Tom Price and Barack Obama go at it over health care
U.S. Rep. Tom Price (R-Roswell) was a large part of the extraordinary exchange between President Barack Obama and House Republican leaders this afternoon, captured by C-SPAN.
It’s a bit fuzzy, but here’s a YouTube clip that InsiderAdvantage’s Tom Baxter pointed us to:
The White House has the entire exchange on its Web site. Click here to see it.
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DannyX
January 30th, 2010
9:22 am
This is the reason the Republicans need to stick with the scorched earth strategy. With scorched earth you don’t have to have any ideas nor do you have to say anything truthful. Just hysterically claim that anything said by Obama will lead to socialism, communism, atheism, liberalism, and so-on.
If the Republicans engage in honest debate they are doomed. Starting with the fact that they want to rid the nation of Democrats but are unwilling to vote out the same Republican leadership that caused this mess in the first place.
The “teleprompter President” showed some leadership. Bad news for hysterical Republicans.
CC Cummings
January 30th, 2010
9:37 am
Tom Price, Saxby Chambliss and the good old boys need to Go. They have clearly not shown any leadership and sounds like a bunch of spoiled children who is either it’s going to be my way or no way. Your time is up. Enjoyed watching the President walk and chew gum at the same time. I called each of my State representatives about the HealthCare bill and was told they hadn’t even read it. Too cumbersome…too many pages. When asked whether they had a Solution they gave me a padded answer BUT NOTHING REAL..so I trul understand President Obama’s position in dealing with these idiots. Georgia Leadership is the Pits from Saxby, Westmoreland, Bishop, Price, and GOV Purdue. Time to vote out the incumbents. Anyone with me? Let’s make it happen.
OBAMA
January 30th, 2010
9:55 am
my pants on the ground….
Somebody pull em up for me.
NANCY, JOE , WHAT’S YALL DOING BEHIND ME !!!!!!!!!!!!
TLH
January 30th, 2010
9:55 am
I love to hear all the gimmecrats cry about politics. So here is my rant. Concerning my personal situation, what this health care bill means to me: I will have to pay higher taxes on the insurance I have now, my rates will be increased, my benefits will most likely be cut, if I lost coverage I will be fined, illegals most likely will be covered, along with abortions. The government will ultimately decide if I get that “life saving operation” and when. Mean while unions, and certain states are exempt on certain measures while I am not.
You nuts not only want me to support this, you also want me to like it. Who’s crazy?
I say if you want to pass this health care plan, then go ahead and pass laws so we can have free, cars, houses, food, and put a little money in our pockets while you are at it. That way EVERYBODY can sit home and enjoy the FREE ride.
TLH
January 30th, 2010
10:02 am
“An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before but had once failed an entire class.
That class had insisted that Obama’s socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.
The professor then said, “OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama’s plan”. All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A.
After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B.
The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy.
As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.
The second test average was a D! No one was happy.
When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F.
The scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.
All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.
Could not be any simpler than that.”
I did not write this and I do not know the author, but it explains my point very well.
ManiacPolitician
January 30th, 2010
10:51 am
The guy Obama is a chronic liar he believes his lies. He’s a politician that is saying the Repubicans are playing politics as usual and he is doing the same thing. He reminds me of a used care salesman, this car was driven by a little old lady on Sundays and ……………………
What I hate about Republicans is they have no backbone and this is POLITICAL WARFARE, no hold barred. We know the Democratic lies and the Obama lies, point them out and use all the tools at your disposal such as his youtube archive videos and documentated flipfloppig on legislation.
Get a spine
DannyX
January 30th, 2010
10:58 am
I love the political fantasy stuff TLH, keep them coming they are like those old Penthouse fantasy letters only with a conservative twist.
By the way, the more education you have the more likely you are to approve of the job Obama is doing. A Gallup poll released last week shows almost 60% of all college grads approve of the job Obama is doing.
Republicans are doing a great job with the high school grad though. The type that are easily manipulated and follow so loyally.
