Alex Koppelman, Salon: The flaw in Ditto McPigshit's Hawaiian hospital healthcare fatwa

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Monday, Jan 4, 2010 16:30 EST
War Room
Limbaugh's accidental support for health reform

The radio host used his hospitalization to argue against Democrats' plans, but there's a flaw in his logic

By Alex Koppelman

Even a brief hospitalization for chest pains isn't the kind of thing that stops Rush Limbaugh from being, well, Rush Limbaugh. Once he was released, the conservative talker told reporters, "Based on what happened to me here, I don't think there is one thing wrong with the American healthcare system. It is working just fine, just dandy."

Well, yeah -- there's nothing wrong with the system for people like Limbaugh, who either get coverage from an employer or can easily afford to pay for even the costliest of individual plans. Limbaugh is very clearly not the kind of person reform is intended to aid, and he presumably knows that, but a little thing like that hasn't ever stopped him before.

That aside, though, there was something really notable in Limbaugh's comments: As a few liberals -- including some who work for the Service Employees International Union, a consevative bogeyman -- are now gleefully pointing out, Hawaii's healthcare system is different from the one in the continental U.S. In fact, it's much more liberal, and some elements are actually pretty similar to provisions in Democrats' reform bills. Plus, as the SEIU noted, the state's medical workers are heavily unionized.

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/rush_limbaugh/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2010/01/04/limbaugh

[Bitwit1234]

1. SO now instead of just telling republicans what to do

does rush think he can pronounce the Health Care problem solved and it will all go away. This is what is so ridiculous with republicans. Each and every one of them are trying to get the public to believe they are and expert in everything. Look at Fox News. Next thing you know the janitors will be put in front of the camera and tell us all they are experts on security. And that they know how to keep us safe.

[dkf]

2. Um Treating a guy with no apparent problem gets us health care props?

Too funny.

[JoeyT]

3. So if he keels over tomorrow

Will they finally shut the hell up so we can get single payer?

Edited to add: He being Boss Hog, they being Republicans. Thought I should point that out.