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Democrat reformists finding out that Democrats will only play dirty against the left. (lemmy.ml)

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[-] ALLHAILHYPNOTOAD@lemmy.ml 10 points 17 hours ago

Obama actually ran on the heritage foundation Romney care plan. It was Hillary Clinton during the 2008 primary that actually ran on a public option.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago

It was Hillary Clinton during the 2008 primary that actually ran on a public option.

Liar. Obama ran on a public option and no individual mandate. Clinton ran on no public option and an individual mandate.

Centrists are allergic to telling the truth.

[-] skisnow@lemmy.ca 14 points 16 hours ago

He didn't pass that either, though, only a massively watered-down version of it packed with every compromise the Republicans demanded, to make sure that the healthcare companies still got to keep over 15% of households in medical debt.

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