Title: If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed
As they keep on pushing their agenda, I hate the media. Bankruptcy is too good for these shills.

David

If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.--Mark Twain 

 


On 8/4/2010 1:47 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Interesting how the Left press reports the news, and the Left TV networks.
Public rejection of a key provision of the Health Care Law was overwhelming.
Here are the statistics, with a YES vote being rejection :
 

Yes 667,680  71.1%
  No 271,102  28.9%
 
That is as close to unanimous as votes ever get in the USA.
The NY Times did not print the tally, the TV networks did not mention the vote count.
And the "take" on the story was to soft soap the results, other things matter more,
besides, the issue was "really" about state government.
 
Get the idea ?
 
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NY Times
 
Missouri Voters Reject Health Law
 
Missouri voters on Tuesday easily approved a measure aimed at nullifying the new federal health care law, becoming the first state in the nation where ordinary people made known their dismay over the issue at the ballot box

The measure was intended to invalidate a crucial element of President Obama’s health care law — namely, that most people be required to get health insurance or pay a tax penalty. Supporters of the measure said it would send a firm signal to Washington about how this state, often a bellwether in presidential elections, felt about such a law.

“My constituents told me they felt like their voices had been ignored and they wanted Washington to hear them,” Jane Cunningham, a state senator and Republican who had pressed for a vote, said Tuesday night. “It looks to me like they just picked up a megaphone.”

The referendum, known as Proposition C, was seen as a first look at efforts by conservatives to gather and rally their forces over the issue. In the end, though, the referendum seemed not to capture the general population’s attention. Instead, Republican primary voters (who had the most competitive races on Tuesday) appeared to play a crucial role in the vote’s fate.

Practically speaking, it remains entirely uncertain what effect the vote will have. The insurance requirement of the federal health care law does not come into effect until 2014. By then, experts say, the courts are likely to weigh in on the provision requiring people to buy insurance.

“While we’re disappointed that Missourians didn’t vote against this, we think the courts will ultimately decide it,” said David M. Dillon, a spokesman for the Missouri Hospital Association.

For some, the outcome was not merely about health care, but about the role of states in setting policy.

“This really wasn’t an effort to poke the president in the eye,” said State Senator Jim Lembke, a Republican. “First and foremost, this was about defining the role of state government and the role of federal government. Whether it’s here in Missouri with health care or in Arizona with illegal immigration, the states are going to get together on this now.”

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