Evan Bayh breaks out the 'socialism' canard in saying "No" to universal health care

[babylonsister]

http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/evan-bayh-says-no-universal-health-care


Evan Bayh breaks out the 'socialism' canard in saying "No" to universal health care
By John Amato Sunday Apr 12, 2009 12:10pm
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On FOX News Sunday with Chris Wallace, Convervakrat Evah Bayh joined hard-right fanatic Tom "Dr. No" Coburn and echoed his conservative principles and renewed his opposition to universal health care for America.

It's really sad that a man rumored to be a VP pick is using the tired right wing talking points that the government can't do anything effectively and he had the frakkin' nerve to bring in the Hannity-Beck line calling everything in sight "socialism" to describe Obama's fiscal beliefs. Is he seriously a member of the Democratic Party? He's against any form of nationalism of the banking industry and wins the coveted "C&L Propaganda Spoon" befitting a FOX Talker when he called universal health care socialized medicine.

Bayh: Some action in the crisis was called for, that's in the short run. In the long run though we've got to start unwinding some of these things. We don't want the government in the business of owning our banks. We don't want the government intruding any more than it has to in the private sector so we've got to start reversing some of this once the momentum is in the economy to grow the economy once again to stabilize situations and I do agree with Tom, when it comes to health care we don't want "socialized medicine," but there is an appropriate role for government to expand coverage, to make it more affordable for people who don't have the means and that actually enables to meet the challenges....

Evan Good Bye should be a regular on Hannity's Great America panel. He'd fit in like a glove. Good Bye was very outspoken against President Obama's budget and is setting up a Blue Dog caucus of his own in the Senate. That's just what we need, failed conservative economic principles at a critical time in our history.

Bayh, a leading contender to be Obama’s running mate last year, was one of only two Democrats to vote against the president’s budget. He also has formed a 15-member group of centrist Senate Democrats called the Moderate Dems Working Group.

“I’ve been a fiscal conservative throughout my career. It’s nothing personal to the president, “ Bayh said. "In the short run, I agree with the president. We do need to stimulate the economy. The government needs to step in… In the long run, I think the deficits and the debt are too high. We need to get those under control. So that was the reason for my vote there."

[Liberal Veteran]

1. Fuck that low rent fucker who is getting health care on the taxpayer dime.

Fucking asshole.

[tosh]

3. Well said. nt.

[indepat]

17. Well said. The US can socialize Wall Street and banking losses to the

tune of trillions of dollars, but let our nation continue the most costly and ineffective medical delivery service in the world, one that denies/restrict tens of millions and bankrupts countless others, but no socialization of health care, no siree! :grr:

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. Amen. What a two-faced jerk!

[lostnotforgotten]

2. Notice How The Right Wingers Can Never Articulate Exactly Why Single Payer Is Bad

All we get from them is jingoism.

[tosh]

4. That's why they go on Faux.

No one there asks the REAL questions. They are never challenged, it's just an easy platform.

[SanchoPanza]

13. Because it will almost destroy private insurance

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."
- Upton Sinclair

[babylonsister]

14. Great quote, and so applicable! nt

[ccharles000]

5. god what a giant fuck

[Cali_Democrat]

6. I can't stand that piece of shit. (nt)

[Ken Burch]

7. Can we really assume this is the ONLY kind of Dem that can win in Indiana?

How much is the guy really worth to us, if having him means putting up with this?

[mitchum]

8. Fuck you and the legacy you rode in on, shitbag

[JanMichael]

11. Beat me to it. I concur 100%. nt

[Captain Hilts]

9. When is he giving up his then? nt

[pscot]

10. Why do the democrats

continue to put up with this crap. People like Bayh and Landrieu know there will be no consequences for disloyalty. No matter how badly they betray the party, they continue to enjoy all the perks and priveleges of majority status. If they had tried this with LBJ, the earmark money for their states would have disappeared like desert rain. They need to be primaried.

[LWolf]

21. Because when you don't "put up with this crap"

you become the enemy of the partisans, and there are efforts to "purge" you.

I guess.

Or people believe partisan propaganda when they should know better.

:shrug:

[SeeHopeWin]

12. I will say it again, this mother fucker from IN looks too much like a former member of

The Young Republicans Club!!!

How can we best stick it to him? We really need to organize against this bastard. I want Rhambo to give him a call tomorrow morning!!!

[spanone]

15. time for bayh to cross the isle

[Tangerine LaBamba]

16. Evan, honey, you've had your face buried

in Rush Limbaugh's lap for far too long.

Just fucking shut the fuck up, you sorry weasel fuck.

[liskddksil]

18. It is so time for him to go. nt

[elocs]

20. Universal health care=Medicare for everyone (government pays the bills).

Socialized medicine=V.A. healthcare (the hospitals and clinics are owned by the government and the employees are government employees). We already have a good example of each and so few people understand what socialism really is, or choose not to.