Democrats don’t seem to be the ones failing college in the real world. The class that failed in that fantasy turned out to be all Republican. They didn’t fail because of they failed the tests. They failed because they were kicked out for not finishing high school.
The Obama vs Republican knockdown was a case in point. Obama came across as the professor, Republicans looked like the average recent high school grad from Georgia sitting in class with their mouths open enjoying their Hope Scholarship.
ManiacPolitician
January 30th, 2010
11:00 am
Dahloan, Republican’s lied. Ok, who lied about Social security, medicare and other entitlement programs not having problems? Democrats. did you get your social security statement in the mail, what did it say, SS will be broke starting in 2016-17 and broke in 2037 or 46 depending on economic conditions. Who started the program FDR a democrat.
Who made a program where people are taxed and don’t receive any benefits until 3 years later….Democrats with Obama’s healthcare reform.
Who did not want Obama type healthcare in Mass. DEMOCRATS. Republicans make up at most 16% of Mass. voting body, so who is the FOOL.
Most Democrats. Even moderate Democrats have said the left wing has stolen the party. Glen Beck says it the progressives or neo-communist. No matter what…the war has just started and the revolution is beginning.
QueDawg
January 30th, 2010
11:36 am
Maniac,
They are playing politics!!! They are all talk and have not produced a single solution. Instead they have this vague idea of what should happen but nothing on paper. Price could not even quote from their resolution, he just kept asking the President to read it! Cmon man!!!!!
DannyX
January 30th, 2010
11:42 am
Lol Maniac, you might want to get off those right wing websites for a while.
The Massachusetts health care system is a Republican plan. If it failed it was because of the Republican governor who came up with the plan, Mitt Romney, and the Republicans that voted for the plan, like Republican hero Scott Brown.
Btw, any word on when Republican leaders that came up with the super-socialistic Medicare Part D drug program are going to be held accountable? Remember? The billions of dollars a year still UNFUNDED communist plan the Republicans enacted just a few short years ago? 80% of the Republican Congressmen in that room where they got that Obama whipping voted for that Russian style entitlement that steals from the rich and gives to the poor.
This is why Obama finally finding his voice is really a bad thing for Republicans. Whats on your resume Republicans? Hows Georgia doing under Republican rule?
dixie clear
January 30th, 2010
12:03 pm
Impeach NOBAMA!!!
Jeff
January 30th, 2010
12:23 pm
The left wing socialist “communest” liberals are IDIOTS!! and I really am starting hate them. They want for Government to take care of them in every way with no personal resposibility of there own. What they are too stupid to realize is that once that government gets that power it becomes a monster that has its own agenda and you same idots will not like what comes with that.. Your freedom to be activist as your nature demands will be lost.. You will then be thrown in jail or executed for speakiing out, Go live in China for a while and then come back. If you do then you will convert to be a conservative.
Our Constitution was writen to defend us from that type of control!
JG
January 30th, 2010
12:28 pm
Tom Price? The same Tom Price that shrieked like a little girl in a misguided effort to shout down congresswomen speaking about women’s health issues during the health care debate? That Tom Price? Well, maybe he has grown a pair since his hissy fit. Impressive.
Joe
January 30th, 2010
12:34 pm
All you have to do is read both health care plans, they are both available online. The Democrats one is far superior to the Republicans one. The reason why most educated people realize this is because they will take the time to read through both instead of just believing what Fox News is trying to feed the public. I can’t understand how anyone can still take Fox News seriously at this point. They have been caught over and over again using false images to deceive the public. I’m sorry but anyone who thinks that Obama is trying to turn this country into a socialist country and at the same time complains about how much money he gave to Wall Street & the banks for the bailouts, I have to question their intelligence. None of the arguments from the far right these days even make any sense. Who cares what Glenn Beck says? He is a jackass that is only interested in selling his books. Anybody that is against health care reform in this country would feel completely different about it if they had a little kid who got sick and were denied coverage because of a little error they might have made while filling out the forms. Doesn’t the fact there is even a term pre-existing condition (which by the way HMO’s created this term) tell you there is a problem?
