They have perfected the demonic art of killing good ideas with lies, distortion, and innuendos that generate fear and anger -- and then they sit back and gloat, as the hate-talk preachers and radio/tv blowhards finish the job.
Here's the latest, reported by HuffingtonPost:
The national Republican Party has mailed a fundraising appeal suggesting Democrats might use an overhaul of the health care system to deny medical treatment to Republicans.A questionnaire accompanying the appeal says the government could check voting registration records, "prompting fears that GOP voters might be discriminated against for medical treatment in a Democrat-imposed health care rationing system."
It asks, "Does this possibility concern you?"
Katie Wright, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, said the question was "inartfully worded."
But she said people should worry because government officials would have access to personal financial and medical data.
"The RNC doesn't try to scare people," said Wright. "We're just trying to get the facts out on health care. And that's what we do every day."
Yeah, right. Like the "Republican Health Care Bill of Rights for Seniors" that they're advertising on the web. It is so full of distortions and fear-mongering it is just sickening: things like warning about cuts in Medicare, end of life scare tactics, etc.
And it's working. Polls are dropping, Obama is being painted as Hitler, Satan, and anything else bad the crazies can think of.
I'm discourged and enraged and feel helpless, sitting here watching it happen all over again. We, as a nation, are just stupid. And it is not going to change until we do something about the influence of money in our governing system. When george bush's term was over, I assumed I would no longer be thinking about moving to another country; but now I find those thoughts returning.
Ralph
And having to repeatedly attempt to extinguish the resulting fires that these falsehoods create takes so much valuable energy and funds, and then it's doubtful that their faithful will even listen to reasonable counterclaims. It's probably about as effective as instructing a jury to ignore the over-ruled antics of a rogue courtroom attorney who knows that the damage will already have been done by the time they've been reigned in. It IS sickening. These folks who think the ends they favor justify their deplorable means are a scary bunch. They have a following that doesn't seem to mind being blatantly manipulated and leaders who don't mind being caught doing it.
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That's the disgusting thing: their leaders don't mind being caught doing it. They have no shame. They just go on acting scanctimonious, as though they haven't been caught red-handed. And the gullible public, who only listen to Rush and FOX, and Glenn Beck, buy the lies and react with their paranoia -- and we can't get anything done.
ReplyDeleteThere should be some ground rules that say you can't outright lie about the other sides' policy and get away with it.
Ralph,I'm not glad that you're feeling sick about what what's happening to the healthcare debate but I thought that I might be alone in how badly this mess is affecting me personally. I have been sick at heart about it for weeks. I sorely miss Senator Kennedy's strong voice and opinions about how everybody deserves healthcare. We need someone in the Senate to pick up where Senator Kennedy left off.
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