Newtie got his ass handed to him on This Week.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

Dr. Dean & George slapped him around.

And now, Peggy Noonan to the GOP rescue!

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. Thanks for the news. I can't stand to watch that show anymore.

[johnfunk]

2. Nooners!

The loon! The loon! Stay the hell away from the parallel dimension in which she lives!

[kentuck]

3. Facts have always been unfriendly to Newt.

When he is called on his bullshit.

[havocmom]

4. The good doctor always comes through

The little newt needs to be chased back under his rock.

edited for typo

[Eric J in MN]

5. As far as Republicans go, Peggy Noonan seems relatively reasonable on health care.

I don't agree with everthing in this article by Peggy Noonan, but it has some good ideas.

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204619004574320743837417378.html

...if FDR were advising President Obama right now, what would he say?

He might look at the lay of the land and tell Mr. Obama something like this:

“My friend, you’re in a bit of a fix. Falling polls, decreasing support for health care. Beyond that, you’re stuck in a bit of a lose-lose. If you don’t get a bill along the lines you’ve announced, you’ll look ineffective and weak—a loser. If, on the other hand, you win, if you get what you asked for, it will all be a mess and all be on you. The system will be overwhelmed, the government won’t be able to execute properly, the costs will be huge. The new regime will thoroughly discombobulate things just in time for everyone’s complaints to reach a crescendo by Election Day 2010.

“But I have an idea, and hear me out. You already have Medicare, a single-payer national health-care system for those 65 and older. Little Harry Truman was the first American to get a Medicare card in 1965, did you know that? LBJ hauled him in for a ceremony. Anyway, Americans like Medicare. So here’s the plan. From here on in, every day, start talking about it: ‘Medicare this, Medicare that, Medicare.’ Get your people in Congress to focus on making the system ‘healthier.’ It’s rife with waste, fraud and abuse, everyone knows that. And there’s the demographic time bomb. Come together in a great show of bipartisan feeling with our Republican friends and announce some serious cost-saving measures that are both legitimate and farsighted. Be Dr. Save the System. On thorny issues like end-of-life care, put together a bipartisan commission, show you’re open to Republican suggestions.

“Then, at the end, get your Democratic majorities to make one little change in the program—it’s now open to all. You don’t have to be 65. The uninsured can enroll. Do it in the dead of night if you have to, you’ve got the votes.
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[Gidney N Cloyd]

8. I have to admit she at least sounds constructive.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

6. I think Peggy should close her comments w/ an interpretive dance

followed by a brief reading from the Book of Reagan and some incense burning.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

9. ...

:fistbump:

[ensho]

10. good one Phoebe - lol - Peggy is a loon

nt

[Catshrink]

11. Wow!

When I read your post I stopped and thought. That may be the most perfect idea I have ever seen on DU. It sums her up perfectly. You are a freaking genius.

:toast:

[SpiralHawk]

15. Ronnie Reagan's dead astrolger* has told her to bide her time

on those particular stunts.

* Routinely channeled by Republicon Homelander occultists.

[OneGrassRoot]

7. Gov. Dean is an EXCELLENT spokesperson about this issue....

:applause:

[ncteechur]

12. Did Newt advocate for a cancer-divorce clause of the reform bill?

[SpiralHawk]

13. Republicon hypocrites are always SCHOCKED when called on their egregious Bs

Why do Republicons hate the truth?

[UTUSN]

14. More details here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6258486