JG
January 30th, 2010
12:34 pm
Jeff — Ummmm … are you, by any chance, a product of the government supported public education system? Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but here’s one word of advice: dictionary.
You misspelled “communist” and for some reason put it within quote marks. Well, so did I. Also, you chose to capitalize ‘Government’ then used lower case. Make up your mine. And ‘hate?’ Aren’t you getting a little too over-emotional about this? You remind me of Tom Price. Wait … are you a doctor, too? Also, what is an ‘idot?’ Oh, the list goes on. Also, concentrate on writing complete sentences. You’ll make your insane rant so much more convincing.
JG
January 30th, 2010
12:36 pm
See, I’m a public school product, too. I wrote ‘mine’ when I meant ‘mind.’ Jeff, help me convert!
Chris Mathews is covered in his own spittle because he is drinking, again.
January 30th, 2010
12:43 pm
Since the libs (QueDawg et al) are like libs everywhere, even if you put the GOP healthcare plan inforont of them the will deny it. Here is the link to the 219 page GOP plan.
tc
January 30th, 2010
12:47 pm
jeff you think corporations aren’t going to control everything in a few years? they only put up with the bible thumpers and neocons until they gain almost total domination of the country. the top 1% in country earned 24% of the income…….not wealth. for what screwing up our economy with no value added paper pushing. they would jettison the religious right, tea baggers and neocons, but they need them to constitute a slim majority. which group are you in?
karuna del mar
January 30th, 2010
1:10 pm
Obama took the long way around the barn to throw ppl off but still did not answer tom price’s [who is a dr] question. i don’t care what you ppl say… he did NOT answer the question about what to tell their constituents.
CC Cummings
January 30th, 2010
1:20 pm
Here’s another thought: After yesterday’s Session (and eye-opener), I SEE NOW why the WORLD voted for OUR President to win The Nobel Peace Prize. Give’em Hell, President Obama. Did anyone hear when he said “that the American people sent us to Congress not for our job security but for the job security of the American People”. When was the last time any President got it? THEY WORK FOR US. Oooh, I’m in Georgia and since the 80s the government (Republican) has only been working for the 1%. Cross the board tax cuts…LOVED how POTUS stated he’s not going to allow you push down 100% of what you want without taking into account other factors..ie THE PEOPLE who elect us. Already hosting a fundraiser for Barack Obama-REELECTION 2012. F*** Palin! And I’m a woman.
CC Cummings
January 30th, 2010
1:26 pm
@Karuna-Point EXACTLY…The POTUS doesn’t have to tell Price’s Constituents’ jack. And if Price can’t come up with words for his own constituents, I shiver to see what was actually given to the POTUS of to read. Oh the embarassment of it all. Think about it, if his Resolution #3400F***up was legitimate and substantive what Price should tell his constituents or better yet SHOW his constituents is a Legitimate Solutions that are backed up by SOUND Economic principles. SHOW me that and as a constituent if it is understandable I’m calling the WH myself and demanding my President to support him.
Peter Mokhiber
January 30th, 2010
1:52 pm
Joe, Did I get your words right?
“None of the arguments from the far right these days even make any sense. Who cares what Glenn Beck says?”
You do exactly what I have said previously. Attack the person not their ideals or ideas. It is simple and way to general. I will gladly in this or any other forum have a discussion that focuses on topics rather than attacks at people.
It is absolutely true that the political opinions from the right and left very dramatically. If you can’t point out any specific ideas or contradictions please don’t attack our character. Just to attack Fox News or Beck is simple and naive.
Would you like me to begin to discuss some of the things discussed on MSNBC or Air America (Opps’s can’t -sorry they just filed bankruptcy).
My guess is you can’t keep up and if so why don’t you just stay on the porch.
Peter
Chris Mathews is covered in his own spittle because he is drinking, again.
