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Old 09-17-2008, 07:02 AM
 
Location: Austin
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Sustained growth thus requires successful health-care reform. Barack Obama and John McCain propose to lead us in opposite directions -- and the Obama direction is far superior.

Sen. Obama's proposal will modernize our current system of employer- and government-provided health care, keeping what works well, and making the investments now that will lead to a more efficient medical system. He does this in five ways....

Why Obama's Health Plan Is Better - WSJ.com
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Old 09-17-2008, 07:22 AM
 
Location: Montgomery County, MD
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...is that the sound of crickets...
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Old 09-17-2008, 07:28 AM
 
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In the interest of fairness, it should be pointed out that one of the co-authors is the advisor to Obama's campain -it says so at the bottom of the WSJ article
"Mr. Cutler is professor of economics at Harvard and an adviser to Barack Obama's presidential campaign."
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Old 09-17-2008, 07:36 AM
 
Location: Sacramento
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In the interest of fairness, it should be pointed out that one of the co-authors is the advisor to Obama's campain -it says so at the bottom of the WSJ article.
Critical reading is always a plus, good for you.
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Old 09-17-2008, 07:44 AM
 
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Critical reading is always a plus, good for you.
Critical thinking is equally important. I think you missed my point that it was going to be a biased article.
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Old 09-17-2008, 07:49 AM
 
Location: Sacramento
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Critical thinking is equally important. I think you missed my point that it was going to be a biased article.
Nope, I understood what you meant. Had the article been a WSJ authored editorial, rather than an advocate advertisement disguised as an article, it would have carried more significance with me.
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Old 09-17-2008, 07:53 AM
 
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In the interest of fairness, it should be pointed out that one of the co-authors is the advisor to Obama's campain -it says so at the bottom of the WSJ article
"Mr. Cutler is professor of economics at Harvard and an adviser to Barack Obama's presidential campaign."
Furthermore, the piece is offered as an opinion and not an analysis. But I guess the fact that it was printed in the WSJ is supposed to lend it some credence. Interesting, lefties citing the WSJ.
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Old 09-17-2008, 07:59 AM
 
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Furthermore, the piece is offered as an opinion and not an analysis. But I guess the fact that it was printed in the WSJ is supposed to lend it some credence. Interesting, lefties citing the WSJ.
Continuing in the interest of fairness, I think the righties will do the same if given an opportunity.
(Note to self: do not PO everyone)
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Old 09-17-2008, 08:41 AM
 
Location: Austin
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...is that the sound of crickets...
Probably. Nobody really seems to care about this stuff. The McCain campaign mantra seems to be, "Anything But The Issues."
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