Kos: The public option is the nutroots’ Waterloo
posted at 9:12 pm on September 8, 2009 by Allahpundit
What they really want is ruinous single-payer, but they’ll accept a road-to-ruin public option in lieu of that — in the name of compromise, mind you. He’s still pushing the idea that last year’s election was an electoral endorsement of big-state Hopenchange, despite the tanking polls over the last month, despite the fact that the public is lukewarm at best about a public option, despite the resounding predictions even from lefty pollsters — including Nate Silver, speaking at Yearly Kos — that The One’s insane expansion of government will mean major pick-ups for the GOP next year. Oh well. Listen to him, Barry! Public option or bust, baby.
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Kos is a sick, twisted, evil dog. like his massa SOROS.
right4life on September 8, 2009 at 9:14 PM
Note to Barack Obama: PLEASE Listen to this
loonman.amerpundit on September 8, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Screw him.
BadgerHawk on September 8, 2009 at 9:15 PM
I wouldn’t let that guy anywhere near my kids.
faraway on September 8, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Kos needs some serious orthodontal work….I thought Bond villains gave the lackies dental after ten years on the job?
sven10077 on September 8, 2009 at 9:16 PM
The left doesn’t care what the consequences for their own political fortunes are. They are political suicide bombers. They know they’re going to die. They just want to take as much of America with them as they can. They just hate America with all their hearts and want it gone. Their psychosis has kicked into overdrive, now. Get ready, folks.
progressoverpeace on September 8, 2009 at 9:16 PM
Dem Civil War. Popcorn please, extra size me.
faraway on September 8, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Anyone else getting a mentos craving?
marks on September 8, 2009 at 9:18 PM
No thanks, you screw him….
izoneguy on September 8, 2009 at 9:19 PM
Go for it, Barack!
Patrick Ishmael on September 8, 2009 at 9:19 PM
Look into those eyes, right there, that man is crazier than a shitthouse loon.
ALL the libs think Ogabe’s election was about enacting every communist wet dream imaginable, completely forgetting how a feckless GOP candidate came within spitting distance of knocking Ogabe out of the White House.
Bishop on September 8, 2009 at 9:19 PM
screw em
rob verdi on September 8, 2009 at 9:19 PM
Right now the American people are the “300″ standing in the valley of Thermopylae against the vast horde of socialists, communists, marxist, and leftists. So far we’ve succeeded. Let’s keep up the fight. I hope there’s a million people in the square on 9/12. For
SpartaAmerica!Mojave Mark on September 8, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Wow…they are setting Obama up for a fall here…he’ll backtrack as soon as Obama throws him under the bus in order to get something, anything passed.
AUINSC on September 8, 2009 at 9:20 PM
we should push to get him his own show on the MSNBarackC….
sandwich him between Keefe and Maddow….
(there’s a cute visual)
sven10077 on September 8, 2009 at 9:20 PM
I think the Kos is more concerned with the “Don’t ask, Don’t Tell” option.
ppaint on September 8, 2009 at 9:20 PM
I love it when the cockroaches are forced to come out into the light of day.
Fletch54 on September 8, 2009 at 9:20 PM
It’ll be like Braveheart with no hero, no storyline, & no motive.
Pure action scenes.
White Cheddar seasoning on the popcorn….Hmmmm.
portlandon on September 8, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Kos: The public option is the nutroots’ Waterloo
No, the public option is the Left’s Midway … and they’re the Japanese. It’s the begining of the end, they have awoken the Sleeping Giant.
Tony737 on September 8, 2009 at 9:21 PM
Ok, I laughed at that one. In a good way.
Bishop on September 8, 2009 at 9:21 PM
Take Ariana and GO BACK TO EUROPE IF YOU LIKE SOCIALISM SO MUCH!!! >8O
Orange Doorhinge on September 8, 2009 at 9:22 PM
I believe that they think that once in place everything will be fine, that voters will get over it. I believe they are very wrong, but we will see I guess.
whbates on September 8, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Dem. on Dem. let the battle begin.
fourdeucer on September 8, 2009 at 9:22 PM
That’s King Kos? Seriously? I’m blowing snot on my keyboard I’m laughing so hard. I don’t think he got dropped as a child… I think they tossed him across the room. I better stop… this is too easy. Picking on this little boy is like Shooting Heroin in a Barrel.
ronnyraygun on September 8, 2009 at 9:22 PM
I think his dental work is just fine–it could be worse.
I think the operative battle may be Pickett’s Charge vice Waterloo…is this the High Tide of the Kosfederacy?
