Comments on: Oh Snap Monday! You Enjoy the Weekend?

By: Steve Magruder (I, not D or R)

Steve Magruder (I, not D or R) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:03:49 +0000

But the GOP *does* hate half the people living in this country. That’s just the political reality. Note that I mean Today’s GOP, not the GOP of yesteryear, when they were sane.

By: Mark H (Not Hebert)

Mark H (Not Hebert) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:55:09 +0000

I would bet you that there were more people disrupting meetings to get on TV and make themselves famous for 5 minutes, than sent by some astroturf GOP group.

Obama was correct yesterday when he stated that the rhetoric has been fanned by those vying for the media’s attention.

You were implying that the majority of people at these town halls were disrupters, when that just isn’t the case. It is true however, that the majority that were covered, were disrupters.

The hate label is being thrown around too carelessly. Just because someone disagrees with how we go about covering the uninsured, doesn’t mean they “hate half the people living it, and especially those without health care.”

By: Steve Magruder (I, not D or R)

Steve Magruder (I, not D or R) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:43:50 +0000

Mark H, you shouldn’t portray yourself as being insulted as some kind of argument. You know full well I’m talking about public town hall disruptors and not simply people who honestly have disagreed with the reform legislation.

In short, give me a break.

By: Mark H (Not Hebert)

Mark H (Not Hebert) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:42:09 +0000

“misinformed misanthropes”

Classy Steve.

It’s amazing that anyone who disagrees with your health care position has to be misinformed and hates humanity.

It is Obama and the Dems who are living in la la land when it comes to facts and figures. Just because Obama says it’s so, doesn’t make it so.

Please tell me who is going to be on the factual side of this debate:

Those who say it will cost more, or Obama who says it will cost less?

Those who say hundreds of $Billions in waste and fraud savings will be realized, or those who say it won’t?

Those who say $500B in Medicare cuts won’t impact seniors, or those who say it will?

Those who say people will maintain their their current employer coverage, or those who say many will be pushed to a public plan?

Steve, we can debate the morality of providing health coverage for all in exchange for higher costs and reduced benefits for many, but please don’t label me and other opponents who understand the market conditions and facts as misanthropes who have been duped by some evil GOP talk machine. You give the GOP far too much credit.

By: Steve Magruder (I, not D or R)

Steve Magruder (I, not D or R) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:26:56 +0000

“living it” -> “living in it”

By: Steve Magruder (I, not D or R)

Steve Magruder (I, not D or R) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:26:05 +0000

I thought we’ve already seen the GOP’s “severe reaction” on health care. I mean, first, they support keeping the status quo, where more and more people are losing their health insurance all the time. And they send throngs of misinformed misanthropes to town hall meetings to not participate in the discussion but to disrupt them. And they have the gall to have used the same reconciliation procedure to ram legislation through, now to complain that the other party is doing it.

As far as I’m concerned, the GOP may be good at acting like they love this country, but since they hate half the people living it, and especially those without health care, they can get as “severe” as they want to get. The GOP can talk to our collective hand.