.949-08:002009-11-25T13:41:36.949-08:00If we can get a public option under whatever restr...If we can get a public option under whatever restrictions or limits, it will be huge. Then it will be easier from that point on to gradually modify the limits and restrictions. <br /><br />That's why the GOP is apoplectic about it. They know the long term implications of even a compromise version of the public option and they don't like it.Raised By Republicanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461006522141969925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-23237069000491608882009-11-22T10:09:23.812-08:002009-11-22T10:09:23.812-08:00What I fear will happen is that the bill we are ge...What I fear will happen is that the bill we are getting, which is not the bill I wanted and which does not go nearly far enough in addressing the health care issue, will be an expensive, relatively useless thing that ends up playing right into the hands of those opposed to real health care reform which will then be hung around the necks of the Democrats pushing any further progressive change into the distant future, if ever.<br /><br />I'm not especially pleased with this at all and I think it represents a victory for the health care industry more than anyone else.Bert Q. Slushbrow, Sr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09010500377572293778noreply@blogger.com