tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post2218512688480289090..comments2024-01-20T15:51:35.268-06:00Comments on And So it Goes in Shreveport: Cao Struggles With ObamaCarePat Austin Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767059128758168960noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post-46771288777921818812009-08-26T20:48:59.384-05:002009-08-26T20:48:59.384-05:00Another oddity: Why do people like Ms. Stevens bel...Another oddity: Why do people like Ms. Stevens believe the insurance lobbyists oppose Obamacare when they're among its biggest backers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post-18862701330961558342009-08-26T13:45:24.579-05:002009-08-26T13:45:24.579-05:00Marsh had some help with those bills. From The Fo...Marsh had some help with those bills. From The Forgotten Man by Amity Shlaes<br /><br />"People noticed that Wilkie also loved helping his subordinates. One of them, an executive at the Georgia Power Company named John Marsh, was married to a Smith College dropout. the wife had written a 1,037 page romance novel about the Civil War. Wilkie liked the book and the author so much he sent out a memo to Commonwealth and Southern employees, plugging it. Her name was Margaret Mitchell, and her book,<i> Gone with the Wind</i>, would go on to sell four million copies. Wilkie believed such success created an unhealthy gap between a man and a wife. To make Marsh feel manly, Wilkie promoted him at the power company."<br /><br />Just a bit of trivia for you. I love that book. There has never been a heroine quite like the original version of Scarlett O'HaraBrideOfRovehttp://www.brideofrove.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post-42797200384973457342009-08-26T13:02:44.666-05:002009-08-26T13:02:44.666-05:00I respect and admire Rep Cao, and have read his pe...I respect and admire Rep Cao, and have read his personal history. Vietnamese-Americans are often hard-working self reliant types that don't trust government in their lives... escaping a communist dictatorship in a leaky rowboat will do that to you.<br /><br />Hopefully he won't forget the hours of torture his father endured at the hands of communist re-educators in Vietnam.<br /><br />AND I also hope that he realizes that Team Obama would have all the Obamacare opponents rounded-up too, if they could get away with it in this country. <br /><br />while Rep Cao seems like a genuine and sincere man dealing in good faith... I hope he is aware that the other side is anything but- and it's not advisable to take anything at face value coming from THIS White House. It should be made clear to him that ANY public option is just a step in a long-term nationalization of the insurance industry.<br /><br />Perhaps he's clever enough to be using the abortion issue as a cover story... as he knows his district won't be happy with a "NO" vote- and also that Obama will likely never back off of that.<br /><br />Keep up the great work, Pat- great post!Reaganite Republicanhttp://reaganiterepublicanresistance.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post-7198308452717508072009-08-26T08:06:52.952-05:002009-08-26T08:06:52.952-05:00I'm in Cao's district (LA 02) and I voted ...I'm in Cao's district (LA 02) and I voted for him this past election.<br /><br />Ethically, Cao is probably similar to Thomas Jefferson. Ideologically, he's probably similar to William Jefferson.<br /><br />When I've emailed him, I've urged him to erase his fingerprints from federal healthcare, which I anticipate will be a disaster. I don't expect him to go that way, however, unless the abortion issue somehow prevents him from backing it.<br /><br />By the way, I'll very likely vote for Cao again. In this district, he's probably about as conservative as we can ever hope for.<br /><br />---Tom Nally, New OrleansTom Nallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368797876137523500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post-27783289117554826212009-08-26T07:29:31.964-05:002009-08-26T07:29:31.964-05:00Joseph Cao is the only congresscritter who has tak...Joseph Cao is the only congresscritter who has taken the time to actually read the bill. And unlike his democratic colleage in the next district, he has actually held town hall mettings. <br /><br />I think Joseph is probably the only congresscritter with any integrity. I hop ehe can keep his office and his integrity.Peripatetic Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08508035944158746797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post-77631305857523993792009-08-26T07:06:34.535-05:002009-08-26T07:06:34.535-05:00Interesting.
While I disagree strongly with the ...Interesting. <br /><br />While I disagree strongly with the entire notion of the Federal Government getting involved in HC, I have to respect Rep Cao for representing his constituency and leaning towards a vote for Obamacare. <br /><br />An ethical member of Congress? Would they were all made the same way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com