Well, you're preaching to THIS choir. I am in a perpetual state of nausea these days as I cannot escape the tributes to Ronald Reagan. And if this is the ultimate evidence of why I abhor the Republican party I don't know what is. Fortunately, Salon is running nearly daily articles refuting the whitewashing of Reagan's terms as governor and president. He wasn't an evil man so much as a stupid man. And I mean someone with the I.Q. of a brick. But like George Bush, he was the puppet of some very smart men. Now he is the torch bearer for all that is Republican these days. A man who closed the mental hospitals here in California, ignored AIDS, supported Ollie North's machinations in Central America, I could go on but I won't.
I think that the Republicans are being foolish politically. They are pandering to the super rightwing of their party in response to Obama shifting to the center. They are alienating their centrist base with these proposals. Hey, you know what? Most people are finding out that they like not getting bumped from their medical plans for pre-existing conditions. Most people like being able to keep their kids on their medical plans. Small businesses find that because of the tax break they can offer their employees medical insurance. Which means they keep people and have happier employees. WAKE UP, ASSHOLES!
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Date: 2011-02-06 04:09 pm (UTC)I think that the Republicans are being foolish politically. They are pandering to the super rightwing of their party in response to Obama shifting to the center. They are alienating their centrist base with these proposals. Hey, you know what? Most people are finding out that they like not getting bumped from their medical plans for pre-existing conditions. Most people like being able to keep their kids on their medical plans. Small businesses find that because of the tax break they can offer their employees medical insurance. Which means they keep people and have happier employees. WAKE UP, ASSHOLES!