Have you heard all the lies, slander, BS and anything else you want to call the crap being spouted by politicians concerning the health reform bill. Grandma is gonna die! ACORN will fund abortions for the government! Repubs want you to die quickly! And the hits go on and on and…….but just when I thought that I heard the most absurd rant, I am almost always proven wrong.
This time it is from my old friend (not really but sounds good) Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota when discussing HR 3200 she said this:
And as a matter of fact, the bill goes on to say what’s going to go on — comprehensive primary health services, physicals, treatment of minor acute medical conditions, referrals to follow-up for specialty care — is that abortion? Does that mean that someone’s 13 year-old daughter could walk into a sex clinic, have a pregnancy test done, be taken away to the local Planned Parenthood abortion clinic, have their abortion, be back and go home on the school bus that night? Mom and dad are never the wiser.
Where does it say that? Please, I realize their is a certain way to politi-speak, but that is a bit over the top.
And then I found this on mediamatters.org after reading the above story. Yet another Repub makes another anal statement that has no validity what so ever.
Boehner claimed, with a semi-straight face, that he has yet to meet a regular “American” who favors the option — despite polls showing that a majority of voters support to the idea of having the choice of a government plan.
“I’m still trying to find the first American to talk to who’s in favor of the public option, other than a member of Congress or the administration” said Boehner, whose sole recent foray into a public discussion of health care reform was a tea-party-style event in Ohio a few weeks back.
Media Matters also points this out:
65% Of Americans Want A Public Option
65% Of Americans Support The Public Option. According to a recent New York Times/CBS News poll, 65% of Americans favor “the government offering a government administered health insurance plan – something like the Medicare coverage that people 65 and older get – that would compete with private health insurance plans.” Only 26% of respondents said they were opposed to such an option. [New York Times/CBS News poll, 9/19-23/09]
57% Of Ohioans (Hey, Isn’t Boehner One Of Those?) Want A Public Option
57% Of Ohioans Support The Public Option. According to a recent Quinnipiac poll, “57% of Ohioans support ‘giving people the option of being covered by a government health insurance plan that would compete with private plans’ and only 35% are opposed. In fact, over 50% of voters in every age, income and education level support the public option.”
I told you so! Just when morons cannot get any worse, they then get worse…..these two representatives are making up stuff to fit their position. None…..I repeat…..NONE of these claims are ACCURATE. But sad to say their will be a handful of idiots that buy into the BS.
These are some of the people that you sent to Washington to handle the country’s business…..if the lie about this…then what else is not true?
“If they lie about this…” Of course they lie. Whoever it was – Wilson was it? – said to Obama “You lie,” and people got all uptight about it, but the fact is that politics IS lies. It’s frequently the business of “spin” as we call it in the UK (is it the same in the States?). Spin is all about putting a particular slant on everything you say, do and that happens – i.e. not the full truth or a limited version of the truth that hides the worst aspects of something for the the individual or party.
To put in another way, LIES!
Morning….so true…spin doctors make millions doing just that…..Bachmann’s comment just amazed me that she equatred something like that to abortions…..BTW….she is a moron!
“BTW….” goes without saying. However, if you try hard enough, you can equate french fries, global warming, cancer of the breast and ingrowing toenails – doesn’t make it any truer or liklier, but if it suits some fucking politician, they’ll do it. That’s why I rarely take a blind bit of notice of anything they damned well say!
Quin…this is why I enjoy your input….you have a unique way of putting stuff in perspective…..LOL…..I am a sick person….I just have to call a moron a moron…..have you every read my 2009 anal-ocity? I will ask people to vote at the end of the year on the most anal statement and I then publish the results and send a copy to the winner…..hope you will participate.