Keith explores why Republicans are doubling down on the Ryan "coupons for grandma" health care reform after their trouncing in the recent NY State special election.
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A reasonable Republican might run in the opposite direction, but good luck finding one. Congressman Phil Gingrey of Georgia – who once had to apologize to Rush Limbaugh -- said ``To back away from this or to get skittish for fear of losing a few seats would be pretty irresponsible.''
His words were echoed by Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who leads the Republicans in the Senate. And Mark McKinnon, the Republican strategist, may have said more than he intended when he told The Hill: ``Republicans should not run from the Ryan plan. That is a lose-lose proposition. We're tagged with it anyway, so running doesn't help.''
Keith says that "lose, lose" sums up the Republican political situation nicely and sane political strategy would be to abandon the Ryan turkey, except.....
The Insurance Cartel is used to win-win propositions and Republican flunkies who do as they are told. The Republican strategy is like that of the British cavalry in 1854 during the Crimean War. In the poem ``The Charge of the Light Brigade,'' Alfred, Lord Tenyson, honored the valor of the doomed men who attacked the Russian forces in a battle they could not win. He wrote: `` . . . Someone had blundered. ``Their's not to make reply. ``Their's not to reason why. ``Their's but to do and die.''
So, keep it up, Republicans! Don't reason why. Don't ask why. Obey your leaders. Charge!
The Republican Party has the strategic vulnerabilities of any authoritarian organization.
Ironic that the same Republicans who wanted to hang a health care Waterloo on Obama, now find themselves in the ranks of the Light Brigade.
Might I suggest another image...
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