The second health care reform war is on. The most visible front in the struggle is the town hall meeting. People like Bob MacGuffie are loading these meetings with people who subvert discussion forums on health care and turn them into shouting matches. This is leading congresscritters like Bloomington's Blue Dog Baron Hill (D-IN) to avoid the town hall format altogether. Who's to blame? There's plenty to go around. Well the Democrats blame the Republicans. Republicans retort that this is a grass-roots rebellion. As is usually the case with such wide sweeping legislation, there are contradictory claims to be resolved, leaving reform open to all sorts of misinformation. Partisans seem more interested in sinking Team Obama than actually making helpful and thoughtful contributions to the very complicated process of reform.
Monday, August 10, 2009
All's health that ends health
The second health care reform war is on. The most visible front in the struggle is the town hall meeting. People like Bob MacGuffie are loading these meetings with people who subvert discussion forums on health care and turn them into shouting matches. This is leading congresscritters like Bloomington's Blue Dog Baron Hill (D-IN) to avoid the town hall format altogether. Who's to blame? There's plenty to go around. Well the Democrats blame the Republicans. Republicans retort that this is a grass-roots rebellion. As is usually the case with such wide sweeping legislation, there are contradictory claims to be resolved, leaving reform open to all sorts of misinformation. Partisans seem more interested in sinking Team Obama than actually making helpful and thoughtful contributions to the very complicated process of reform.
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