Speaking of which, has anybody seen stats on how those lacking health insurance breaks down geographically, rural versus urban, red state vs. blue state, heartland Budweisers swiller vs coastal chardonnay swiller? I would place my bets that rural, and small town areas have the greater concentration of uninsured.
Sheldon
On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 7:14 AM, Bryan Atinsky<bryan at alt-info.org> wrote:
> From: http://www.thedarkstuff.com/2009/08/letter-from-nebraska.html
>
> The message was sent to all registered Dems in the state, and it was sent at
> the direction of Senator Ben Nelson. The friendly note essentially tells
> liberals to back off attacking Nelson over his obstruction of health care
> reform, and to continue to support Nelson. Here are some choice sections
> (emphasis mine):
>
> "It's true that Sen. Nelson is not a lockstep Democrat, which makes perfect
> sense because Nebraska is not a lockstep Democratic state. What might be a
> good fit for New York or California may have no place inside of Nebraska.
> Sen. Nelson is an independent-minded representative who thoughtfully and
> deliberately evaluates every side of each issue before making his decision.
> In other words, he is doing exactly the job we Nebraskans sent him there to
> do. Sen. Nelson has always and will continue to place Nebraska first."
>
> "Now, one might think that with ample targets like this, out-of-state
> liberal activists hoping to pressure Nebraska's delegation into supporting
> health care reform would have no need to fall back on cheap tactics like
> knocking longtime Democrat Sen. Ben Nelson, who has made a welcome renewal
> of his commitment to comprehensive reform. "
>
> [...]
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