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Healthcare townhall: not worth it.

Dan went to a town hall about the new health care initiative and came back with this to say (I’ve puled out some stuff, you should go read his full post):

First they screamed at the AARP guy—even though AARP hadn’t taken a stance on the bill. But they yelled that they had been sold out, apparently because this guy was facilitating the townhall meeting.

Then they screamed at the uninsured women in a wheelchair. They didn’t even wait to see what she had to say.

Then they screamed at Dingell. Even though Dingell is an 80 year old guy—he’s one of the most powerful people in the country. Don’t pity him. And if you have a good reason to scream at him—go ahead. But they weren’t screaming at him for good reasons. They were screaming at him because, apparently, he “hadn’t read the bill.” I guess he just wrote it. Also, everything Dingell said about the bill was “a lie.” Does the bill mention euthenasia? “No.” STOP LYING TO US!

This is sad. Whether or not you feel that this healthcare plan is good or bad, there is no excuse for behavior like this. All shouting does is marginalize and divide. There is absolutely nothing constructive coming from situations like this.

The only conclusion I can draw from proceedings such is that is that these people must have very small lives that they have to shout at an uninsured woman in a wheel chair.

Pathetic.