Horatius on September 8, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Any public option which stifles competition is a no-go. Then again, the moment the government introduces money into anything, competition vanishes.
Every Government contract passing my way has a clause that says that the Government is entitled to the lowest price offered for the contracted service.
I’m sure it will be the same for healthcare, which means that pro-bono work will vanish.
unclesmrgol on September 8, 2009 at 9:22 PM
eerie
I made a series of posts on it the other night….either Thursday or Friday….
what the right needs is the right intell….luckily we have Beck playing Rochefort.
sven10077 on September 8, 2009 at 9:22 PM
They realize this perfect storm of holding Congress and having a radical racist liar in the White House is a fleeting opportunity. They are pushing as hard as they can because they know that their agenda will ultimately be pushed back but there is no way that it will be impossible to go back to the current healthcare system once the public option is in place and private insurance is destroyed.
highhopes on September 8, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Good. Maybe these commies will get so pissed off they will move to North Korea. :-)
Dave R. on September 8, 2009 at 9:22 PM
How dare you put that wart face half a homo on this blog!!!!
sonnyspats1 on September 8, 2009 at 9:23 PM
America-loving patriots, we need to start confronting people like Markos Moulitsas Zúniga at the grocery store, at gas stations, at church, malls, etc. They need to feel our anger. They need to know that their version of a perverted constitution is not OURS. We need to seek them out, and denounce them. In the words of Obama, “WE NEED TO GET IN THEIR FACES”.
marklmail on September 8, 2009 at 9:23 PM
Waterloo = Wee Weed Up
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RalphyBoy on September 8, 2009 at 9:23 PM
Huffington, Soros, and this clown all head the left win movement yet not one of them is an American.
lavell12 on September 8, 2009 at 9:23 PM
Kos wouldn’t even tell Ed what he really thinks…running scared.
d1carter on September 8, 2009 at 9:23 PM
I think Captain Overbite of the USS Lenin got gypped when Soros was handing out the benefits package….for the serice and adulation Kos gives him I’d expect a mint on the pillow and the best money can buy.
sven10077 on September 8, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Is Markos the ghey? NTTIAWWT.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on September 8, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Obama……Kos is the only person you need to listen to. This clown has all the answers to all the questions you would ever want to pose. Do not, under any circumstances, listen to the voice of the American people…Kos will show you the way.
Please, listen to him and follow his ‘advice’, because he’s an even greater genius than you could ever claim to be.
Obama…Can you say “Lame Duck”????
alwyr on September 8, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Deport the stinking commie son-of-a-bitch.
Dave R. on September 8, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Exactly. And you know what they say? When your enemy is in the process of eating each other… Pass the salt and excuse yourself from the table.
ronnyraygun on September 8, 2009 at 9:25 PM
Question: What do Markos and La Passionara have in common?
Answer: They are both commie biaytches.
Blake on September 8, 2009 at 9:25 PM
911 is on National Geographic channel. That’s all. Shame on this scum.
bloggless on September 8, 2009 at 9:25 PM
he may get to reup then.
sven10077 on September 8, 2009 at 9:25 PM
I disagree with both analogies. I’d suggest that the public option is the nutroots’ march on Moscow in 1812. A flawed strategy which ultimately ends short of its goal with a decimating retreat from the field.
highhopes on September 8, 2009 at 9:26 PM
“Right now the American people are the “300″ standing in the valley of Thermopylae …” – Mark
You’re close. The Right Wing Blogs are the 300 and the American people are the Athenian Navy and rest of Greece inspired by the 300. Let’s just hope the Righty Blogs don’t end up like the Spartans.
Tony737 on September 8, 2009 at 9:26 PM
MM is tremendously talented and accomplished. He’s a formidable foe. That’s why we need to fight hard to defeat him and what he represents.
JiangxiDad on September 8, 2009 at 9:26 PM
Can you say tool!!! hahahahahahaha
sonnyspats1 on September 8, 2009 at 9:26 PM
Who is Ed Schultz?
Blarg the Destroyer on September 8, 2009 at 9:27 PM
Another reason why insurance shouldn’t be sold across state lines.
Afrolib on September 8, 2009 at 9:27 PM
You guys on the left act like you just got caught with your hand in the cookie jar. What, with all your alledged intelligence, you had no idea that the majority would speak up like they did? MAN, you guys got caught flat-footed.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on September 8, 2009 at 9:27 PM
this dude is all googly eyed and always looks like he’s sweating – moonbat fever?
