Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Republicans' insane anger

I've felt for quite a while that the Republican party and Fox News were unreasonably, cutthroat anger and fear mongers. Bob Cesca explains it all.

He compares the insane protests now to the protesters during the Bush administration. I'm sure there are some crazy left-wingers he leaves out, but it's a compelling case. On the one side, people compare a president to Hitler for an unnecessary war on false pretenses that includes torture. On the other, people compare a president to Hitler for suggesting we have national healthcare. And for being born in Kenya, which he wasn't.

I'm hoping that the endless negative shouting of anger is as obvious to everyone else. They have nothing to offer. The best argument Fox has about healthcare is that we have the best system in the world. Except that we don't. We are no healthier than anywhere else, and we pay more for the same results.

One does hope that the Democratic majority in Congress and the election of President Obama are indicators that we stopped buying the BS. But that doesn't mean it's over. We will always be struggling to get stuff done while angry people try to drag us down. Hopefully we can get the economy going and get some effective health reform to remind people that good government actually does make their lives better.

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