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betsuni

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44. I just saw mention in a book of Lawrence working for Moynihan:

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 03:00 PM

Nov 12

"One of the many congressional committees that held hearings on the Clinton health care plan was Senate Finance, headed by Moynihan. His chief of staff was Lawrence O'Donnell ... . 'At the end of the last of the two dozen hearings on the indescribably complex Clinton healthcare bill,' O'Donnell told me, 'I'm sitting behind Chairman Moynihan, and he puts his hand over his microphone and turns over his shoulder and whispers to me, 'Why don't we just delete the words 'age 65' from the Medicare statute?'"

Kurt Andersen "Evil Geniuses"

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Listen to Lawrence: '271 Republicans caved to the demands of five Democrats" [View all] bigtree Nov 11 OP

LOL, no thanks, i've seen enough Lawrence apology posts for the disgusting backstabbing. nt yaesu Nov 11 #1

par bigtree Nov 11 #2

Boy did we pull one over on them. Emile Nov 11 #3

Seems unwise to proudly take ownership of 15M Americans losing health coverage. RockRaven Nov 11 #4

which is what republicans have done bigtree Nov 11 #6

Then we should've let them nuke the filibuster. mr715 Nov 11 #23

what, the ones that compromised for two more months of funding bigtree Nov 12 #50

Meh. Fiendish Thingy Nov 11 #5

it's funny. I read these things to inform myself. Including posts and replies bigtree Nov 11 #7

The voters will do the math Fiendish Thingy Nov 11 #8

voters need to understand the math bigtree Nov 11 #9

Telling voters what they "need to understand" has been SUCH A WINNING STRATEGY. Maru Kitteh Nov 11 #16

it's like I raised my children bigtree Nov 11 #22

You believe voters and children respond favorably to condescension. Maru Kitteh Nov 11 #28

I may not be an eloquent enough writer but I'm not campaigning bigtree Nov 11 #30

Your dismissal of my comments doesn't change the fact that voters don't GAF about senate traditions Fiendish Thingy Nov 11 #19

you missed his point bigtree Nov 11 #31

Mommy's drunk and Daddy won't pay the bills, and it's the kids who are spoiled? Fiendish Thingy Nov 11 #35

what? bigtree Nov 11 #36

I just saw mention in a book of Lawrence working for Moynihan: betsuni Nov 12 #44

he had adoringly long hair back then. bigtree Nov 12 #47

Nope. This is a transcript for personal use, not commercial purposes, so it falls under 'fair use,' ancianita Nov 11 #13

That's not what fair use is Fiendish Thingy Nov 11 #15

Note under DU's copyright section... ancianita Nov 11 #18

From DU's TOS: Fiendish Thingy Nov 11 #20

Yeah. I linked it. Read the parts you prefer. ancianita Nov 11 #21

"What does 'caved' mean?" A powerful trigger, symptoms include excessive online trolling and foaming at the mouth. betsuni Nov 11 #10

Thank you. Esp for the transcript, since reading enhances short and long term memory. ancianita Nov 11 #11

First off, John Glenn was a Marine BeerBarrelPolka Nov 11 #12

oh that makes all the difference bigtree Nov 11 #33

If he can't get that right BeerBarrelPolka Nov 12 #37

if YOU can't get that right... bigtree Nov 12 #39

I am right. O'Donnell is wrong. He went into space as a Marine. BeerBarrelPolka Nov 12 #40

lawd bigtree Nov 12 #41

I was not inaccurate BeerBarrelPolka Nov 12 #42

that's not 'all there is to it' you left a lot out bigtree Nov 12 #43

What he wrote regarding the agreement BeerBarrelPolka Nov 12 #45

facts he mentioned about the agreement that he got right bigtree Nov 12 #48

271 Republicans caved to the demands of five Democrats BeerBarrelPolka Nov 12 #49

alright, be done. bigtree Nov 12 #51

Leave it to Lawrence to spell this "caving" out for everybody to understand. n/t valleyrogue Nov 11 #14

That is a lot of words for "Back to square one" Sympthsical Nov 11 #17

Lawrence needs to sit down with Jon Stewart. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 11 #24

I think I understand what Lawrence is getting at. Katinfl Nov 11 #25

I am a huge Lawrence fan senseandsensibility Nov 11 #26

I appreciate Lawrence's perspective Redleg Nov 11 #27

I agree with Lawrence LetMyPeopleVote Nov 11 #29

. MorbidButterflyTat Nov 11 #32

I appreciate Lawrence's messaging crimycarny Nov 11 #34

Lawrence thinks we can't see or understand what's going on in plain view. ihaveaquestion Nov 12 #38

for Schumer's critics, the fight ended when the shutdown ended. bigtree Nov 12 #46