Another Republican says health care reform will destroy America. Rep. Broun, that is.
By John Amato Wednesday Nov 04, 2009 1:00pm
And here we have another nut job Republican who claims health care reform will destroy America. Where's the outrage by the Villagers over these statements?
Media Matters:
It's an impressive feat, but there may not be a Republican member of Congress who has been more openly scornful of President Obama's plans for health care reform than Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA).
In July, Broun declared that the public insurance option "is gonna kill people." Later in the month, he argued that "ObamaCare" would "give every single one of those illegal aliens health insurance." At a town hall meeting in September, Broun literally walked away from a constituent who couldn't get health coverage after telling him, "If you have a suggestion, send it to me." And, just a few weeks ago, he introduced "alternative" legislation that would eliminate Medicare altogether.
Yesterday, Broun escalated his attacks on the Democratic reform bill, saying that its passage "destroy America as we know it today."
Right -- if a liberal like Grayson calls out Republicans (who have no health care plan), they get their freak on. But I guess they have already been immunized to conservative insanity.
Oh, and we have Rep. Gohmert saying this: Dems Would Allow Seniors To "Die Off More Quickly"
This is standard conservative behavior that never gets mentioned by the media. It only comes up when a liberal is attacked and then they spend 24-48 hours to defend themselves and are forced to use these outrageous statement made by Republicans. And of course they have no traction, because of the defensive position the media puts liberals in.
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I really hope these loons get more time at the microphone and more face time on the TV!
People (most normal folks) are scared off by the crazy. It might seem funny at first then when one realizes this is one of America's politicians one must look towards more reasoned and thoughtful politicians. These Republicans are NUTSO!
It seems to be unique to America, or at least it does not happen in Canada. They toss insults, but they are not like your insane reps.
the birth of rock and roll, alternative lifestyle and higher culture was one of the best pursuits and diversions that ever happened. Now days all we got is stupid computers and gadgets. One size fits all clothing and baseball caps worn backwards.
I hope they DON'T, my dad is eating this shit up and believes every goddamn word. I just had an argument with him over this stuff.. HE Believes every damn thing those crazy nuts are saying and no amount of PHYSICAL EVIDENCE will change his mind!!!!
We need a better media, we need to break the conglomeration of media outlets out of their monopoly or we won't see any kind of reform ever.
"refom"
should be
"reform"
Gotta watch that Amato every minute, I tell you.
FYI, might want to fix that headline typo.
;)
...I wish I could proofread all these articles before they appear!
Are you applying for a job? It's a novel way to do so.
...but the most egregious of them belong to one person. I will not name names.
;D
broun-noser
Except for boosh
white-noser.
1) When you say the passage of the Democrats' health care reform bill will "destroy America as we know it today," does that include destroying the likelihood of health care industry shills such as yourself occupying space in the Congress?
2) Promise?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIBu7aTII_k
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everyone 50 and older alive and productive cheaply.
Then he'll shut up.
and all of you know I produce cheap shit. My age is my own business.
eventually explode. ;o}
Colorado countryside pursued by News helicopters.
and the rest of the Rethugs to some extent, and bedwettingly frightened of ANY kind of change. This same diaper filling drivel is brought out whenever any kind of positive change is being considered, whether it's social, fiscal, whatever.
They are the most cowardly group of individuals ever. The only thing to do is to stand up against them, and if necessary, slap them down.....HARD.
This guy sounds like he holds a degree from the Glenn Beck school of crazy-ism. Just shout out dumb ass statements that contain highly negative words and hope something sticks. Uneducated representatives toss poo against the wall, the more educated ones toss out dumb fu*k language.
would research politics by the Rethugs and the Southern conservatives in the 50s....it's EXACTLY the same kind of sh*t.
Only thins time it's more hateful than anyone could have ever imagined.
I have...and you're right. Also, do some research on the debates over the New Deal. Same rhetoric.
In fact, the same rhetoric has been used in opposition to every progressive program enacted by this country.
ever imagined."
Of course it is Liberalicious. That is because in the 50s we did not listen and now "they" have all the white women.
