BUCKLE UP FOR THIS STORY.
WE HAVE A STORY FROM THE INTERCEPT.
THEY GOT A HOLD OF A MEMO THAT WAS DELIVERED TO THE
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
THOSE ARE ESTABLISHMENT DEMOCRATS THAT ARE TRYING TO
RECAPTURE THE HOUSE BUT ARE
USUALLY TOO BUSY FIGHTING PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATES.
THEY ASKED GREENBERG RESEARCH TO DO ANALYSIS OF THE ISSUE OF
HEALTHCARE.
SHOULD DEMOCRATS RUN ON TO GET THE HOUSE BACK.
I DON'T MIND THEM DOING HOLING.
THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
I WOULD WANT THEM TO DO POLLING.
AND THEY GOT STAN GREENBERG PART OF THAT GROUP TO DO IT.
HE IS NORMALLY GOOD AT HIS JOB.
WE HAVE LEARNED A DECENT AMOUNT FROM HIS POLLS IN THE PAST.
WITH THE WAY THEY DID THIS POLLING AND WHAT THEIR
CONCLUSIONS ARE IS UNFORTUNATELY AS USUAL MADDENING.
LET'S GO TO A DESCRIPTION OVERALL.
I READ THAT IN THE BEGINNING AND I THOUGHT RE: TAKING A LITTLE
BIT OF LIBERTY HERE BECAUSE IT SOUNDS AGGRESSIVE.
ARE YOU SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO BACK THAT UP?
IN
FACT I WILL SHARE IT WITH YOU,
SO LET'S DO THAT.
THERE IS A TON OF WAYS TO ASK THAT QUESTION IN A FAIR WAY.
BUT INSTEAD THEY DID THIS.
WANT YOU TO
UNDERSTAND WHY THAT IS SO SKEWERED IN A PREPOSTEROUS
WAY OF ASKING THAT QUESTION TIME WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE DONE WITH
YOUR HEALTHCARE?
THAT DOESN'T TELL YOU WHAT POLICY POSITION WOULD GET IT
TO COST LESS AND COVER MORE.
THIS IS DESIGNED SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T SAY SINGLE-PAYER.
BUT 12% OF PEOPLE WROTE IN SINGLE-PAYER ANYWAY.
EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE IN CONTEXT OF ANSWERING
THAT QUESTION.
BUT THEY WROTE IN SINGLE-PAYER.
THAT IS SO FUNDAMENTALLY DISHONEST.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU A POLE IF YOU DID THIS RIGHT BECAUSE OTHERS
HAVE.
PEW RESEARCH CENTER DID A POLL.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS –
THIS MAY HAVE GOTTEN THE SAME ANSWER.
ONE WAY IS DO YOU THINK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS A
RESPONSIBILITY TO ISSUE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE?
LET'S SHOW YOU THE RESULTS.
YOU CAN ARGUE IT IS TILTED AGAINST SINGLE-PAYER BECAUSE THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE
HEALTHCARE COVERAGE WHICH IS
DESIGNED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET AN ANSWER THAT IS AGAINST
SINGLE-PAYER.
I WONDER WHY THE D TRIPLE C WANTED IT THIS WAY.
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES RUNNING AGAINST REPUBLICANS, WHAT ARE
YOU TALKING ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTHCARE.
WE DIDN'T ADD THAT, THAT IS IN THE ORIGINAL MEMO.IN OTHER
WORDS NEVER TALK ABOUT YOUR OWN POLICY POSITIONS UNLESS
SOMEONE ASKED YOU.
WELL YOU TRY THAT IN 2016.
HOW DID IT TURN OUT FOR YOU?
IF YOU ARE FORCED TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT YOUR IDEAS ARE.
PROGRESSIVES ARE WINNING ON THIS ISSUE ANYWAY.
THE CONSTANT UNILATERAL SURRENDER.
HERE ARE THE BRILLIANT IDEAS.
SO IN OTHER WORDS WE SHOULD NEGOTIATE WITH DRUG COMPANIES.
