Seems I heard Gabby Gibbs weaving and bobbing this option today on some show somewhere....from the little I caught he seemed to say O wasn't going to take it off the table...

We shall see...and of course the leftist talking heads will take whatever nod they get from Rahm team with the newest talking points if they do drop this....which they will.

Now if tort reform is added in, this will be interesting all over the place...hehee

Obama's a Community Agitator, a walking, talking destroyer. ~ Rush Limbaugh

Obama is a liar who is not to be trusted under any circumstances.  His supposed retreat from the public option is only a temporary tactical manuever.  Any "health bill" that comes from the Democrats now will still advance their socialist agenda, only not by such a huge leap as they had wanted. 

Have any of you ever heard about playing hardball when you are negotiating?  I am quite the successful little entrepreneur; and whenever I want something I go all out with my demands.  I list things that I know my business associates would never stand for.  As we negotiate, I take away the things I never really wanted; I keep the things I want, and the associate walks away with the feeling that he got something out of it.  This is precisely what Obama did, the man is pragmatic.   

It should be clear now to anyone with a shred of intellectual honesty that you simply cannot take anything Pres. Obama says at face value.

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So says Kos and Olbermann, the real power.  Kos promised no public option - no health care bill on Olbermann's show.   Remember Kos, you PROMISED.  Don't go wobbly on me, guy.

You're not allowed to question the "one".  And just because he said something, doesn't mean he really said it.  IF he ever really said it to begin with.  What is wrong with you?

 www.btreasures.com

“I happen to be a proponent of a single payer universal health care program.

I see no reason why the United States of America, the wealthiest country in the history of the world, spending 14 percent of its Gross National Product on health care cannot provide basic health insurance to everybody.

And that’s what Jim is talking about when he says everybody in, nobody out.

A single payer health care plan, a universal health care plan.

And that’s what I’d like to see. But as all of you know, we may not get there immediately.

Because first we have to take back the White House, we have to take back the Senate, and we have to take back the House.”
Barack Obama

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Spin as you may, but the centerpiece of Obama-care was ALWAYS single payer/public option. If these reports are true this will be Obama’s “read my lips” moment. Betraying and disillusioning his base and therefore assuring one term.

Tort reform now.

Shouldn't the caption for the picture of Obama that's with this article be:

"I said PULL MY FINGER, DAMMIT!!"

Look, there is a larger trojan horse in health care and Sarah Palin talked about it earlier.... prior to Obama dropping the public option... and it is the "health insurance exchange"....    Obama can still accomplish socialized health care by using this exchange.

Sarah Palin on August 13th

Section 100(c)(25) sets the implementation date as January 1, 2013.

Section 141 et seq. establishes a new independent agency, the “Health Choices Administration” headed by a “Health Choices Commissioner”
appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. One of the
commissioner’s many duties is to establish and enforce the standards
for qualified health benefit plans. These standards include premiums,
provider payment rates, covered treatments, drug coverage, and
administrative procedures. Section 122 lists the types of health
services a qualified plan must cover. However, the specifics of how
each service will be covered and for how much are left to the
commissioner.

Section 201 et seq. establishes a national health insurance exchange
controlled by the commissioner. The exchange, funded by a “Health
Insurance Exchange Trust Fund,” hires private entities to develop and
administer qualified health benefit plans under the supervision and
control of the commissioner. The commissioner decides which private
entities will be hired and how much they will be paid. The trust fund
is initially funded from general revenues and then from employer and
individual taxes. Section 204(a)(3) exempts the commissioner from the
Federal Acquisition Regulations. That means the commissioner can: a)
hire any private entity (ACORN, SEIU, AARP, UAW, AFL-CIO, etc.) to
administer every American's health insurance plan; b) pay the private
entity any amount for its services; and c) fire the private entity for
any reason or for no reason.

Section 111 prohibits any exclusion (including time delays) for any pre-existing condition.

Section
204(b)(7) requires that all private entities hired for the “exchange”
“provide for culturally and linguistically appropriate communication
and health services.”

Section 208 gives the commissioner control over any state run health insurance exchange in operation.

Section
221 et seq. establishes a government health insurance plan run by the
Department of Health and Human Services. The government health
insurance plan is essentially Medicare for everyone. The government
plan is initially funded by $2 billion from the treasury. It is then
supposed to be self-funding through premiums. The government option is
to be administered by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
However, the government plan is subject to all Health Insurance
Exchange rules and requirements, which are set by the commissioner.

After
January 13, 2013, employers must purchase employee health insurance
from the government controlled health insurance exchange.
Section 313 requires employers to either: a) purchase from the
“exchange” a qualified health benefit plan for each employee; or b) pay
a tax to the Health Insurance Exchange Trust Fund equal to 8% of the
employer’s average payroll. Paying the 8% tax does not purchase
insurance. Employees would still have to purchase individual health
insurance from the “exchange.”

After January 13, 2013, individuals must purchase health insurance from the government controlled health insurance exchange.
Section 102 allows non-qualified individual health insurance plans
(i.e. those not obtained through an employer) to remain in effect after
January 1, 2013 unless: a) the insurance provider increases enrollment
in the plan or b) changes any term or condition of the plan. If an
individual loses her “grandfathered” health insurance after January 1,
2013, then Section 102(c)(1) requires that she purchase new health
insurance from the government run national health insurance exchange.

Section
312 automatically enrolls individuals in the government health
insurance option unless they purchase a qualified health insurance plan
(available only from the government controlled exchange) or their
employer enrolls them in a qualified plan obtained from the exchange.
Section 401 requires a surtax (2.5% of AGI) on any individual who does
not have a qualified health plan and who is not enrolled in the
government plan.

The so-called private insurance exchange is the Trojan horse.
The Insurance Exchange is just as much socialism as the government plan
because: a) the government controlled exchange is the only place
permitted to sell health insurance; and b) the government can use the
exchange rules to control the price and availability of everyone's
health insurance, and therefore, health care.

On Drudge there is a link to an article, "Dem Congressman to avoid district entire recess....", but when you go to the page,

http://www.mercedcountytimes.net/content/2009-08-13/001850

SURPRISE, "PAGE NOT FOUND"!

The Dem congressweasel from Merced County, California is one Dennis Cardoza.  I wonder what kind of in he has in the Merced County Times to have an article like that pulled?  Or perhaps it was just the local Dem party.

What a bunch of sorry bastards.

We can't sit back and settle for whatever compromise they come up with. Now that we have the momentum in our favor, we need to push for tort reform, opening state lines, deregulating the laws that force insurance to pay for Viagra.

Don't let the battle cry end at "anything but ObamaCare." Keep showing up at these town halls and ask Congress why they won't even look at our ideas.

THAT is the best way to kill ObamaCare forever. 

Hey Mike. Obama looks a bit shopworn in that photo. Is it a current one?

"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out
of other people's money."

—Margaret Thatcher

Beware, people.  Obama will make a tactical retreat on the public option in order to get something passed.  Then later, he and his minions will be back with a vengeance to impose it upon us. Any health care bill passed will be nothing more than incremental socialism.  These evil people never give up; they just change tactics.

                The federal government won't stop till they give our country to Mexico. Only about 12% of americans don't have healthcare. Most are the young, and they may be covered by their parents. The rest are here illegally. They broke the law of the land & go un-punished. I won't pay ANY taxes if the govt ignors our laws. No Taxation Without Representation!