Ris4victory on September 8, 2009 at 9:27 PM
Not only that, the political cover and hiding the truth about Obama the MSM did for him. Still just squeaked out a win.
People are figuring out they were duped, they are going on line to get info, and they aren’t happy.
Hog Wild on September 8, 2009 at 9:27 PM
DO IT
DO IT
DO IT
2010
2012
DO IT
DO IT
DO IT
Good Lt on September 8, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Go for it kosmonuts! Try to shove government takeover of our health care down our throats. You’ll fail — and that will be good for America.
starboardhelm on September 8, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Something like that showing anything but utter contempt for the military of any sexual orientation? Not bloody likely. Liberals don’t support the troops.
highhopes on September 8, 2009 at 9:28 PM
The only way “everything will be fine” is if everyone who is satisfied with the current system as is, or is looking for minor tweaks but no major overhaul, forgets what it is like once the country transitions. I doubt that’s going to happen and you’re going to have a lot of PO’d individuals looking to roll it back.
The Left likes to point to other countries as examples of satisfaction with government-run health care, but the problem is that those other countries never had our health care to begin with.
venividivici on September 8, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Why are all these foreigners over here screwing up America?
Dave R. on September 8, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Why? So instead of 6 choices, they can have 60? Wow, might find a better deal out there. I have auto insurance with Farmers and they gave me the best deal. And I know for a fact they don’t only operate in Kansas.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on September 8, 2009 at 9:29 PM
I’d suggest that the public option is the nutroots’ march on Moscow in 1812. – HighHopes
Good anology except when he says “nutroots”, he means us! We’re the French in this scenario. (How ironic, the left comparing us to the Frenchies! haha) The only time we’re the French is when talking about Charles Martel :-)
Tony737 on September 8, 2009 at 9:30 PM
ha ha ha ‘This is our waterloo This where we stand This is where we fight’ Somebody needs to tell KOS this aint second life! hahahahaha
sonnyspats1 on September 8, 2009 at 9:30 PM
MORE POPCORN!
GarandFan on September 8, 2009 at 9:31 PM
…………..Thith one time at nerd camp…..We gave Mary Ellen Mathterthon a wedgy………..
Katfish on September 8, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Nothing but two jackasses braying to each other. Neither of these two are too bright, as they fail to realize that liberals are a minority of the electorate in this country.
ICBM on September 8, 2009 at 9:32 PM
I argued in 2007 that the Democrats could very well find that taking Moscow-on-the-Potomoc would be a victory they lived to regret. So I concur, dear sir. Or ma’am.
We need gender tags for names, like in French or Spanish.
Horatius on September 8, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Markos doesn’t know what specifically he wants. He has no idea of anything in any piece of legislation passed over the past 25 years.
If the Republicans and conservatives are for it, he’s against. If they’re against, he’s for it.
He came up with a brilliant internet site and idea on how to connect people politically and has milked it for the past half decade. Give him that.
SteveMG on September 8, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Almost 101 years too late for Waterloo. And Waterloo was a piece of cake compared to Verdun.
BL@KBIRD on September 8, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Sacre Bleu!
highhopes on September 8, 2009 at 9:35 PM
I make it point of never listening to this guy. Sorry, won’t go there.
Terrye on September 8, 2009 at 9:36 PM
highhopes”
J’accuse!
Terrye on September 8, 2009 at 9:37 PM
…and the enemy is looking for that RINO ro lead them to our flanks.
larvcom on September 8, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Sarah Palin throws down the gauntlet, preempting the speech so that Obama must respond to her:
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009, 7:45 P.M. ET
Obama and the Bureaucratization of Health Care
The president’s proposals would give unelected officials life-and-death rationing powers.
INC on September 8, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Kos is so so very very ghey. Jeez.
BJ* on September 8, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Ed Schultz and Kos = Dumb and Dumber
Jim - PRS on September 8, 2009 at 9:42 PM
What PoP said.
*Moving kids all into one bedroom and using new space to stock up on more stuff — just in case*
Ok THAT was funny.
BrideOfRove on September 8, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Is it just me, or are all the ultra-lefty ‘men’ wussie zeta males?
I mean really. If you’re a woman looking for a man is Koz and his ilk anywhere on your list?
Lanceman on September 8, 2009 at 9:44 PM
If I’m not mistaken he’s married with kids. So no he’s not gay.
terryannonline on September 8, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Kos looks like an experiment at the Muppet Factory gone terrbily, terribly wrong.
ddrintn on September 8, 2009 at 9:44 PM
I feel sorry for kos. I bet he got picked on a lot in school
iceman1960 on September 8, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Kos was on the Ed show? What’s that? Public access? Oh wait, its actually MSNBC’s 6 o’clock spot, so its safe to say we won’t see him on TV in a year. A tree in the woods.
