This is Keith Olbermann's father. He is very ill and has been for some time. Keith has been having a conversation regarding his father with the American public for some time now. The show on Countdown the other evening was simply a continuation of a conversation 2009.
Countdown with Keith Olbermann - Oct. 8, 2009 (click here)
by CityLightsLover
Thu Oct 08, 2009 at 06:32:23 PM PST
Beck is taking the Olbermann conversation and attempting to 'make hay' with it. I don't think so.Olbermann: All Americans should be able to make medical decisions free of worry about cost (click title to entry - thank you)
SPECIAL COMMENT
By Keith Olbermann
Anchor, 'Countdown'
msnbc.com
updated 9:31 p.m. ET, Wed., Feb. 24, 2010
...And to the politicians who go into Blair House tomorrow for the summit: I have some requests as well. Leave your egos at the door. I want, I demand, that you give everybody in this country a chance at the care my father has gotten. And I demand, that you enact this most generous and most kind aspect of the reform proposed: the right to bill the damned insurance company for the conversation about what to do when the time comes, the Life Panel....
Glenn Beck will lie out of both sides of his mouth to keep the attention on his demented campaign to cause opposition to CIVIL SOCIETY.
Today he stated, Olbermann was wrong in his understanding of what is meant by death panels.
Oh, really?
Well, he isn't because it was only the summer of 2009 when everyone, including people like Beck and the Republican Senators were screaming "They are going to pull the plug on Gramdma." That WAS the quintessential definition at 'that moment' that was 'working' to cause hysteria and anger with gun toting Tea Baggers at Town Hall Meetings.
NOW. It is obvious there is no 'Pulling the Plug on Grandma,' the definition HAS TO CHANGE.
So, in the world 'According to Beck,' the definition of 'Death Panels' takes on a far broader definition that HOPEFULLY, President Obama can't 'wiggle' out of this time. The definition this week is that when a person turns age 65 or some random age, maybe even 35, they won't be able to get knee replacements.
Everyone knows that is called 'rationing' and every knows it occurs today in our American society.
The problem with the 'communication' issues from the Right Wing of the country is that they need to publish a dictionary. Maybe if the rest of us, whom really do want to be a country rather than a party, can read a definition and apply it to any statement there might be a common understanding.
Being SLICK isn't easy for Beck, but, he is treading water as fast as he can to maintain 'SOME KIND' of political posture.
The Health Care Insurance Reform measure needs to move to Reconciliation and need to move there soon. The Democrats are obviously alone in moving the measure forward. It was noteworthy as to what everyone did agree on yesterday, but, there was no real 'new' ideas. Starting over would have been a real consideration, IF, those that wanted to start over actually had a reason to do so. They didn't. There is no magic here. There is simply writing a bill, passing it and having it submitted for signature by the President of the United States of America. No 'bright light' is going to descend from the sky to 'light the way.' We need to move on.
Yesterday was a Summit. It was suppose to bring the issue to a pinnacle of resolution. It wasn't a political gaming session. If nothing productive came out of it for the political ambitions of Republicans, then it wasn't suppose to and that is the really sad part.
