Harold Meyerson has a must read editoral here. Meyerson cites a CBS/New York Times poll which found that when asked about the adoption of a Medicare-like option for everyone, 65 percent of respondents indicated they favored such a plan, while 26% opposed it. You could not tell it from the endless news coverage that such a resounding majority favor a public option.
Meyerson continutes, “…Ezra Klein asked North Dakota Democratic Senator Kent Conrad yesterday why he didn’t support the public option, Conrad replied, ‘I don’t think a government-run plan best fits this culture.’” Then Meyerson delivers this killer line: “In Conrad’s mind, such as it is, American culture doesn’t seem to be shaped by the American people.”
The media’s coverage of idiots, who show up at a rally with guns straped on, may give some people the false sense that these folks represent our culture. They most surely do not.
iggydonnelly
See the yellow button near the top that reads, “Republicans Are People Too”? Do you think that’s still a true statement. 🙂
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