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Dead on Arrival?

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Dead on Arrival?

Published: Mon, 9 Nov 2009

Description: Dick Morris on trials and tribulations facing health care bill in Senate

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" On this historic day. Vote for more perfect union. Of which are founders' dream. This bill is not what the American people want and it certainly is not what the doctor ordered. If the Pelosi health care bill passes today you've probably illusion health insurance. You might just solution job we'll be fine tune up not a major role the American people deserve better than. They are worried with good reason don't -- need to pay for health care that you guys want if -- health care paid for yourself. This democratic plan the dangers experiment. This is not only a job killing bill sad to say. This -- freedom Kellie -- We believe in freedom your freedom -- and the bright lights of freedom of the dimming. For decades because government continues to grow. Make history today. And vote yes on this film."

" Now belatedly. Playoff berths Bemis give BS hospital -- if your -- and say this late game. You fix the snake you don't take a wreck involved with the entire kitchen. -- a quiet. Wanna try it one -- thought. Come on America by his -- This is a declaration of dependant state what -- American blood. American fortunes and there is no longer in that. We already have fight we're ready to make sure that the need health insurance we'll have up on their side whatever you do please. Vote no for the underlined."

" She. The bill is --"

" The liberal takeover of your health care system move forward on Saturday evening. When midnight struck in the garden of Nancy and -- America was one step closer to a universal nightmare or is it. Now despite the San Francisco speakers victory lap on Saturday night. This bill is far from becoming law some senators already saying the bill is dead on arrival but more importantly. The trials and tribulations of the House of Representatives may not be over. Many blue dog Democrats only voted for the bill on Saturday night. After an amendment was approved that specifically address concerns that federal money may be spent on abortions by democratic congresswoman. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida said today that she expects that provision to be stripped when the bill goes through conference. And the Washington Post reported today that Colorado democratic congresswoman. Diana DeGette is circulating a petition. With the least forty signatures of other Democrats claiming that they won't support final passage of the bill the -- the abortion provision is taken out. As a result it appears that blows his arm twisting has actually intensified the internal war within the Democratic Party. Because without those forty Democrats the bill won't pass but without the blue dogs who supported the abortion amendment it may not pass either. And joining me tonight would much more is the author of the New York Times number one best seller catastrophe by the -- great Christmas grip -- if people haven't -- a copy of the yet. I see you literally have consistently terror and the I -- if you've got that the senator say no way. Okay Lieberman is saying that -- filibuster. You've got the blue he got in the Senate this saying no way they gonna get a big government option that you've got these two internal battles that I just described. But he -- well. The fight over the public."

" Option. Is is the focus at the moment of the Senate debate on the abortion provision as well. I don't personally much care about either one I think that the bill. I even with the abortion amendment to even without the public option is planning injurious itself that would leave the Medicare cuts the huge payments by the uninsured. Up one of the provisions in the Pelosi bill if you actually can go to jail for not having health insurance. It says that if you don't have health insurance you have to pay a fine. Of two and a half percent of your income to the government -- if you don't."

" You face 250000. Dollars or 55 years in prison. He imagining your prison yard what do you -- murder -- for rape I didn't have health and."

" Fifth and I cut -- I don't legal but I mean this is choreographed well put that nobody really knows the provision to get it all the bill changed since we got handed -- monstrosity. So so they're supposed to do they think this is a big victory how they overcome these internal battles in the Democratic Party or do they not overcome. They overcome them. So we will have a bill well right now we will. If the current status of public opinion. 42 to 55 for in the last poll 455. To 52 opposing it. If those numbers hold and you only have a ten or fifteen point margin against the idea. This bill is gonna pass probably without a public option but it's gonna go through."

" But if we can move public opinion five more points in each direction. If we can knock the support down into the high thirties and increase the opposition up to sixty which we can do. Then I think we have been very very good chance of defeating the whole thing entirely safe even with the jail provision that not on guarantee you 90% of Americans don't know or even with the massive Medicare cuts 500 billion dollars in this bill."

" And the massive tax increases sure which are included in this bill and penalizing business. And individuals in the bill. You're saying that if the Democrats will overcome public opinion passes is a political suicide. -- yes he's so what happened in Jersey and you so what happened in Virginia."

" I did an interest -- bit of math the other day I took the Jersey in the Virginia results and I compared them with 1993."

" And then 93 the year before the 94 wiped out when the Republicans. Took everything for the first time in forty years. The the Virginia race when Republicans 5841."

" Same numbers is this time."

" The Jersey -- race when Republicans 4948."

" This time was 4945. And so yeah it's right on track to replicate -- while the Democrats can walk the walk the plank well. And it isn't quite."

" Clear enough to them that this is a disaster."

" We have to make it a lot clearer."

" We have to be a lot more focus to turning this thing around him that's right Dick Morris dot com please go to it. And followed the step by step advice about how to defeat that. This -- I can't let you go without asking about Fort Hood and this guy apparently it is that there are reports now for some period of time. That our government knew that he was trying to contact al-Qaeda -- The question then is why wouldn't they have removed him chair from this position went. They all these questions are going to come more and more pertinent and we going to see that it's because we've tied the hands of the intelligence community. That they are so worried about stripping somebody in the civil rights will be court accused of falsely accusing somebody. And being racially insensitive. That they literally you worry themselves about being insufficient political correctness could have kept colleagues and our own government yet from stopping somebody that they knew was dangerous -- wanna take on somebody. But as a radical Islamic roots. -- it would precisely. And I also think that the hoops that Obama has been jumping through to avoid you calling this terrorist. It's an act of violence that comparing it to the column buying shooter look you don't have to have a group to commit a terrorist act a lone wolf can do it. The difference between murder and terrorism as motivation."

" In this guy obviously had a political motivation. Which makes a terrorist -- the first domestic at this as an American so why won't sign let let."

" Why won't anybody say what you just said and I -- I don't know that."

" This is what this is the first attack."

" Since 9/11 minutes the consequence. Of the unilateral disarmament of Barack Obama has brought. To the intelligence it's not a war on terror this is a man caused disaster we can't use the phrase war turned that I would not allow to it and he's done everything -- To put at this -- psychological history is grumbling on assignment all left so he doesn't have to answer for terrorist attack Arctic could this year we'll see next Monday thanks to --"

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