MeadiaMatters: Conservative media figures and outlets have falsely claimed a New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) survey found that 46 percent of primary care physicians would consider leaving their profession if Democrats’ health care reform bill passes. In fact, NEJM says that the 3-month-old email “survey” was not published in or conducted by NEJM. [ READ MORE ]
Two IDIOTS Agree: Hannity, Palin agree health care legislative procedure is “unconstitutional“, “un-American“ Note: One dropped out of college, the other had to attend five different colleges before getting a measely degree in Journalism
Beck purports to analyze how Obama was scarred because both his parents “le[ft] him” for “Marxism“
Beck revives witch hunt to paint Obama advisers as Marxists, Maoists and communists
TIP FOR THE IRS: At a rally over the weekend, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Min., proposed that people should protest the health reform bill, if passed, by not paying their taxes.
Overheard: “I look forward to an honest debate with Governor Palin on the issues, in the unlikely event that she ever learns anything about them.” “…….[s]cientists are studying Sarah Palin’s travel between Alaska and Florida carefully. They hope to learn more about the flight patterns of that elusive migratory species, the wild Alaskan ding-bat.” — Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) after Sarah Palin directly asked his constituents to vote him out of Congress.
Meanwhile, Former Congressman J.D. Hayworth (R-Ariz.) is not backing off his claim that a six-and-a-half-year-old same-sex marriage ruling in Massachusetts could conceivably pave the way for men marrying horses. [ SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEOS ]
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applescruff: I wonder what the right would feel about a spouse of a liberal Supreme Court Judge launching a pro abortion or pro gay marriage organization?
I can hear the accusations now.
I have also wondered how the right would have reacted if Michelle Obama had been a member of a U.S. secessionist group like St Sarah’s hubby, Todd? Can you imagine how quick that campaign would have been hobbled?
The Right is so blatantly hypocritical it now goes without much notice. They are like a dog that can’t be potty trained, finally the owners give up and just let them crap anywhere they want and ignore the stench.
——————————————————————- USAFree1 — Question: Just how further in our faces do they have to get before we do something about it?
They thumb their noses at normal ethical behavior.
They laugh at those of us who buy into their subversion of democracy.
They rule and we mew like cowed sheep to slaughter.
Oh I forgot.
They already take our kids to slaughter for corporate wars for foreign resources.
Do you remember?
One of the talking points for invading Iraq was to make sure we had OIL and prices wouldn’t go through the roof. Bite the bullet; drink the Kool-Aid; weep at the degradation of democracy.
Great presidents lead. In a sense, Lincoln “rammed” through the Emancipation Proclamation just as FDR “rammed” through Lend-Lease, Truman “rammed” through desegregation of the military, and Lyndon Johnson “rammed” the Civil Rights Act down the throat of a gagging South. These might be considered more dramatic issues than mundane health care, I grant you — but grant me an exception for someone putting off doctor visits because he or she can’t afford to be sick. To that person, this bill is as dramatic as the difference between sickness and health — the great divide of mankind. –Richard Cohen, Washington Post [ READ MORE ]
On Monday morning, President Barack Obama ratcheted up his attacks against insurance companies in a last-ditch attempt to get a reluctant public and skittish Democrats behind his health overhaul legislation. [ FULL STORY ]
Bonus Video: The first couple welcomed guests to the White House on Monday, marking International Women’s Day. Mrs. Obama looked ravishing in a grey draped dress by Lanvin. [ READ MORE ]
Republican Goon-LIARS Respond:
Fox News’ Special Report, chief White House correspondent Major Garrett falsely claimed that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) had not found projected savings under the Senate health bill to be “meaningful” in its second decade. In fact, CBO estimated that the bill would reduce the deficit in its second decade. [ READ MORE ]
Meanwhile, conservative media cast Democrats as “suicide bombers” in push for health care reform: Reacting to progress on health care reform legislation, conservative media figures have repeatedly referred to President Obama and Democratic officials as “health care suicide bombers” and characterized their efforts to pass a bill as “a Kamikaze mission” and “political suicide missions.”[ READ MORE ]
Fox’s Garrett distorted CBO findings on long-term savings under Senate health bill
Rush Limbaugh Promises To “Leav[e] The Country” If His Health Care Distortions Come True
Hannity & Dick Morris: “People stopped [health care reform] up to this point and I think they’ve got to now finish the job”
Limbaugh repeatedly refers to “Democrat” Party as “a gulag“
Rush’s new theory: Senate health care bill will lead to “250 million uninsured“
Media Matters: Following President Obama’s first routine physical examination as president, the Drudge Report and right-wing blogs are seizing on a line from a memo from the chief White House physician about the results of the exam. In the “Recommendations” section of the memo, the president’s physician writes that Obama:
Continue smoking cessation efforts, a daily exercise program, healthy diet, moderation in alcohol intake, periodic dental care, and remain up-to-date with recommended immunizations.
