Talk:Max Baucus

Eh, what's this, more left-prog politics? "Corporate tool"? Oh well, not quite as bad as Buy Nothing Day and freeganism but file it on the same list with single-payer health care and Free Mumia. Y'know, this site is at its best when debunking crank nonsense (such as fundamentalist religion), but at its worst when it becomes just another political blog channelling MoveOn and Markos whatshisname. Baucus is one of the good guys. Secret Squirrel 01:50, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Feel free to betterify. 02:00, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Baucus a good guy? Don't make me laugh. But, anyways, if you guys want to completely re-tool this article and/or get rid of it, I won't mind.  As I think I put in the editing comments, I created this mostly out of permanent rage against Baucus mixed with temporary (or so we hope) insanity on my part. 21:59, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep in mind it is not the right we dislike, but the far-right. He might not support the healthcare reforms, but at least he is not calling Obama Hitler and threatening succession. 01:09, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Exactly. Baucus is a political centrist (as is Lieberman although my opinion of him not as good as Baucus).  The way I see it, some form of public option or co-op plan is going to pass, and Baucus is just doing his job making sure something isn't rammed through Congress without extensive deliberation first and ensuring it doesn't bankrupt the country.  Cranks?  There are cranks on the far left and the far right, and people like Max Baucus are getting it from both sides right now. Secret Squirrel 01:32, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I completely disagree about him "just doing his job" when everything I have read about him points to a direct conflict of interest, since he (himself) used to be an HMO executive, and has recieved more contributions from the health insurance inustry than any other senator. But I digress.  Like I said, when I created this article it was out of spite, and I don't mind anything done to it that radically changes it from its original spite. 03:49, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
 * $3.2 million goes a long way to corrupt a politician from "doing his job" to "working for his new masters". 05:05, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Conspiracy theory?
Hardly. More like, at best, a problematic conflict of interest. RaoulDuke 00:33, 1 October 2009 (UTC)