Posted by
Mike Silverman on Saturday, October 10, 2009 6:08:13 PM
Poor old former Republican Senator Dole, a great man, a war hero, who nowadays is being played like a useful idiot that the Democrats srcaped up from retirement and suckered with a chance to feel important again in the context of current events. I hate to say it but he's become the Jimmy Carter of the Republican Party. He, and former Senator Daschle ( of all people...), have been working together to promote acceptance of the healthcare reform bill by the Republican party, with "bi-partisan" reforms... ( ha ha). And , the media, so very very predictable..., love it when a Republican "finds his soul" ( as the liberals might see it...) and seeks "redemption" in the form of submission to the liberal Democrat agenda. Republicans should keep away from any Democrat healthcare bill as if it were poison. The Democrats want to mix a poison potion of government run healthcare for the nation..., so why should Republicans drink ANY of that poison? Why should they dilute it a little and then take a swallow of the poison? The right and principled thing to do is slam any and all healthcare bills that attempt in any way to increase regulation and extend the reach of the government into our private lives and choices. If Republicans want to do something to increase medical insurance competition and promote tort reform, that's fine, they should introduce a separate bill to do that, and ONLY that..., but should keep away from the boondoggle that Obama wants to inflict on the country. Democrats don't want to bear the repercussions from this mess that Obama wants for healthcare.... alone. They want the Republicans to siphon off some of the poison into themselves, like sucking the venom from a rattlesnake bite, in order to soften the grim impact of the Democrat party's re-election prospects. You see, the strategy is not hard to figure out. IF , the Democrats can sucker Republicans into sucking on this venom sack called government Healthcare, then that leaves the angry public hating both parties equally. And thus does not give the public confidence that Republicans would do things differently. Thus, it evens the odds that repercussions from voting up a healthcare bill will effect negative returns on election results. Now, Republicans know this is the political tactic the Democrats are trying to employ when they accuse the Republicans of partisan politics and call them the party of NO. This is something we want partisanship on, because we should all WANT to have sensible politicians taking a principled stand against this boondoggle bill. Republican partisanship against this bill is a good thing.
- Mike Silverman