The GOP’s scary-movie strategy
By Dana Milbank, WashPost, Tuesday, November 19, 6:56 PM
House Republican leaders could not have been more blatant in their attempts to frighten Americans if they had emerged from their weekly meeting wearing hockey masks and carrying chainsaws.
“The American people are very, very worried,” Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) proclaimed to the cameras after emerging from Republicans’ gathering Tuesday morning. “Moms and dads are worried that they’re going to lose their health-care plan. . . . Individuals who are going onto the HealthCare.gov Web site are beginning to fear that perhaps their identity will be stolen.”
Of course Americans are worried and fearful. It was all I could do to keep my knees from knocking as I stood in an alcove in the Capitol basement, listening to Republican leaders describe all the terrible things that Obamacare has produced:
“Cancellation notices. . . . Broken promises. . . . Premiums are going right through the roof,” said House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio).
“You won’t be able to keep your doctor,” warned Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who also noted that Consumer Reports “recommend[s] Americans not to go to the Web site because of the fear of having fraud.”
(More here.)
House Republican leaders could not have been more blatant in their attempts to frighten Americans if they had emerged from their weekly meeting wearing hockey masks and carrying chainsaws.
“The American people are very, very worried,” Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) proclaimed to the cameras after emerging from Republicans’ gathering Tuesday morning. “Moms and dads are worried that they’re going to lose their health-care plan. . . . Individuals who are going onto the HealthCare.gov Web site are beginning to fear that perhaps their identity will be stolen.”
Of course Americans are worried and fearful. It was all I could do to keep my knees from knocking as I stood in an alcove in the Capitol basement, listening to Republican leaders describe all the terrible things that Obamacare has produced:
“Cancellation notices. . . . Broken promises. . . . Premiums are going right through the roof,” said House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio).
“You won’t be able to keep your doctor,” warned Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who also noted that Consumer Reports “recommend[s] Americans not to go to the Web site because of the fear of having fraud.”
(More here.)
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Have we witnessed any GOP ads showing left side of the aisle policies pushing wheelchair bound Grandma off a cliff? If/once we do it will be a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
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