Showing posts with label americans for prosperity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label americans for prosperity. Show all posts

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Daschle, Armey, Coburn and Maddow on Meet the Press Aug. 16

Town halls don't hurt the health care debate. Misinformation does, says Tom Daschle.
David Gregory asks the panel about the escalation of violence at town halls. He points out that Timothy McVeigh had the same thing written on his shirt the day he bombed the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City in 1995 as the man with the gun strapped to his leg at Obama's town hall in New Hampshire.
Tom Coburn says this debate isn't about healthcare. It's about fear of government. That makes sense. My question is why now? Why is everyone suddenly fearing government? I'd say it's driven by hatred and fear of Obama from our fringes. Dick Armey, of course, who is on the fringes, believes that Obama has earned the violent reaction in the the 7 or so months Obama's been in office, which is irrational and proves there is something deeper here.
Rachel Maddow doesn't let Armey get away with his lies.

David Gregory sits down with Rachel after the show:
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Monday, August 10, 2009

Media Gorge on Town Hall Disruptions Ending

For a while there it was getting unbearable. Every other news report was about the rude and violent people disrupting town halls. Now it appears the media has gorged itself on lunacy and is escalating the health care conversation. It really is up to the media to point their cameras in a different direction. They can keep aiming at the fringe, or they can help bring about intelligent debate on something that matters to most people (except for those who are happy with their healthcare and selfishly could care less about anyone else, but don't realize that they too will soon suffer from an inadequate and ineffective health care system).
Here's a fine example of a better conversation:

Now we're even getting fact checks. Taxpayer dollars won't be used to fund abortions. Tonight, ABC says Betsy McCaughey originated the "death panel" notion.
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