This may seem like a rather benign list of doctor’s recommendations for any adult (smoker).
But not to the right-wing media. Instead, Drudge and some right-wing blogs are seizing on the line “moderation in alcohol intake” to suggest — based on absolutely no evidence — that the doctor asserted that Obama has been drinking too much and needs to moderate his alcohol intake.
Drudge used the phrase as his headline complete with a picture of Obama drinking a beer at a basketball game. [ READ MORE ]
One “Frenchie Moron,” Pierre Legrand exclaimed: Obama Drinks Too Much…This Explains A Lot! — as if he had just received First Hand information! LOL!
Limbaugh suggests doctor recommendation of “moderation in alcohol intake” means Obama drinks too much
Rush Limbaugh Calls Pelosi “Mullah Nancy Bin Pelosi” — “Mullah Nancy Bin Pelosi … is no different” than those who “convince all these people to put bombs on their kids“
One-Legged GOON Michael Savage: White House and newspapers hint at “Communist revolution” with “code words such as diversity” and “equality“
Beck says purpose of progressivism is to move “step by step” toward communism and fascism
Sean Hannity’s Möbius strip of Obama’s “radical associations” just came all the way around tonight when he wondered why nobody asked Obama during the presidential campaign if he spent time with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. [ READ MORE ]
Hannity has tried to link Obama to so many “radicals” even he can’t keep them straight
Carlson calls Bunning “fearless” for “taking a stand” in blocking unemployment extension
The Comedians Chime in
Comedian Jon Stewart: Senate After Dark — The Senate needs to get Jim Bunning out of the room if it wants to pass a 30-day extension of unemployment benefits.
Comedian Stephen Colbert: Health Care Marriage Counseling — Republicans and Democrats are like a husband and wife fighting over whether to have a health care bill baby.
It’s a trap! — In anticipation of the February 25 bipartisan health care summit, numerous conservative commentators have warned that the summit is a “trap” or a “setup” for the GOP. I say to you morons: “The GOP has been building its own Healthcare Trap during the last one year.” “As the economy improves, and ‘temporarily insane‘ moderate America regains its footing, no amount of fear-mongering will extricate you from the racist tea-bag cesspool you have dumped yourself into. [ READ MORE ]
As Thursday’s health reform showdown looms, confused Republican LIAR-SABOTEURS are scampering like hungry rodents — speaking from both sides of their mouths, diarrhearing, somersaulting, slipping and sliding over previous statements.
No alternative solutions — just KILL IT!
Elsewhere, on Fox, Wednesday morning, Republican hatchet man, FAT Dick Morris, urged viewers to visit his website so they can call “vulnerable Democrats” and defeat health care bill. On Wednesday night, freaky Dick duck-walked into Osama Bin O’Reilly’s studio and parroted the same: “Go to dickmorris.com” for “list of 30” congressman to pressure about healthcare reform bill. At one point, even the original Fox clown, Bill O’Reilly tried to shut up Morris’s absurd “fear-mongering” claim that health care bills are “euthanasia.” “You’re trying to scare people,” said O’Reilly. [ SEE VIDEO BELOW ]
Mediamatters has compiled a guide to the conservative media’s consistently contradictory health care rhetoric: [ READ MORE ]
