Starting to like this guy
Never was a fan of Corker when he ran. He was, in my view, one of the good ol’ boy rich guy network. But he’s started to impress me. Here, he explains why the public option isn’t that a good idea.
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October 16th, 2009 at 11:03 am
He was one of the biggest proponents of the GM bailout, though I think he has since seen the error of his ways.
He’s one we have to keep an eye on. Actually, Lamar, too.
October 16th, 2009 at 11:04 am
Don’t drink the Kool-Aid, Uncle!
I was active in Republican politics his first go around for senate (against that squish Frist), and he didn’t impress me.
Add to that all the shenanigans he precipitated in Chattanooga? I wouldn’t have voted for him.
October 16th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Public option means he gets less linings in his pockets. The guy is scum.
October 16th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
He doesn’t support a public option because he thinks it will be too popular?
October 16th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Unfortunately, Corker’s explanation is bogus. There’s one study that said anything of the sort, and it has little to do with the public option as proposed. That study said that given a choice to switch to a government-run insurance plan, 119 million people (most of whom currently have private insurance) would do so voluntarily. Except that if health care reform passes with a public option, they won’t be able to, because the public option would only be available to people who qualify for the exchanges, meaning those who are currently uninsured, or are self-employed, or work for very small employers who don’t offer them insurance. The actual number of people likely to be covered by a public option wouldn’t much exceed 10 million.
Now, you could argue that the public option could be expanded later and made available to more people, but the only way that happens is if the public option works — that is, it provides comparable or better care for less money, and more people therefore clamor to be allowed to switch. Of course, since government is terrible at everything it does, there’s nothing to worry about there, now is there?
October 18th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
He’s blowing smoke up your kilt.
These critters have a stronger survival instinct than cock roaches.
Critters??? Cock roaches??? Is there a similiarity here Bug?!?! (Credit: Uncle Buck. Sorry, I can’t quote it verbatim, but it goes something like that.)
October 20th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Andrew:
He was remarking that his ax was sharp enough to circumsize a gnat. “Why I’ve been known to circumcise a gnat. You’re not a gnat are you, Bug? Wait a minute, bug, gnat. Is there a little similarity?”
October 20th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
And it wasn’t an ax, come to think of it, but a hatchet, because he was talking about “burying the hatchet.”