Stephen Guy Hardin's HARDIN REPUBLIC

From: Gregg Rubin
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 11:23 PM
To: 'rachel@msnbc.com'
Subject: healthcare



Rachel,

It's one thing to be happy about healthcare passing , it is another to

do it smugly and insincerely.  In interviewing Tim Kaine today, boy, now

he calls reconciliation a 'simple up or down vote'.  How curious.  Maybe because

many of these same Senators saying this will happen fought against that before.

It's great that Mr Kaine is chuckling about something so serious.  

It's also funny that you can turn a blind eye when Mr Kaine says that anyone wants

to kick anyone out of their healthcare plan.  Shameful.  But its ok, he is a democrat

so he can get away with it. 

Oh, also, it's great that  you can discount the town hall meetings.  You can make fun, criticize,

call them all radicals, be smug, arrogant and elitist.  Answer one question.  Why will the democrats

push this all through before Easter Break?  Because they know if that happens, the same thing

will happen that happened last summer.  Yes, I remember that too.  Do you?  Do you remember

that Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi wanted to rush it through before the summer recess.  Remember?

Do you?   Whatever could have been their motivation for wanting to do that? 

And when they came back the only way you could get this passed was to pay off some congressmen/women.

It seems so ironic that you call for a 'simple majority' up or down vote,  and then just discount

and belittle those who are part of the 'simple majority' of Americans who are against this bill.

But great, Rachel, you just go on saying you win, get over it.  That's something to be proud of. 

Shame.

Gregg

Atlanta

Keith,

Great you have hope for your father.  I pray he finds

peace in whatever happens.  Your story about life panels

is intriguing not because I agree with you but how you still

don't see your flawed thinking.  You have had the ability to have

a 'life panel' while your father is receiving the best care possible.

Have you paid a dime for any 'consultation' you say the health care bill will

provide?  Have you considered that the part of consultation by the doctor

and is staff could be part and parcel of the caregiving experience?  Of course not.

You somehow think that the passing of the health care bill will make your experience

and experience of others better.  According to your story, it doesn't seem like the access

to healthcare that your family has received could be better, could it?

It is your right to believe that giving Federal appointed officials (qualified they may be)

the ability to set 'standards' of care for people in situations like your father would make

his care better, but I frankly, would rather leave that to the doctors treating him and my

family, like, say, your recent experience has proven.  

It also doesn't't surprise me unfortunately of the venom you still feel for Glenn Beck and

others.  I pray someday your soul finds peace.

Gregg

Atlanta

Hey Chris,

Maybe before you start making Jim Bunning's behavior an issue, why

don't you talk about the issue that Bunning was holding up.  Wasn't the reason

he held that up was because these extensions of benefits and increase in spending (what else is

new with you guys) were to be balanced with cuts in other places.  Oh, because 10 billion dollars

is just chump change anymore, just adding it to the deficit is ok.  And by the way, those that won't

get their benefits for a few days are Federal Workers, part of the only part of our economy that

is growing jobs.  Certainly we all want to be government workers where are production isn?t measured,

there are 10 of us doing the same job, we get paid in salary and benefits 50% more than private industry

and our job security is safe even if we're the most impotent, incompetent candidates for the position.

Way to be part of the solution Chris.

Gregg Rubin

Atlanta,

Georgia

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