public option

How Bullshit Magically Turns Into Fact

by Karoli on November 25, 2011 · 94 comments

I used to write these stories debunking the right wing only, and usually in the context of Fox News. But lately, it seems as though the entire angry political blogosphere, whether right, left or libertarian, seems to need to magically transform bullshit into fact. I’m going to give you two examples of how this works [...]

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Hillary for VP, redux

by Karoli on March 10, 2010 · 13 comments

Strains of June, 2008 play on. Back then, Barack Obama won the primary race but Hillary Clinton did not concede on cue. Speculation abounded. Would Hillary divide, or unite the Democrats? Would Barack choose her as his running mate? Every day on Newsgang Live that summer, Steve Gillmor insisted that Hillary would be VP, that [...]

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I’m for a public option. Just not this public option.

by Karoli on March 4, 2010 · 13 comments

I see a ton of enthusiasm for the public option. I understand it. Emotionally, I agree. Intellectually, not so much. A public option is attractive on paper but has some serious and real pitfalls in my view. I understand why people don’t want to ‘let insurers win’ on this and also why they hate having [...]

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