DGDevin wrote:
Jack Stein wrote:

Because they can't even get all their own members of Congress to go
along. A bunch of them (especially from the south) are worried about
losing their seats to Republicans so they'll resist voting for what
many of their constituents have been convinced is rampaging
socialism.

No argument with that, other than "many of their constituents
recognize as rampaging socialism." "Rampaging socialism" is easy to
recognize, no need to convince anyone with half a brain... it is what
it is...

Since these are the same people who are convinced the govt. wants to
set up death panels to decide when everyone will be allowed to die,
and give away free health care to illegal aliens (the clear language
of the bill notwithstanding) and for that matter that President
Obama's birth certificate is a forgery, I'm not too concerned with
what they believe. Anyone who shows up at a town hall meeting to
screech that they don't want the govt. getting involved with their
Medicare is frankly too dumb to be taken seriously. It saddens me
that the Republican Party has been reduced to appealing to the fears
of ill-informed yahoos, but that's what it has come to.

Death panels?
Paid-for abortions?
Treating illegal aliens?
Rationing?
Waiting lists?

I agree they are not in any of the pending bills. But here's the dirtly
little secret:

They are not NOT in there! There is no language prohibiting them. If the
people so quick to accuse health-care reform opponents of exaggeration and
scare-mongering were serious, they'd add:

"No provision of this Act shall be used in any way to promote, advise, or
provide for ..."

The fact that such additions are resisted speaks volumes.