The Walker Report is one I read on healthcare reform. And boy has he hit the nail on the head tonight. As the WH, Reid, Baucus etc seek the grand bi-partisan deal the right wing is inciting violence against the President. With the kind of talk from Sarah Palin and accelerating violence at healthcare forums the Secret Service must be very busy....
If the leaders of our party has any sense they would highlight that the words being used by birthers and teabaggers about the nationality of the President is very dangerous. You might see a change in narrative perhaps by MSM. Words that could well endanger the President's life is a national matter of utmost concern.
I’m running into more and more people convinced now that Obama isn’t an American. They are fully convinced. So pray tell how does our leaders in DC plan to negotiate healthcare with a party inciting irrational violence? Obama is being accused of wanting genocide. Being accused of being a foreign extraction by members of the GOP.
Walker is correct-unless Sen Snowe et al. denounce all this dangerous rhetoric then how can any deal be reached? You know that this is the start of a growing chorus from the GOP pulling any card they can create. Who knows what they will say tomorrow. Its is pure idiocy for the Democratic leadership to negotiate away their bill with those inciting violence against THEM.... More-
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Sunday, August 9, 2009
You Can't Negotiate With People Who Accuse You Of Genocide
Sarah Palin was the GOP's Vice Presidential candidate and is one of the most prominent figures in the Republican party. On Facebook, she has accused President Obama of wanting to create a government "death panel" that would refuse to provide health care to "the sick, the elderly, and the disabled." She is leveling the unbelievable accusation that Obama wants to commit genocide on a massive scale. Her claim is that Obama is an equal to such evil historic monsters as Hitler, Stalin, and Pol Pot.
Her talk of a "death panel" is not just a purely false distortion of a serious debate. It creates an incredibly dangerous environment that could encourage individuals to take up violence to stop the impending "downright evil" plan. I understand that Obama wants health care reform to be bipartisan, but there is simply no negotiating with people who publicly accuse you of planning genocide. As long as such insidious lies are being promoted ....a real policy debate will be impossible.
Several important Republicans (Snowe, Collins, Grassley, Enzi, Graham, etc..) claim to want to achieve a bipartisan consensus on health care reform. If they truly want to see health care reform they must denounce these horrible lies and demand that Sarah Palin apologizes. Honest negotiations are impossible as long as they provide implicit consent for those trying to poison the debate with wild accusations. ...