ABC News president calls GOP’s healthcare attacks a ’sorry spectacle’

Gadzooks, heaven forbid a media outlet should actually examine and explain in detail a proposal by government to radically change policy. Can't have that sort of thing oh no sirree bob. Gotta keep people in the dark and distract them with ads.

Glad I live in a part of the world where programming called "the news" involves telling us about "the news" and nobody finds it weird.

Good for ABC News President David Westin! So right.

Who knows exactly what is in the minds of the Republicans, it's just bizarre and disconnected from reality of most Americans.

The Republican's appear to view health care for Americans (and by extension our quality of life and even life itself) in the same manner they view the lives of innocent Iraqis; non-combatant's are expendable; collateral damage; I'm safe, who cares about anyone else?; if they didn't deserve to die, they wouldn't; if God had intended humans to fly, we would have wings; the world is flat, just look it's a self evident truth; Elvis Presley lives in West Lake Park; the Iraqis like to have their friends and family blown to pieces, it's their way of life.

I'm not sure I agree completely with President Obama. I do think he is headed in the right direction, but I heard him speak earlier today and he is moving toward forced health care. People will be forced to add 'health insurance' to their already overburdened budget. They will fine people who do not carry health care. That's just sad.

It won't be a strain on people who can already afford health care, it will be a strain on people who are already stuggling to survive. Enough is enough!

People are unable to find jobs, let alone adding forced insurance onto their backs. Create jobs! Don't add burden before jobs, that's just crazy!

Start clinics across America and give people alternative places to go for reasonable health care. If we can afford to bail out auto companies, we can afford to set up clinics. There are a lot of doctors in America who still owe student loans. Aid them with their student loans, by letting them work it off in neighborhood clinics.

The Republican argument is : "No, we don't want "socialist" medicine, we'd rather the current kind-hearted insurance companies run health care."

The stupidity of this argument would be stunning until you realize it's coming from Republicans who have got to be some of the dumbest people on the planet.

They voted for that traitorous piece of garbage of George Bush then played their banjos while the country went into meltdown.

Then to boot, how stupid do you have to be to be "re-invigorated" by Sarah Palin .. ? Seriously ??

The only people left as Republicans are racists, (kkk, skin heads, nazis, etc), or idiots. Hence their stupid argument.

Obvious troll is obvious cmordus1 ;).

Even if you are a joking troll :P.

We reporters and Journalists should bring these people forward and expose their whole dirty business that it is in few words; "Kill people all over America." Let us show all Americans how "friendly" these people really are. Open up!

ABC is Democrat shill

The ABC News President with integrity. This is the funniest thing I've seen today. ABC is so in bed with the Obamabots they have difficulty seeing reality. There is no fairness or objectivity in the alphabet networks.

As it stands now, the ABC in the White HOuse piece is nothing more than a puff piece for Obamunism. ABC has denied ads that do not support their, or the fascist leaders, policy, no members of the opposing party are welcome. No matter how you spin this one you can't get escape what is before your eyes. It is indicative of the hubris in this administration and it's water carriers that this is even happening.

Eleganza that was perfect, you nailed it.

Wait, so a company is making its own decision and will either benefit and suffer the consequences in the market...and the Republican's are having an issue w/ this????

So now the Republicans are both favoring censorship and abandoning the free market???

Seriously...who the fuc. votes for these...not even sure I have a term that fits

They have been so drunk with power over the last eight years that the hangover must be a bitch....They just can't accept that the party is over...for them, that is.

These repugnants are not going to get till they get at the voting booth. Continuing to slide out the doors of congress and a generation away from ever getting the presidency.