Filet Mignon for everybody?

[Archaea]

If you did not have to pay for health care but could choose, where would you choose to get health care?

I would choose for many things one of the Mayo Clinics. Of course, I suppose there are specialty issues where another clinic has more expertise.

Cali and his ilk liberally construe an election without special vote-ins to be a mandate for anything the candidate promised during the election cycle, hence the immensely popular but ambiguous liberal promise of filet-mignon for everybody. I fundamentally disagree that being elected gives a politician a mandate but rather just means the electorate hated the victor less than the loser and the victor should walk carefully in whatever the victor does, but that's the arrogance of elected officials.

Coverage from the best system in the world, despite liberal naysayers requires us to give filet mignon for all for free. We can't afford it.

[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by Archaea

If you did not have to pay for health care but could choose, where would you choose to get health care?

I would choose for many things one of the Mayo Clinics. Of course, I suppose there are specialty issues where another clinic has more expertise.

Cali and his ilk liberally construe an election without special vote-ins to be a mandate for anything the candidate promised during the election cycle, hence the immensely popular but ambiguous liberal promise of filet-mignon for everybody. I fundamentally disagree that being elected gives a politician a mandate but rather just means the electorate hated the victor less than the loser and the victor should walk carefully in whatever the victor does, but that's the arrogance of elected officials.

Coverage from the best system in the world, despite liberal naysayers requires us to give filet mignon for all for free. We can't afford it.

So the November 2008 elections were not a mandate, the 5 congressional races since (where Dems went 4-1) were not a mandate, but VA, NJ and MA were. Really?

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

So the November 2008 elections were not a mandate, the 5 congressional races since (where Dems went 4-1) were not a mandate, but VA, NJ and MA were. Really?

There is no such thing as a mandate unless it is by plebiscite.