LevStrauss on September 8, 2009 at 9:45 PM
and the enemy is looking for that RINO ro lead them to our flanks. – larvcom
So who will be our Ephialtes? McCain perhaps?
Tony737 on September 8, 2009 at 9:45 PM
I always thought the Bond villain lackeys were like the Red Shirts which, in this case, is great.
In fact, Obama is just a higher ranking Red Shirt. That’s great, too. But, Bond had to go through a lot of lackeys to get to the top man. Nothing changes until Soros, Peter Davis, and many more are “Van Jonesed.”
genso on September 8, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Tomorrow is 9-9-09–it’s all about numbers…
lovingmyUSA on September 8, 2009 at 9:47 PM
I believe that they think that once in place everything will be fine, that voters will get over it. I believe they are very wrong, but we will see I guess.
You cannot blame them – after all Social Security, Medicare were pretty much done this way – the conservative opposition was non existent and they meekly surrendered to more Government intervention in their lives.
Take Social Security for example – who was the last conservative politician who basically called this a Ponzi scheme and proposed to remove the mandate on it ?
answer: no one – as much as people rant about SS, Medicare, they shut up when they get their monthly checks in the mail.
This has only emboldened the liberals to think that conservatives dont really know what they want and if something is shoved down their collective throats they will eventually surrender.
In fact the Tea Party activists are the ONLY CONSERVATIVE movement that has so openly stood up for what it believes in, no matter how powerful the left is – something that HAS NEVER HAPPENED in conservative politics.
nagee76 on September 8, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Waterloo was a piece of cake compared to Verdun. – BL@KBIRD
“Cairo … Cairo was a day at the beach next to this.” – Bill Paxton, ‘True Lies’
Tony737 on September 8, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Horatius
I believe Napoleon’s use and subsequent defeat of the Imperial guard at Waterloo would be more appropriate.
rob verdi on September 8, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Man any good news today? Between Kos loons, Van Jones backers, and Joy Behar there is way too much left wing crazy in the air.
I can’t even listen to these people speak. I just hear rabid frothing noises.
Speaking of healthcare being a waterloo. Health care may be the GOP’s waterloo.
If the GOP allows obamacare to slid through, the GOP party serves no purpose.
jhffmn on September 8, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Okay, then I stand corrected. But I still think he is a Beta-male/metrosexual.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on September 8, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Captain Soros, Chairman Mao, and Commisar Stalin, with Ensign Barack are beaming down to the planet….who ain’t comin’ back?
sven10077 on September 8, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Fines proposed for going without health insurance
BallisticBob on September 8, 2009 at 9:52 PM
A lot of talking, not a lot of action.
SouthernGent on September 8, 2009 at 9:52 PM
you are kidding me?
Compare him with Ms. Malkin.
Case closed.
seesalrun on September 8, 2009 at 9:52 PM
That’s a winner. As for Kos, there was a transporter malfunction.
genso on September 8, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Trust me…this is not an exclusionary factor.
SouthernGent on September 8, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Pickett’s Charge, last charge of the Guard up the center, and Napoleon’s March on Moscow all have the same thing in common–they were the culminating point of the attack (per Clausewitz); an attack that so weakens the attacker so that he is now open to counterattack by a defender who has husbanded his resources.
Horatius on September 8, 2009 at 9:54 PM
With all the anger that guy has no doubt he is a beta male.
terryannonline on September 8, 2009 at 9:54 PM
He’s got a voice and a face for radio. LMAO
How old is he? 12? How can you take him seriously on any level?
Meh.
GeeWhiz on September 8, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Ensign Obama threw Chief Markos “King” Kos out the shuttle bay hatch……
the last thing Kos heard was, “as I have always said Chief I won, and let me be perfectly clear…your kous kous stinks”….
*fwoom*
sven10077 on September 8, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Sorry… Still picking up a blip on the Gaydar Screen.
ronnyraygun on September 8, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Terrye on September 8, 2009 at 9:36 PM
seesalrun on September 8, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Mr. Markos, please, next….
seesalrun on September 8, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Anyone remember that weird guy with the cult in San Diego. They all committed suicide, thinking that a space ship was lurking behinds an approaching comet?
Markos has that same wide-eyed look the cult leader had.
GarandFan on September 8, 2009 at 10:00 PM
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