Wingnuts on Parade
There is all kinds of wingnutiness out there today and from both chambers of Congress, none the less. We begin with Orrin Hatch, the Republican Senator from Utah warning about the grave dangers of health care reform.
The healthcare reform proposals before Congress threaten the existence of the two-party system, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) alleged Monday morning.
Hatch asserted that the health bills, which he believes represent a "step-by-step approach to socialized medicine," will lead to Americans’ dependence on Democrats for their health and other issues.
"And if they get there, of course, you’re going to have a very rough time having a two-party system in this country, because almost everybody’s going to say, ‘All we ever were, all we ever are, all we ever hope to be depends on the Democratic Party,’ " Hatch said during an interview with the conservative CNSNews.com.
"That’s their goal," Hatch added. "That’s what keeps Democrats in power."
That’s right. Health care reform will destroy the two-party political system in America. Well, I submit that the Rethugs have already done a fine job in that regard. According to the last NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, of those surveyed only 20 percent self-identified as Rethugs. It set a new low record for Rethugs. (Think Whig Party.)
Meanwhile, in other related news, Rep. Virgina Fox (R-NC) took it much further than her colleague in the Senate warning that health care reform was a greater threat to American freedom than “any terrorist right now in any country.”
Everywhere I go in my district, people tell me they are frightened. … I share that fear, and I believe they should be fearful. And I believe the greatest fear that we all should have to our freedom comes from this room — this very room — and what may happen later this week in terms of a tax increase bill masquerading as a health care bill. I believe we have more to fear from the potential of that bill passing than we do from any terrorist right now in any country.
So, there you have it. You’ve been duly warned of the great threats Democrats are hell bent on inflicting upon our great nation and its peoples. Oh, and if you’d like to watch Ms. Foxx’s rant, Think Progress has the video.