January 30th, 2010
2:25 pm
Sorry here is the link to the GOP plan. LIberal deniers notwithstanding., Hey libs, how is that hope and change working out for you? Where are Obama poll #’s again. Please remind me.
Chris Mathews is covered in his own spittle because he is drinking, again.
January 30th, 2010
2:27 pm
here again. http://www.gop.gov/solutions/healthcare Jumbo G must not want it posted .
Sic semper tyrannis
January 30th, 2010
2:30 pm
WHY are we as a nation afraid to look at the health care systems of other countries and try to model best practices of the ones that are doing a better job keeping their citizens healthy? We spend a world-leading 16% of our GDP on healthcare and the return we get on it is shameful. We get less coverage and more red tape per dollar than another other country. Look how Europe, even with declining, aging populations, takes care of its citizens by removing the PROFIT motive from curing disease or treating discomfort. The private insurance system and drug companies receive on average 25% annual profit out of this $2,6 TRILLION industry: that’s $650 BILLION annually we can use to buy down the deficit or shore up Medicare.
Some of you rednecks need to get out of your bars and pickups and travel to a county like Costa Rica or France, Norway, Spain or even tiny Andorra. If you get sick or injured there, nobody will leave you to die because you don’t have an insurance card. This infantile “I can do it all myself” ideology is dragging us further behind our #37 ranking to “Socialist” nations in infant mortality, life span, morbidity, hospital efficiency and per capita cost of care. There is no other entity big or powerful enough to force discounts and efficiency procedures on a huge industry other than the government. Who would you rather have, a government official with no incentive to deny you treatment, or health care millionaires like Richard Scrushy or Bill Frist looking out for your family’s health? Socialist, you bet I am. You’d be too if you could qualify for a passport and see what’s going on in the rest of the world. This has nothing to do with confrontations between personalities, but everything about what we stand for as a nation and our attitudes toward life, health and happiness of its citizens.
Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_the_United_States
Joe
January 30th, 2010
2:39 pm
@Peter
I have listened to Glenn Beck’s ideals or ideas or whatever you want to call them. Last time I was somewhere that Fox News was on they were doing a poll on if scientists falsified research on global warming, maybe you have heard of this poll they did? They had it so that the results showed 59% said somewhat likely, 35% very likely and 26% not very likely. Do you see anything wrong with this? Try doing the math. I can’t keep up? You aren’t even intelligent enough to realize the term is vary not very. Don’t question someone else’s intelligence on a public forum until you learn to use proper grammar. You want a contradiction? How about telling someone in the same post not to attack someone’s character and then end it by attacking someone’s character? Can you point out to me where in your post you are actually focusing on the topics and not attacking? I didn’t think so. I don’t think everybody that is conservative is stupid; actually some of the most intelligent people I know are conservative. They are smart enough to know that just because they don’t agree with everything Obama is trying to do, it doesn’t mean Obama is socialist or Nazi or whatever Fox News is trying to convince us he is these days. My smart conservative friends are intelligent enough to agree with me that Glenn Beck is a jackass and that Fox News is a joke.
Joe
DannyX
January 30th, 2010
2:42 pm
Chris Mathews is covered in his own spittle because he is drinking, again, how does the Republican health care plan stack up against the Republican Medicare Part D Plan?
I’ll bet there are some similarities seeing how most of the same Republicans are still in office.
Does the Republican health care plan also call for billions and billions of yearly unfunded deficit ballooning spending, you know like the socialist Republican Medicare Part D?
Chris Mathews is covered in his own spittle because he is drinking, again.
January 30th, 2010
2:52 pm
Unless your are drunk already, Danny X, read the plan. I am sure that you were educated in a Gov’t school, but do some leg work. Read the bill or don’t complain about not knowing what is in it or assuming that you know. Are you a typical lazy lib or just stupid (or am I splitting hairs)?
CHOMP
January 30th, 2010
3:05 pm
Tom Price is a credit to the US Congress and knows more on this issue than anyone in D.C.,eclipsing the ignorant comments of this blog. Most of you are obviously already receiving government entitlements and want those of us who support you to be burdened even more. All was predicted in ATLAS SHRUGGED.
