oldredneck
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Forwardassist,
I owe you an apology in regard to the statement about Democrats being in the pocket of oil companies. I was distracted by a phone call while reading your post and read incorrectly. In regard to Hillary's health plan, I listened to her make the statement that her plan would be paid for by a $900.00 surcharge placed on each person having private insurance. Anytime the government runs a program it always cost more than the equivalent private sector program. I am not a George Bush fan and being a Vietnam vet I disagreed with his invasion of Iraq, not because I'm anti-war but because I felt it wasn't our job to put Hussein in his place. I also don't listen to the far right commentators like Rush. I am moderate to conservative in my politics. I think a big problem with commentators today is their inability to stop injecting their own political beliefs into their reporting. I think that tendency started when Walter Cronkite voiced his opposition to the Vietnam War on the Nightly News. Tim Russert was liberal leaning; however, that did not keep him from being fair in his interviews. At least we are calmly discussing these things which is more than usually happens in Washington.
I owe you an apology in regard to the statement about Democrats being in the pocket of oil companies. I was distracted by a phone call while reading your post and read incorrectly. In regard to Hillary's health plan, I listened to her make the statement that her plan would be paid for by a $900.00 surcharge placed on each person having private insurance. Anytime the government runs a program it always cost more than the equivalent private sector program. I am not a George Bush fan and being a Vietnam vet I disagreed with his invasion of Iraq, not because I'm anti-war but because I felt it wasn't our job to put Hussein in his place. I also don't listen to the far right commentators like Rush. I am moderate to conservative in my politics. I think a big problem with commentators today is their inability to stop injecting their own political beliefs into their reporting. I think that tendency started when Walter Cronkite voiced his opposition to the Vietnam War on the Nightly News. Tim Russert was liberal leaning; however, that did not keep him from being fair in his interviews. At least we are calmly discussing these things which is more than usually happens in Washington.