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Accepting the framing of the right, always
by timezoned

Dickerson writes:

"The health care reform legislation moving through Congress goes by several names, such as Obamacare and socialized medicine."

Uh, well if you're a right wing Republican extremist perhaps. "Obamacare"? "Socialized medicine"?

Oy.

I realize that this may have been meant lightheartedly but you still might want to include some of what the plan is called from the other side of the divide-- you know, the side that most people are on, rather than the 20% or so remaining as Republicans. To those, the plan is known as "Not nearly enough" "A weak attempt at mild reform that even in its weak form is being called Socialism by the right wing noise machine and insurance companies" -- and so on.

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