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Care. >> right. >> there was no katrina warning. >> but over 1, hundred people died at katrina. that wasnt the bush administrations fault. t could be much worse. >> joining me is mike pap antonio, ring of fire host. if those folks had lived through katrina, they might have a little different opinion of the thing. good to have you with us tonight. whats your take on this comparison coming from actually both sides of the aisle, that katrina and obama care have some kind of parallel to be made to t...

Along with the republicans. but it does one thing. all this does is keep junk insurance alive. house republicans voted nearly 50 times to get rid of obama care all across the board. this is not about fair policy. its about politics. congressman peter defazio of oregon voted to pass the upton bill. great to have you with us. congressman, ive always respected you. i still do. i think we have a agreement here, but id like you to explain what your thinking was to vote with the republicans on this bi...

Patience? do you think? would you run with obama care, or shy away from it in your upcoming election? >> i wont shy away from it. i think its the right thing to do. and i feel that in my heart. because i know that theres an extension to it, medicaid expansion, for example, where governor rick scott, our current governor, came out and said he was for it for about 30 seconds. and didnt lift a finger to get it done. and as a result, ed, in my florida, about 1 million of my fellow floridans are not ...

Up, its a war based on lies and recover from that. bush will never recover from that when the history books tell the story about george bush. certainly, a computer glitch will be a very minor part of this story, once people understand what this can do for their lives. the problem with democrats is, they need to support this president and rather than talking out of both sides of their mouths, is whether or not theyre for it or against it, they need to understand, this is a critical, pivotal point...

On this white house. this fox news methodology of attacking this white house is not just fox news. you know, if you take a look at the comparisons, youve got comparisons that the katrina comparison is a great one. what about the handling of iraq? where you had -- there were no lives lost because of a computer glitch. the computer can be fixed. there were 5,000 lives lost, american soldiers, in iraq, not because of anything but lies. and misinformation. so one can be can fixed and the other one c...

My state. people are getting their insurance canceled and they cant get insurance through the exchange. >> sur sure they can. of course they can. >> no, they cant. >> thats what this is all about. >> no, ed. in oregon -- >> youre saying that -- okay. go ahead. >> not one person in oregon -- weve got all the medicaid people categorically qualified. not one person with an individual application in my state has gotten health insurance since october 1st through an exchange. theyre saying now go onli...

0 this is a law that can and will work if republicans stop rooting for failure. three governors who embrace the law tell the washington post, quote, in our states, elected leaders have decided to put people not politics first. in states like theirs, nearly 400,000 people now have coverages thanks to medicaid expansion. and in kentucky the law will create 17,000 jobs. in washington it saved the state $300 million. and in connecticut the health care exchange there in connecticut has a 96% customer...

0 patience? do you think? would you run with obama care, or shy away from it in your upcoming election? >> i wont shy away from it. i think its the right thing to do. and i feel that in my heart. because i know that theres an extension to it, medicaid expansion, for example, where governor rick scott, our current governor, came out and said he was for it for about 30 seconds. and didnt lift a finger to get it done. and as a result, ed, in my florida, about 1 million of my fellow floridans are no...

Revolt that some media people are saying that is happening within the democrat irparty on obama care. i want you to address that. >> i mean, we just had a briefing from the chief of staff, dennis mcdonough, who talked about what the proposal -- what the proposal means and lets remember, ed, the insurance companies now have to decide, am i really serious about offering these plans to people? or are they going to use it as an opportunity to say, oh, no, we dont want you to be renewed. you know, yo...

Already attacking me. theyre out in all parts of the state. and we know that theyre going to be a significant presence in the 2014 election. thats why its important to educate iowans about whats at stake and whos trying to influence their elections even though as you pointed out the donors themselves are secret at this point. >> do you think that iowans are onto this? and how do you think they feel about this outside money? >> oh, i think they are onto it and i think the people of coralville got...