Democratic Hack
January 30th, 2010
3:18 pm
Do all of you Democratic Hacks really believe Obama’s spin?
Do you still believe unemployment will not rise above 8%?
Do you still believe we closed Gitmo by 12/31/09?
Do you still believe the war will not be escalated?
Do you think Obama actually listened to Republican ideas?
Do you still believe terrorist should be read their Miranda rights?
Do you still think terrorist should be tried in NY City?
Do you still believe health care will not increase our debt?
Do you still believe that the Dems lost Mass. because Obama is not far enough to the left?
tc
January 30th, 2010
3:22 pm
maybe price was being polite, but it sure looked like obama handed his ass to him
bob piat
January 30th, 2010
3:26 pm
that’s why people like Obama … he’s reasonable.
DannyX
January 30th, 2010
3:49 pm
I think any rational Republican understands what is going on here in Georgia.
The Georgia brand of conservatism is being lampooned. Obama takes down Price. Wow.
Of course earlier in the week a Republican basically told Georgia to get lost. Republicans in Florida again won out over Georgia. First water now transportation. Republican Transportation Sec LaHood ignored Republican Georgia and rewarded Republican Florida with high speed stimulus bonanza.
DannyX
January 30th, 2010
4:08 pm
God bless bi-partisanship! What a week.
Republican Transportation Secretary LaHood helps dole out stimulus money that Republican governors gobble up by the hundreds of millions.
Its also announced that Republican Defense Sec Gates will officially announce plans next week for ending Dont Ask Dont Tell.
Chris Mathews is covered in his own spittle because he is drinking, again.
January 30th, 2010
4:25 pm
Danny X did you get someone to read the bill to you yet? Or are you just reading off somebody else’s solking point? Coward.
Joe
January 30th, 2010
5:04 pm
I love how Obama calls them out on going to the ribbon cuttings for things they voted against. Awesome!! @ Chris Mathews (shouldn’t it be Matthews?) You should just stop posting because Danny X is embarrassing you. I’m sure he has read the Republican bill just like I have and realizes that they don’t mention anywhere about how they are going to pay for any of this. They did come up with some good ideas that the Democrats have added to their bill, but some of their ideas if you take a minute to think them through would only make things worse for people who are already being denied coverage.
Chris Mathews is covered in his own spittle because he is drinking, again.
January 30th, 2010
5:12 pm
Joe did not read it either. Typical lib. For the record the Republicans did not stop Obamacare. The fractued democrat party did, All this is just transference, Pathetic.
DannyX
January 30th, 2010
5:40 pm
so,….. Chris Mathews is covered in his own spittle because he is drinking, again., The Democrats are responsible, you say, for killing their own bad Bill.
On the other hand the Republicans went ahead and PASSED their own socialistic Medicare Part D communistic Drug Plan? Certainly Republicans are NOT to be trusted.
Did you know that the almost 1000 page socialistic Republican Medicare Big Government Drug Bill passed just 29 hours after it was drafted. I wonder how many people read the almost 1000 page socialistic Republican Big Government unfunded deficit inducing welfare Bill?
Peter Mokhiber
January 30th, 2010
6:20 pm
Another request to Joe.
I guess when asked to have a fair debate above name calling and claiming lies you would rather bow out. Well maybe, we’ll try and expand the request.
Is anyone out there interested in an open debate regarding health care interested since Joe after respectfully requesting an in depth coversation couldn’t response when he needed to bring facts and lucid arguements to the table.
Too bad it would have been a fun excercise.
Peter
Chris Mathews is covered in his own spittle because he is drinking, again.
January 30th, 2010
6:47 pm
I did not support Part D either. But you still haven’t read the new bill, have you? And yes the democrat party did kill Obamacare. Here’s the difference btw the GOP and the Democrat Pariy, the GOP has turned from its “big gov’t” ways; whereras the Democrat party is embracing it, yelling “the GOP did it.” I hope they contunue to live in denial. Read the new GOP plan, Danny 10, read it.
