UNINFORMED, MISERABLE, NON-IVY PEASANT CLASS SAYS TO START OVER ON HEALTH REFORM – AT 9:48 A.M. ET:  From The Washington Times:

The American public wants Congress to start the health care debate over from scratch - just as Republicans have been pushing - amid growing talk among Democrats about the need to use a procedural end run to ram through a revised overhaul bill.

A Zogby International poll released Tuesday shows that 57 percent of Americans do not like either of the competing health care bills produced by the Senate and House and say Congress should start over, as a group of bipartisan lawmakers head to a health care summit with President Obama next week.

White House officials say they plan to unveil their revised proposal ahead of the summit, prompting Republicans to question whether the meeting is an attempt at real negotiation or just strong-arming.

Neither Republicans nor Democrats seem to seriously think the event will produce a meaningful negotiation. In fact, four Democrats asked Majority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday to pursue reconciliation - a complicated procedural move that would allow the Senate to pass a bill with 51 votes and bypass the chance for Republicans to filibuster.

COMMENT:   What are we going to do with those miserable citizens out there?  What right do they have to criticize what the better people of Washington have decided for them?

Aren't those the same people who have doubts about the settled science of global warming?  Why do we even let these people speak?  Can't the First Amendment be restricted to people who have proper educations?

February 17, 2010