John King Allows Rudy Giuliani to Claim That Bill Owens Voted Against the Health Care Bill
By Heather Monday Nov 16, 2009 3:00pm
Good thing we've got reporters to fact check these guys when they tell whoppers like this isn't it? Oh...nevermind. John King didn't bother. Rudy Giuliani claims that the Democrat who won the NY-23 Congressional district voted against the House health care bill. You'd think King would have known that not only did Bill Owens vote yes on the bill, he announced that he would vote for it ahead of time and as reported by TPM:
Rep. Bill Owens (D-NY) can be counted on as a "yes" in this weekend's expected vote on the House Democrats' health care bill, announcing his support in a press release.
"This legislation will reform the insurance industry and provide increased access to affordable healthcare without taxing healthcare benefits, cutting Medicare benefits or raising taxes on the middle class, and that is exactly the direction we need to go," said Owens. "There are still changes I would like to make, including raising the payroll exemption for small businesses, but like I said last week, there is a fundamental need for reform and we must act with a sense of urgency."
Owens won a narrow upset victory in this past Tuesday's NY-23 election, defeating the Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman who had opposed the bill, and picking up the seat for the Democrats. Owens's position here is in line with his prior statements at a debate held last week, shortly before the election.
So much for Rudy trying to sugar coat the results of Sarah-Barracuda and Dick Armey injecting themselves into that Congressional race.
KING: Let me ask you lastly about, you say you welcome Sarah Palin, you think she's good for the party. What about what happened in NY-23, where you had a candidate -- a moderate Republican candidate who had the endorsement of the party and then conservatives like Sarah Palin came in and said, no, not good enough, not good enough on taxes, not good enough on life, not good enough on these issues. Is that a good precedent for the party?
GIULIANI: Nope, that's not a good precedent for the party. And that's the way you can allow Democrats to win, even if the public has turned against them on certain things. I think in that particular case, I know that district. that's a district that is very concerned about Obama's health care. You can see the Democrat has voted against the Obama health care program. That's a district where we could elect a Republican if we get our act together and let's hope we don't repeat that too often because then we surely won't be a majority party.
KING: Mayor Rudy Giuliani, we appreciate your time today.
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The gop! They have done more then any other group of terrorists could have done!
They are ruthless, single minded, and insane!
They have been working for the last thirty years to gain control over the MSM and completed that task in 1999 and in 2003 all news stopped. We have nothing now but corporate controled media. Designed to target the lowest common denominator. They have all started emulating fox since 2003 and cannot be trusted even with the weather!
republicanism/conservatism is a mental illness!
CNN is too busy checking the facts of Saturday Night Live to check something like this. Priorities ya know.
When he stretches beyond noun-verb-"911", he's bound to meet with difficulties.
I fail to see much substantive distance between the two.
But, but, but, last week Fox News was saying there was a foul up in the vote counting up there and if the independent won that would change the vote on the house bill. In some sort of pitiful way, Fox news was closer to the truth that Rudy, America's mayor and duffus.
Albany. He has no way of knowing what the people of NY-23 think or want. I have noticed a trend (talking point) this week (already), and this is it: The GOP pundits/interviewees keep saying that "The majority of Americans..." and they just tack on their point, like"...don't want this bill to pass," or "are against trying terrorists in this country." So now that we know this on Monday, look at how much fun we can have with it the rest of the week.
wife is still hawking plastic surgery products at conventions using live dogs that had been forced to endure procedures to sell plastic surgery products.
"The dogs were "either put to death following the sales demonstrations because they can't re cover from them, or they die during them," Feral said....http://www.nypost.com/p/news/regional/judi_job_with_pup_killer_firm_cYI8KmDndrAJ4Z96AvfuOI
Rudi and his wife wife are pieces of shit.
And voting yes on this Corporate Wealthcare Wall Street Health Care Mobster Bonanza is good exactly HOW?
it out I'd like to know also.
"And voting yes on this Corporate Wealthcare Wall Street Health Care Mobster Bonanza is good exactly HOW?"
farce! Yet turn around the next minute and say my Health Insurance is good!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/11/c...
Do you still use the title of "Mayor" with a former Mayor? I know you still call an ex-President a President, but a mayor?
If you don't, then King is even doubly an asshat.
Darth Cheney interview? John King lacks the courage to conduct honest interviews. All of the Republicans who go on his show know that in advance. Not only that, John King is a Republican himself.
most of us posters here will be just a memory in the C+L In Memorandum thread.
Evet: Poster. C+L
Meh. Nothing unusual here. Republicans lie. Not news.
All main stream Republicans are serial liars and shameless hypocrites. When you peddle what they do its the main job qualification.
knows what's best for us!
After all, he spent more time at Ground Zero(tm) than all of the police, firefighters and EMS combined.
He can leap tall mistresses' bones' at a single bound and charge it to the taxpayers!
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Anyone that watched King during the Presidential Campaign, particularly his Sunday morning diner interviews, saw the outright bias that informs his broadcasts. Mr. Dana Bash has become an AIPAC GOP spokesperson. No journalism there!
John King is to the right of David Gregory. King is a dick. Mrs. King (Dana Bash) followed McCouldn't around all pre election season. Mr. Dana Bash must have been very jealous. To hell with John King. He makes my want to puke. Just like David Gregory does.
it's appalling that this sob is sought out to opine on anything -- but esp national security.
did that lunkhead king think to ask about bernard kerik -- who just pled guilty to corruption charges. you know, the man rudy pushed for director of homeland security.
Ya, ya, Giuliani is tap dancing on the snake oil wagon - ooh! - get some cotton candy and belly up. there's a sucker born every minute and Giuliani is there to recruit them all.
he'd cheerlead it. He is a repub sycophant, nothing has changed.
King is such a moron and such a fake that I doubt that he himself even knew Owens ran on the fact that he would vote for the health care bill , you guys are right , if King did know it the nutless hack would never call Giuliani on it .
when it comes to Crap like this and yet CNN.is just fine with this
kind of Sleaze.Maybe this is why they find themselves in last Place.
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