Peter Mokhiber
January 30th, 2010
7:16 pm
Joe,
This is going to be fun. I will am out and about and will have to wait to respond in total to your comments. I appreciate that you have moved the conversation to Global warming. It seems appropriate to change the topic.
If we are to have a meaningful discussion let’s establish some ground rule.
1. What would you like to talk about? Fox News, Health Care, Global Warming, The Congress and President or personal attacks?
2. Name Calling, Intelligence?
3. Neither of us will name call or demean the other.
4. Others can participate.
R u up for it?
Peter
DannyX
January 30th, 2010
7:24 pm
Still haven’t read the new Bill? I’ve been ignoring that kindergarten question all day. Its just plain stupid.
I could also care less about my points you choose to ignore.
You can go on all night about how the Republicans have just changed over night. The evidence does not show that at all. You continue to re-elect the same people that got us into this huge mess in the first place. Republicans won’t earn any respect until they throw some of their own bums out of office. Like the diaper wearing hooker supporting Senator from La. who voted AYE on the Medicare D Bill. Or just about every single GOP leader that voted yes also.
Republicans may also want to stop fighting over who gets the most Big Government stimulus money. How about reining in Congressmen like Kingston and the rest of the Republican Congressman that despite being in the minority took in the most earmark money.
And most of all how about Republicans make repealing Medicare Part D their number one priority? Maybe talk about fixing their own mistake before the Democrat one is even passed.
Chris Mathews is covered in his own spittle because he is drinking, again.
January 30th, 2010
7:42 pm
I would love to discuss the Man-Made Global Warming Hoax with Joe, Danny 10 or any other lib hack.
ProgressivePeach.com
January 30th, 2010
7:45 pm
Tom “Ned Flanders” Price is a liar — and the president called him out on in Friday. What great television. I pray the Democrats run someone against Price this year. His head will explode as more and more voters begin to realize he’s a tool who’s parroting talking points his corporate masters feed him.
DannyX
January 30th, 2010
7:47 pm
Congressman Price on the other hand had every chance to explain the Republican Bill. Instead he decided to go on a bizarre talking points spree.
One of the main targets of Republican talkers is tort reform. Dr. Price had every opportunity to make a point but looked like a fool. Here is a Doctor that could not make one single claim that tort reform reduced Georgia malpractice premiums. No facts no figures. Just lame comments like “you haven’t read our plan,” even after Obama countless times said he had.
Chris Mathews is covered in his own spittle because he is drinking, again.
January 30th, 2010
7:50 pm
Danny 10, it was not over night. It started during the 06 mid-terms when conservatives stayed home. Anyway, you are right and Mr. Hopey Changey should lead the fight to repeal part D. He is the President, after all. Although you think it stupid, you really should read the plan (or have someone read it to you) you may learn something and find that your generealizations are foolish.
James
January 30th, 2010
8:09 pm
@”Chris et al” – BS you sack of wine don’t you even dare. If we are left without meaningful and effective healthcare reform it’s you and your GOP cronies that are to blame. They have stonewalled this administration from the start. You own it period.
Chris Mathews is covered in his own spittle because he is drinking, again.
January 30th, 2010
8:16 pm
James is delusional. Democrats killed Obamacare. Anything else is pure fiction.
Chris Mathews is covered in his own spittle because he is drinking, again.
January 30th, 2010
8:23 pm
Oh, and I dare. Who are you, you lib panty-waste? I have an idea, why do you go out back and plame a game of hide and go f@*k yourself!
Chris Mathews is covered in his own spittle because he is drinking, again.
January 30th, 2010
8:27 pm
Until Scott Brown beat that democrat arse in MA, the Dems a 60 vote majority in the Senate (they still control 59 of 60 seats), Stretch Pelosi still runs the House and The Obama is Pres.. Like I said the Democrat party has none to blame, but the lib in the mirror. Delicious!