Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Bipartisanship is date rape.


That quote comes from Grover Norquist, an overweight, dateless-on-prom-night Republican consultant.

As President Obama addressed Congress he was greeted warmly by Democrats and the Republicans sat, thumbs in ass, scowling as the Socialist usurper-in-chief talked about providing all of us affordable, fair coverage if we get sick.

Last time I looked, cancer took the right and the left, regardless.

Still, one congressman accused Obama of lying. He was South Carolina Republican Joe Wilson. When the president said that this health bill would not cover illegal immigrants, the good man from South Carolina ("too small to be a country, too big to be an insane asylum") shouted, "You lie!"

That's him up there with George W. Bush. I'll pause as you make your own lying bastard jokes.

Funny, but minutes after Joe Wilson called the president a liar, I can't get on Representative Wilson's website.

Let's hope it's Nigerian hackers.

Every objection I hear about health care reform begins with, "I know a guy..." It's always a guy from Canada who came down here because his wife couldn't get a hammer toe corrected before the weekend or some shit.

I know a guy.

I call this the "I know a guy defense."

Well, I know a guy. His name is TR Reid, the writer of " The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care." He's been around the world, checking out other forms of health care. To get his take on things, listen to this interview with Fresh Air.

Granted, it's only one person's take, but he's been there and, most likely, you haven't.

But if you think we can't make our health care system better and fairer, don't listen. I'm sure Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh care more about your family's health.

After all, they're known for their empathy.


6 comments:

Gerard Saylor said...

I was wondering who the a-hole was that yelled "You lie." I figured it to be a guest in the gallery because, surely, a Congressman has more sense than that. I can be foolish.

JD Rhoades said...

if Joe Wilson can't control himself any better than that on the floor of the US Congress, he has no business there. Fuck him, and fuck his fucking apology.

Karen Olson said...

Watching the morning news shows, I was astonished how it seemed last night's speech never happened for most of those Republicans. They're singing the same song they sang two days ago. Except they're all SHOCKED that Obama proposed tort reform.

And besides Wilson, who should be voted out of office for his disrepecctful behavior alone, did you see Cantor sitting there on his Blackberry the whole time?

Despite feelings about Bush and his policies, Democrats were never that disrepectful during a joint session of Congress.

DebbyJ said...

As a South Carolinian, I can only shake my head and wonder, "Is it possible to elect anyone in this state who has an IQ greater than his/her shoe size?" Not only do we have the Luv Guv, we have this fool. It's like the gift that keeps on giving.

Gerard Saylor said...

I saw that guy on the handheld. I figured he was keying in some stupid comments on Twitter or something.

Lisa said...

I still can't believe that he did that.