Michael Moore: Nobody's Got Obama's Back on Health Care

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On September 25th "The View's" Sherri Shepherd asked Michael Moore, "How do you feel about Obama's health care plan?"

Moore responded, "Aw, geez. I feel so bad for this guy. I mean - I - ya know, he's out there all alone; nobody's got his back. The other side they're out there angry, organized."

Nobody's got his back? Really? Let's take a look at the numbers.

In August, the Business & Media Institute examined 224 stories about health care on the three broadcast networks' morning and evening shows that aired between Jan. 20, the date of Obama's inauguration, and June 24, the night of ABC's prime time town hall special on health care.

The networks favored proponents to critics by a margin of more than 2-to-1 (243 to 104).

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Each network had its own way of spinning the debate for Obama. On ABC, medical editor and longtime universal care proponent Tim Johnson blatantly cheered for big-government solutions. ABC also aired a primetime special giving Obama time to promote his health care agenda without debate. CBS, particularly the "Early Show," brought on administration officials to promote for government-run health care, but often didn't supply an opposing view.

Here are some additional findings:

Networks Barely Discuss Cost Complaint: The No. 1 criticism of ObamaCare has been its price tag. The Congressional Budget Office estimates one proposed health care bill would cost $1.6 trillion (while still leaving roughly 36 million people uninsured according to the Washington Times). Yet, only 20 network stories (9 percent) referenced estimates even close to that number.

Total Number of Uninsured Exaggerated: On April 29, Robin Roberts told "Good Morning America" viewers that "50 million Americans" were uninsured. Her claim was wrong by nearly 14 million people. Network mentions of the total number of uninsured were wrong by a margin of 4-to-1 (80 percent). Only NBC "Nightly News" and ABC "World News" never got it wrong - by not citing the number of uninsured at all.

Networks Don't Compare ‘Medicare-like' Public Option to Medicare's Track Record: Reporters admitted the public option insurance Obama wants would be "similar to Medicare" in just 11 of the stories (5 percent). But none of those stories pointed out that Medicare is heading toward an "explosive fiscal situation," according to the CBO, or that the program is a big reason for rising health care costs.


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MOOREON!

At least Obama has your back Michael.  And from the looks of things, it's a pretty large back of yours. In fact, the rest of you is extra large as well!

Disconnected...

The vile limosine liberal is a scourge to this country. How disconnected are they from people sitting in the living room? 

You have a million miles?

Awake the sleeping giant...and that giant is WE THE PEOPLE!

Michael Moore is a big fat

Michael Moore is a big fat idiot.

'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart

That reminds me, bigtimer...

.. I need to watch Team America: World Peace again.

"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason

The issue isn't healthcare,

The issue isn't healthcare, it's socialism.  This is what lard-heads like Moore refuse to admit and their followers fail to recognize.

S'matter, Mike? Can't see

S'matter, Mike? Can't see past all your chins?

Gee looks like they had to

Gee looks like they had to bring Rosie's chair out of moth balls for this interview! <rimshot>

"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"

 

Here on some words on

Obama should back off

"Aw, geez. I feel so bad for this guy. I mean - I - ya know, he's out
there all alone; nobody's got his back. The other side they're out
there angry, organized.
"

Then perhaps Obama should back off on a policy the majority of Americas oppose?

The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution

Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court

IT IS SIMPLE, REALLY...

 Mr.Moore, the more people KNOW about Obama-care, the more they HAAAAAAAAAAAAATE it. Knowledge is power, & that is why Obama, & his thugs Pelosi & Reid tried hard to jam this bill down America's throat in a couple of weeks.

It did'nt work, it won't work, & if you jam it down on a straight party line vote, them Dems will be up the creek for a couple of decades nationally. Carter = Reagan, Obama is worse then Carter, & twice as corrupt as Nixon ever thought of being. So Obama = ?, we don't know, but unlike McCain, it will be a real conservative. On that subject, note to GOB boss Steele, clean up the primary system so ONLY REGISTERED REPUBLICANS CAN VOTE TO SELECT THE REUBLICAN NOMINEE. It is not a good idea to let "independents" or even Dems vote in the GOP primary.

 

"...How blind can you be, don't you see...

...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."  

Nightwish

Keep waiting to hear how

Keep waiting to hear how many free clinics Michael Moore is operating with his wealth?

The wealthy know that even if their taxes go up, they're still wealthy and have more money than they know what to do with.

They harbor contempt for those of us in the middle class, because clearly we're too stupid and lazy to make it big like them, but still have it better than the ones who are worse off than we.  Clearly, it is we in the middle class who are the true social criminals.

Also, they like the idea of Tha Guvernment running everything...guess because they have this Constitution/Bill of Rights thing going on, and that makes it so.

Weird.

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.

The ONLY redeeming virtue

The ONLY redeeming virtue of this show is watching Hasslebeck cross her legs!

"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"

 

Nobody has Obama's back on

Nobody has Obama's back on healthcare?  Nobody but ABC, CBS, NBC, NYT, WaPo, CNN, MSNBC, LAT, and on and on.  Other than them, nobody has Obama's back on healthcare. 

"A communist is someone who reads Marx.  An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx."  Ronald Reagan