The field for the “Assie” Award is getting crowded and more difficult to find the most anal statement.

It seems that the GOP and its pundits seem to have cornered the market on anal statements this year.  The health care debate is about to roar into the public’s mind….lots of misinformation and out right lies will be thrown around by both sides.  I read as much as possible daily and try to post on it to help people understand the debate.

But then I also find some really lame ass statements along the way.  This on is from our boy Newt.  In an interview when talking about US health care it was brought to his attention that there were about 46 million uninsured people in the US.  His response was:

Right. And we have — you know, that means you also have 260 million insured.

Like that somehow makes it just fine that there are people who have no insurance.  And then he said:

And the 46 million, by the way, includes illegal aliens.

Once again it sounds like he is saying that it is okay to have people without medical care.