Ugliness in Health Care Debate

Now this has gotten interesting hasn't it?

The Senate is debating one of the most publicized and griped about bills in a long while and keeping with the spirit of the season both the Democratic Party and the Republicans are attacking one another. Now anyone who isn't following this bill, it's garbage; complete garbage. If you liked how it felt being pounded by the health insurance companies before, hold onto your hats (and butts). Essentially the worst part of the bill and something I can now agree with some of those on the right (though for different reasons) is the personal mandate. This item would make sense were it not for Senator Aetna Joe Lieberman and Senator Cigna Ben Nelson demolishing anything resembling a government plan.

But this mandate minus a government plan is toxic, very toxic. I know the argument is one is mandated to carry insurance for their car, but you can choose not to own a car and ride GOVERNMENT transportation like a city bus or walk; you cannot choose not to have a body in need of care. Therefore, the comparison both intellectually and morally falls flat. As for the current debate, the Republicans are behaving like douche bags. I seem to remember they actually lost tremendously in 2008. To act like the American people embrace their brand of leadership is as delusional as a fat Italian guy in Speedos on Venice Beach thinking "I'm gonna get me a babe on this beach".

"Some suggested the special Nebraska considerations in the bill amounted to bribery and corruption"

Ya don't say? To try and pretend this sort of practice isn't common in modern politics and that any such "consideration" is bribery is similar to making the observation that there are flies on horseshit. This is standard operating procedure: Senator whines about bill, all of a sudden there are provisions in the bill benefiting that Senator's specific state. AMAZING! anyway, enough cynicism; if this situation ever devolved into a discussion about what constitutes bribery in Washington and what it does to legislation every single industry lobbyist and about 90% of the politicians would be indicted. This sort of pathetic display represents the "talk radio" mindset leaking into politics with myopia and amnesia to boot. Acrimony and anger, Senators can no longer be friends. Methinks this more has to do with who's paying the election and re-election bills than it concerns the hollow suits sitting on the benches.