There is just too much crazy going on this week. Between health care and the whole Gates fracas, the Repugs seem even more repugnant than usual. A summary:
The Birthers: It's not just Lou Dobbs. Elected Repug senators and congresspeople continue to support the view that the President was born outside of the U.S. despite proof that he was and most of the GOP establishment, even Ann Coulter, calling this stuff a distraction.
The Victims: Most people realize that Pat Buchanan, Lou Dobbs, Rush Limbaugh, and Glenn Beck are unhinged when it comes to race relations. But, they have an audience. It's infuriating that they keep spewing this crap.
The Lies: This seems to be the main Repug tactic against health care reform. They continue to raise the specter that government bureaucrats will be making medical decisions for people. Now, they are pointing to language on support for "end-of-life services," you know, hospice care, and saying that this puts us on the "path toward government-encouraged euthanasia."
Now, obviously, this is a vocal minority in the GOP. But, they have the podium right now. And, they've gotten so extreme that they worry Senator Voinovich.
3 comments:
David, excellent job of summarizing the crap that has, literally, been keeping me up at night. Fear-mongering and race-baiting...how do people live without any sense of decency?
I will say the Dems are somewhat to blame in terms of the message on health care. I think they need to go all-in on a media barrage during the recess focusing on a populist message ("do you want big insurance companies making decisions based on how much money they can make, and not on your health"?). Or something to reclaim the narrative.
And tonight Sgt. Crowley needs to come out and say how he voted for Obama and should apologize to cops everywhere for going overboard and abusing power. Ok, I can dream, can't I?
(my word verification is'brias' which is a tribute to Brian's bias)
It's hard to recapture the message when you try to be at least in the same neighborhood as the truth. It seems to me that the equivalent to the GOPs lies would be to say that this health care reform bill will make all Americans become instantly super fit and ensure that we all live to be 120 years old.
Perfect. let's start printing teeshirts (plus, if I live to 120 there is a 3% chance of witnessing a Cubs' world series championship).
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