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September 28, 2009
THE 'CHAMPIONS' OF MEDICARE.... It's hard to pick the single most frustrating aspect of the debate over health care reform, but listening to Republican officials and lawmakers pretend to care about Medicare has to be right up there.
Tim Fernholz added, "If the GOP in Congress prioritized the substance of their beliefs, they would be all for curbing rising prices -- cutting spending is supposedly their raison d'etre.... A Republican in Congress who actually cared about spending but opposed health care reform on other principles would support these cuts, but not the whole bill. Instead, they are trying to scare seniors with false claims about benefit cuts (for example) and gain political traction with the issue, throwing their historical search for entitlement control to the winds of political expediency." Right. It gets back to the "power vs. policy" argument -- for congressional Republicans, the goal isn't to pursue policy goals, it's to defeat Democrats. The Medicare rhetoric is especially shameless. Most Republican lawmakers opposed the creation of Medicare; GOP lawmakers pushed for Medicare cuts in the '80s and '90s; and as recently as last year, the McCain/Palin platform called for significant cuts to the popular program. Some prominent GOP lawmakers continue to think Medicare is unconstitutional. This year, 137 Republicans -- more than three-fourths of the caucus -- voted in support of a GOP alternative budget plan that called for "replacing the traditional Medicare program with subsidies to help retirees enroll in private health care plans." In other words, the same congressional Republicans trying to scare seniors now voted in April for a plan that would have killed Medicare as we know it, privatizing it out of existence. "Emerged as champions of the program"? I don't think so. —Steve Benen 2:05 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (81)
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Once again Mr. Benen attempts to point out inconsistencies in Republican positions and totally misses the point. It is not what we Republicans are for or against. We are at war with the worst enemy in the history of the United States. When at war, the important thing is to defeat the enemy. In total warfare there are no rules other than to win! Therefore, seeming inconsistencies between our past and current positions are of no consequence in our effort to defeat the most horrible of enemies ever faced by our country - The Chosen One and the democrat party! Yes, we lie. Our corporately owned media will continue their roles as echo chambers and message amplifiers for our lies! We win - you lose. Get used to it! Posted by: RepublicanPointOfView on September 28, 2009 at 2:14 PM | PERMALINKWe have to kill Medicare in order to save it. Posted by: Conservatroll on September 28, 2009 at 2:15 PM | PERMALINKYes and Frank Luntz is on CNN talking about 'how ANGRY' Americans are...do you THINK it might be because they KNOW they are being played??? Posted by: SYSPROG on September 28, 2009 at 2:23 PM | PERMALINKCall any and all obstructionist Representatives and Senators and give them hell! Do it today! It doesn't matter if you're a constituent or not, give them the reverse town hall treatment. I made several such calls last week and I'll continue to do more this week. Start with Boehner at 202-225-6205. It's high time these idiots were on the receiving end of populist outrage. Posted by: Varecia on September 28, 2009 at 2:24 PM | PERMALINK"the goal isn't to pursue policy goals, it's to defeat Democrats" It doesn't help that the Dems refuse to believe this, and continue to be Charlie Brown, over and over and over... Posted by: Go, Sestak! 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