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Thread #128314   Message #2871545
Posted By: Bill D
25-Mar-10 - 11:03 AM
Thread Name: BS: Republican response to Health Reform
Subject: RE: BS: Republican response to Health Reform
It isn't health care....it isn't even money that they are frothing over. It's the fact that Obama has won on this VERY important battle. They were banking on him losing, and being able to label him a loser in 2012. Now, by that time, it will have sunk in that he and the Democrats have done something seriously GOOD for the country and made the Republicans look like fools for all the lies and dirty politics.

(well...it IS also money....the money they get from their corporate backers to finance elections. I suppose you 'can' say, using the old joke, that the Republicans are honest politicians - once bought, they STAY bought.)

Now they are sort of committed to doubling down and increasing the lies and hyperbole and artificially linking all sorts of special interest issues to this one...just as they have been playing the abortion card.

Expect to hear LOTS more about guns and religion and *gasp* Socialism, and innuendo about race and immigration and every other conservative 'hot button' they can think of! They KNOW how to use fear and prejudice to inflame people, but just 'maybe' those they are trying to inflame will realize that the party which FINALLY got them Health Care is really the party which cares and can be trusted.