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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
yes. 40 votes and you can't move 1 means objectively you didn't try.
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Believe me when I say this isn't personal, because it isn't, but this is reductive, unbelievably stupid, bullshit. It assumes good faith from the other side, when the entire history of the negotiation undermines that assumption.
Again, what could Obama have offered to get that 1 vote that wasn't on the table?
The only answer to that is "give up on comprehensive health care reform and adopt the R band aids."
Also, read
this (again if you did before).
Insisting, in the absence of any evidence, that there was just the right incentive that Obama could have offered but refused to suggests that you don't really give a shit about facts, as long as you can demonize who you believe to be the bad guy.