Nope...but I'm sure he's gotten special citations from the Heritage Foundation.
so he's shoveling $h!t. He needs to stop telling lies and make sure his 18 y/o son stops the underage drinking and stops using drugs. Yeah, his son was arrested one night a few months back when police went to investigate a noise complaint. Broun's son was a senior at Athens Academy in Athens, GA. His family values are in cinders all over the place here, but the voters keep buying his BS.
Will passge of the HCR bill actually start to tear the fabric of reality? Will it start a tiny black hole that will suck us all into oblivion!
Maybe it will spread like a pandemic and there will be no cure?
(I can't make stuff up that sounds as crazy as the R's)
And next year probably with midterms coming. Then we'll be back to the same old crap.
I am mostly good with that because as we know America today, it isn't working for a majority of people. Sometimes you have to tear down before you can build up. IMHO, we would be better off than just letting everything go until we hit bottom. Controlled demolition.
My original position was to nationalize all the health insurance companies and go single payer.
The insurance companies need to be destroyed.
I'm not talking smack either. They are a giant parasite on our country and our people.
What are they suppose to do other than pay for healthcare? But they get millions in cash, then play the stock market, then lose, then jack up rates to cover their losses or use tax payer money to bail them out?
AAARRRGGGHHH!
I was the phone with a car insurance agent today asking why my premiums are going up because I have never filed a claim. I suggested that because I have faithfully paid the same company for years, with no losses, shouldn't they at least offer a free month of coverage or something? You should have heard her laugh.
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I remember many years back, there was a thing called premiums versus claims. They could justify an increase if you had claims - that wasn't fair but it was more reasoned.
Now they just raise your rates because they can.
We have to stop them.
that thousands of progressive voters in New Jersey and Viginia were made to work double shifts so they couldn't get to the polls.
Again, in Canada, employers are obligated by law to give voters a half day off with pay, to vote, if they ask for it.
Your system needs some tweaking. It may have been OK for 13 colonies of yesteryear, but...
(I'm not an expert on American political history.)
"Some people say."
Not in the interests of the plutocrats.
Again, other than the fact that only 25 patriots have signed up for her "rally"
Now Bachmann's top aide just quit!
lol
Bless his or her heart, probably just got fed up with working for a mental patient who refuses to get medical attention.
Sheila Jackson Lee.
When it comes to strange, I believe Ms Bachmann has a healthy head start on Ms Lee.
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Knew what? Maybe I do knew. (and no, that is not a typo)
do, but that is not what I was referring to. Saying crazy ain't always being I always say some of the time.
I'm gonna need a "Ricky Decoder Ring" for that comment.
because "I always say" is a common phrase but it don't really mean you always say anything because you can't all the time. It is too hard and your mouth gets tired.
Oh no! I think the truck just went deeper into the ditch.
Someone was quoted as saying:
"When Your Captain's Crazy, It's Time To Find A New Ship"
lol
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Might be from Star Wars or maybe Captain Crunch, I'm just not sure.
a rodent.
Is this another Mickey Mouse joke? Hell, today I would welcome a joke of any sort. I have felt like hell all day and can't turn on the news for fear of hearing the analysis of yesterday's elections again. I had heard enough of that this morning the first hour I was awake.
Now I'm just trying to get prepared with all I'll need if the democrats destroy the world as this guy knows it.
reform passes Congress and destroys you. Forget preparation beyond putting your head between your knees.
Oh, shoot, I forgot about that. How many parachutes will be on that plane?
I should have included:
I was in a rush.
Maybe next time she should promise to show more leg.
No progressive or liberal who ever gets to go on TV should let their "hosts" get away with this. The first question should always be "Why do you let the Republicans get away with such relentless lying and swiftboating? Don't you guys engage in *any* honest journalism anymore?"
If we let the media get away with this double-standard, they won't change on their own. The Right have successfully berated the media into leaving them alone. We have no alternative but to berate them back in the other direction. They (the media) have long since ceased to be fair, yet the right continues to attack them as "lapdogs of Obama", which, like everything the Right says, is both laughably incorrect and maddeningly deliberate.