BY THE WAY WHO PROVIDED US WITH THIS?
GEORGE W.
BUSH, AND AFTER THAT BARACK OBAMA.
IF YOU WANT US TO NEGOTIATE WITH YOUR COMPANY'S, THERE WAS WHEN
WE COULD'VE DONE IT, WHEN YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT, THE HOUSE,
AND THE SUPER MAJORITY.
ANYWAY, THAT IS THE BARE MINIMUM.
LET'S GET A POINT NUMBER TWO.
POINT NUMBER THREE, THE LAST ONE.
THAT'S YOUR BRILLIANT IDEA?
REDUCE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS?
THAT IS PATHETIC.
THAT IS THE MOST BENIGN ANSWER.
THIS PARTY IS THE WORST.
THIS IS WHY WE LOSE TO REPUBLICANS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THE INTERCEPT EXPLAINS.
I READ THIS, IT IS PAGE AFTER PAGE OF SINGLE-PAYER IS
TERRIBLE.
I WILL GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE HERE.
BUT WHAT DO WE SAY?
THERE WAS NO POSITIVE TALKING POINTS ABOUT
SINGLE-PAYER OR ANY DEMOCRATIC PROPOSALS.
IT WAS PAGE AFTER PAGE OF REPUBLICANS SAY SINGLE-PAYER
SUCKS.
HERE IS SOME MORE HEADLINES FROM THE MEMO.
THEY ARE QUOTING ARTICLES.
HOW IS THIS A DEMOCRATIC TALKING POINT?
WHATEVER YOU DO DON'T BE IN FAVOR
OF SINGLE-PAYER.
BOTH OF THOSE LAST TWO HEADLINES ARE WILDLY MISLEADING.
IT WOULD BE A SYSTEM THAT
REPLACE THEM WITH UNIVERSAL
HEALTHCARE COVERAGE.
IF YOU DID MEDICARE FOR ALL THEY WOULD TURN AROUND AND SAY THEY
ARE AGAINST MEDICAID.
WE DID MEDICARE FOR EVERYONE.
NOW YOU DON'T NEED MEDICAID BECAUSE EVERYONE IS ON MEDICARE.
THEY DON'T HAVE THAT
POLL IN HERE.
I CAN
GO
ON FOREVER.
IF THEY HAD DONE A FAIR POLL AND A FAIR MEMO AND GIVEN THAT THE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE SO THEY CAN
DEFEAT REPUBLICANS, ANY QUESTION MAYBE AFFECTED HIM, AND MAYBE
IT DIDN'T.
YOU DO THIS WHOLE AND THIS MEMO AND THEN YOU SEND IT TO
EVERYONE.
THEY GET THE POINT THAT YOU USED TO WORK FOR ONE OF THESE
COMPANIES.
THIS IS THE MISERABLE STATE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
SUPPORT PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATES, SUPPORT UNCORRUPTED PROGRESSIVE
CANDIDATES.
I DO A SHOW EVERY NIGHT CALLED REBEL HEADQUARTERS.
I INTERVIEW CANDIDATES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED AND NOT WITH
DIFFERENT PROGRESSIVE GROUPS.
SUPPORT THOSE GUYS.
DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH AND FIND A PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATE.
WHEN EASY WAY IS THE JUSTICE DEMOCRATS.
YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE A JUSTICE DEMOCRATS IF YOU TAKE
CORPORATE PAC MONEY.
THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER WONDERFUL GROUPS THAT YOU CAN
SUPPORT.
GO FIND THEM.
BUT IF YOU THINK THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS COMING TO SAVE YOU OR
TO SERVE YOU AS A PROGRESSIVE, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S
HAPPENING INSIDE THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
RUN FOR THE HILLS AND SUPPORT REAL PROGRESSIVES SO WE CAN
ACTUALLY BEAT REPUBLICANS.
WE WILL HAVE LINKS FOR THOSE GROUPS DOWN BELOW IN THE
DESCRIPTION BOX.
GO CHECK THEM OUT FOR YOURSELF AND GET INVOLVED.