Republicans Are Either Lying Or They Are Stupid Healthcare Reform Lies
The republican attacks on the healthcare reform legislation are not directed toward specific measures in the bill itself, they are directed to a perception that any people orientated legislation written by democrats is another round of social engineering that will lead to higher taxes.
And so when you listen to republicans address Obama’s explanation of the reform package the response goes around the language in the bill directly toward the ingrained hatred of government and its stereotyped image of a liberal controlled socialist takeover. Takeover of healthcare and everything else.
Here is some typical republican talk that exemplifies the talking past the bill on the table and to the biases and prejudices of the government haters that make up the republican base.
“My response to the President’s weekly address outlined the dangers of putting government in charge of medical decisions that should be made by patients and doctors….there is no doubt that our health care system needs to be reformed, however, the President’s bill does nothing to offer a solution to our health care reform needs.”
Rep. Parker Griffith State Senator Alabama
He’s lying or he’s stupid. How does setting ground rules for insurance companies equate to putting the government in the same room as the doctor and the patient? It doesn’t. There are a myriad of improvements to the healthcare system in the reform legislation that are needed. Again, this man is lying or he’s stupid.
“Public opinion polls demonstrate that Americans do not want a government takeover of health care. A recent CNN reported that 73 percent of Americans want Congress to start over and drop health care entirely for now. In my own town halls and meetings I have conducted in north Alabama, I talked with doctors, nurses, business owners and consumers, all who expressed opposition to a government take-over of our health care system.”
Rep. Parker Griffith State Senator Alabama
Government is not trying to take over healthcare. Nobody wants that. So if you ask people if they want it of course they will say no. What people want is access to private medical care. Ask them if they want that and they will say yes. Why are you implying that healthcare reform is a government takeover? You’re either lying or your stupid.
Republicans know they are in danger of coming out looking like fools in the healthcare debate. Initially they branded it as another big government big spending redistribution of wealth program. They refused to participate in drafting reform at the outset. But if reform is successful their party faces oblivion. To hedge against the danger of extinction, they now say if the current bill is scrapped and the process started over they will participate the next time around.
They are lying. There is no starting over. If the legislation is scrapped, they will celebrate the crumbling of the Obama administration not reopen talks on reform.