Hypertribalists will never stop demanding that their double-standard be enforced. We have no alternative but to try to keep up with their ruthlessness as best we can, even if it is a doomed effort.
I like it!
So true. We should have started last spring when the lies started getting so thick and heavy and none of the MSM called the rethuglicans on it. One reason Grayson and Franken are my heroes. Call these idiots out! They don't have a plan for anything except ruining the DEMs in general and Obama in particular. I see all these polls on popularity and results and such. Without FUX noise to egg on and script all the knuckle dragging neanderthal's lying and screaming this country would be in better shape now, much less 3 yrs from now.
And this is bad because..?
....a government that is responsive to the needs of the People would be the end of the world. After all, that's what the Founders pledged their lives, liberty, property and sacred honor to assure never happened.
You gotta admit one thing: If anyone knows how to destroy America, its a republican!
Just ask Dick Cheney how he did it....before he forgets that too.
and is kept in a woman sized safe in an undisclosed location.
She'll be so busy touching up her roots that she'll forget where she put it.
and spill the beans about the root cellar?
Nah, Ms Miller has a semi regular gig on Fox now so she doesn't have to worry about spilling any beans, she's making so many in her pay check that if she did spill a few, she wouldn't even notice.
to most other Republicans because at least he's consistent with his craziness. If you're gonna say that the public option will be a disaster, you better be ready to eliminate Medicare.
If you like his consistent craziness, you're gonna love Michele Bachmann.
I know, I live in MN, but my Congressman is the Muslim, ;)
Barack Obama is your congressman? Oh wait, never mind.
Let me try to understand this. The USA is the only industrialized nation in the world without a national healthcare plan. Several of those other countries have better economies than the USA, and the last study by the World Healthcare Organization placed the USA in 37th place in terms of providing healthcare; in other words 36 other countries provide better healthcare than does the USA. In the face of facts like these, the ReThuglicans still have the audacity to preach that healthcare reform will cause the downfall of America. Actually, I am less disheartened by the prevarications of these dishonest SOBs, than I am by the knowledge that there are so many ignorant, gullible constituents buying into this crap.
Kinda the way I feel about the people in NY 23 who voted for Hoffman. Yeah he lost the race but way too many people voted for him knowing that quacks like Palin, Thompson and Little Ricky Santorum were cheering him on. That's frightening.
He can afford to say these things, check out what he is entitled to;http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/10/28-1
The GOP seems to have an inordinate number of physicians sitting in the House doing nothing much to help anyone. So what gives? Why aren't these people back home exercising their profession and doing something constructive?
And I do wonder why the GOP doctors are uniformly wingnuts. Maybe the party should send Bachman and Fox to medical school.
Brown knows that's not true , if it were the Repugs would be all for it !
I'll bet this psychopath had one great bedside manner.
"Your Grandma has no insurance to cover this. Get her out of here in 15 minutes or we'll dump her ass out the window onto the street below! Kapeesch?" "Oh, I almost forgot, praise the lord! Now get her wrinkly ass outa here, I mean it! Deadbeats!"
This morning, MSNBC aired a commercial for holy-Joe. I noticed it was paid for by... Protect Patients’ Rights
Snip - This week, the Coalition to Protect Patients’ Rights went up with its first two television ads. Running right now in Maine and Connecticut, are ads thanking Senator Olympia Snowe and Senator Joe Lieberman
change his name from Von Broun? Just asking. I thought we won the war!
will destroy America.
ObamaCare killed illegal immigrants? Would that be acceptable?
Must understand when he says that health cae reform and public option will destroy America. His America is the one where health insurance comapnies gouge Americans andtake their profits and pay lobbyists to do their work in writing bills and to provide these politicians with campaign money. Money that would have kept people alive.
That is his America.
Republicans bury their head int he sand and try to ignore the fact that many non-profit healthcare management companies are struggling to fill int he gaps that have been left by the health care system. fortunately there are some that are doing this well and running in the black. Here is one: http://cli.gs/z3AtaY/
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