I'm hearing President Obama saying something that I hear from right-wingers all the time.

[dem629]

Variations of: "Veterans deserve the best health-care."

My question (which used to be reserved for right-wingers but now must be asked of President Obama): "Who in this society doesn't?"

[avaistheone1]

1. Agreed. Health care is a human right.

[emilyg]

2. k

[Better Today]

3. Yes, I agree. Without each of us healthy and reasonably wealthy

everything goes to crap, as evidenced by our current dilemmas.

[kirby]

4. Politics...

The time honored tradition of paying lip service to honor our war Veterans.

All the while ignoring a lot of their real needs.

[tabasco]

16. Obama increased the VA budget by more than in 30 years,

That's not lip service, jackass.

[Orsino]

5. I see your point...

...though, considering what we've asked of veterans, I'm hard-pressed to argue that they don't somehow deserve even more.

If the point of the statement is "don't screw up vets' health care," I'd agree.

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Yes, we asked a lot of them. But did they really go and fight to keep us safe

just until lack of medical care brings us down? Some of them may want that, but I am sure many other vets don't because they care about the citizens they worked so hard to protect.

[Orsino]

9. Yeah. The oath I took specified enemies "foreign and domestic."

But I understand that the troops are a little busy now, defending our far, far eastern borders from something or other.

[dem629]

20. You should be hard-pressed to argue that they deserve more.

Why?

[Orsino]

23. I meant that they do indeed deserve more...

...if deserving has anything to do with the quality of health care a citizen should receive.

[BlooInBloo]

6. Yes, Obama is a right-winger.

[dem629]

21. I looked around. Can't find anyone here saying that.

Get some rest.

[Laelth]

7. Good question. n/t

:dem:

-Laelth

[mzmolly]

10. The difference is that the R/W says "veterans deserve better health care."

To answer your question, President Obama feels we ALL deserve "the best health care" thus his battle for change.

[cui bono]

11. I'm not seeing any battle. n/t

[mzmolly]

12. Then you're not paying attention.

;)

[cui bono]

13. Au contraire. I only see one side fighting. I believe a battle involves two sides.

;)

[mzmolly]

14. Well then, Obama should cancel his public appearances and town halls

and hit Camp David. :)

[dem629]

17. He does? How do we know that based on what he's doing?

[crazy_vanilla]

15. sorry, but he is sounding like just another politician

I still can't get over that. So much for big dreams and hopes for real change.

[dem629]

18. No one should be surprised. These pols are all the same.

[leftstreet]

19. He always did

Although to his credit, he did it better than the others.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

22. Slogans do not equal policies.

“Now, the man on the stand he wants my vote,
He's a-runnin' for office on the ballot note.
He's out there preachin' in front of the steeple,
Tellin' me he loves all kinds-a people.
(He's eatin' bagels
He's eatin' pizza
He's eatin' chitlins
He's eatin' bullshit!)”

Bob Dylan