But wait, it's worse than that! What Republicans should now be saying is, "A vote for me is a vote for me and my family to obtain great health care for the rest of our lives, while at the same time I'll be taking health care away from you."
What really irritates me about this is how dismissive they are about such things. Whenever I see one of them confronted by such points, they find a way to avoid it, or else talk about how the person asking them is advocating "socialism," or worse, "class warfare" (of course, the war is over and the super wealthy won a long time ago). Usually, the person asking the question (so often a Wolf Blitzer type) never follows up to say something like, "you know, the same could be said about you getting health care for the rest of your life, especially after you are voted out of office or leave voluntarily."
Another example of this kind of the illogical nonsense being given airtime on various "news" outlets that believe that they are presenting "both sides" are the recent attempts to stem the mortgage crisis. On one site (of the LA Times), this was part of a comment to a story about this:
"It's nice that the government is willing to help homeowners who are upside down in their mortgages, or behind/facing foreclosures. They are giving the huge tax credits to first time buyers with no repayment penalties, but what about the many of us who have figured out how to keep our mortgages current and pay our mortgages on time? We are paying for everyone else to get bailed out, with no benefit to us. That's what I don't like about socialistic government..."
I responded with: "If there had been a 'socialist government,' this would not have happened in the first place! Instead, what we had was 'crony capitalism,' which meant that the government didn't prevent banks from getting involved in issuing these NINJA type loans. That said, there isn't much choice now, because if the economy crashes things will be even worse for those who 'always pay their bills on time.' I'm one of those people, and I was able to buy a house in cash recently when the prices took a nose dive. I don't want to see an economy like that of the Great Depression. Who is going to benefit from that scenario? This is the major problem with 'conservative,' that it, they have a complaint about everything but will walk away from viable solutions unless a 'conservative' politician advocates it. Just take a look at Romney's health reforms in Mass. and compare to the federal plan he now condemns. Really, who do you think is going to take you seriously? If you don't want to see this sort of situation arise again you need to start voting for candidates that are not going to allow Wall Street (or any other business) to become "too big to fail," and that means strict regulations against predatory practices and just plain stupid ideas. Instead, many want to vote for right wingers who mislead with slogans, smears, and lies..."
Why can't most Democrats respond similarly?