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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

HillaryCare 2.0

Without the “radical overhaul” of 1993.

By Rich Lowry
National Review Online


When it comes to health care, Hillary Clinton is never going to let her name be associated with the words “radical overhaul” ever again. Or, if she can help it, with massive bureaucracy or new taxes. That’s what happened in 1993 with her health-care plan as First Lady, and, as she never tires of saying, she has “the scars to prove it.”

HillaryCare 2.0 is an entirely different enterprise, or so she would have us believe. It’s the “American Health Choices Plan.” It “builds on the current system to give businesses and their employers greater choice of health plans,” while imposing “no overall increase in health spending or taxes.” It’s the all-things-to-all-people, sweetness-and-light, all-benefits-and-no-costs health-care plan of 2007.

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