Gregg: A Vote for Reform is a Vote to End Thanksgivingby: Zandra Rice HawkinsSun Nov 22, 2009 at 12:40:20 PM EST |
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(It took me a while to figure it out, but I think I finally get it: this final session for Gregg is one long audition for a future FOX News permanent gig. - promoted by Dean Barker) Or something like that. In one of the more ridiculous holiday-themed statements I've seen, Sen. Judd Gregg equivocated voting to open debate on how to fix the nation's health care crisis with putting pilgrims "on a leaky ship back to Europe." "As we near the celebration of the Pilgrims who crossed the Atlantic for a new life in the Americas, tonight, the Senate Democrats have ironically put our country on a backward course towards a European-style, government-run health care system. Regardless of opinion polls, the will of their constituents, or just plain common sense, my Democratic colleagues are fully committed to the government controlling your health care and charging your children and your grandchildren trillions for it. This is not the reform Americans want, and it puts our country's future prosperity on a leaky ship back to Europe. I didn't realize that the pilgrims were fleeing comprehensive health care coverage when they boarded the Mayflower. For some strange historical reason, I thought they were seeking more religious freedom and choice ... I could, however, see a comparison between resisting a monopoly on religion and resisting a monopoly of a private insurance industry that routinely and discriminately dictates who will get coverage and at what cost, to the detriment of families everywhere. |