Are you going to trust Glenn "Lonesome Rhodes" Beck of Fox News, shown in this clip (see below) interviewing a British Conservative MP, a player of the Tory "shadow government" whose comments were later rebuked by the leader of his Tory Party? Or are you going to trust our President and the progressive members of the Democratic Party in our country? Are you going to trust statistics posted by Fox News? Oh golly, only 43% of the British say their healthcare is "excellent"? Why, that's terrible, or is it? How many in this country would say ours is?
It turns out that our satisfaction ratings are surprisingly similar to the UK, though Fox News did not choose to confuse its viewers by mentioning that pesky fact: Click Here
But here is Beck, in full lying-eyes-mouth and other parts mode: Click Here
As Beck puts it, "You were warned". I would argue, based on Beck's lengthy record of public lies and the lively backlash currently being directed toward Beck's advertisers, roughly a third of which have pulled their advertising to steer clear of Beck's negative image, that what Beck's viewers have been warned about is... Beck. But this staged interview accidentally did the British voters a huge favor by showing them exactly what sort of a person a key member of the photogenic Tory leader's shadow cabinet really is. It also showed the Brits that Dannon is a complete dolt, who did not realized that his words would quickly be drawn up onto the Internet and Youtube, where everyone in the world will be able to see him profess himself to be an avowed enemy of a public medical system that there is no public interest in dismantling. Saying one thing in their own country and another abroad has come to be a bit of an intelligence test for political figures, one that Dannon just flunked. Britain says, "Thanks Glenn!"
(And More...)
You've got to hand it to the Republicans, they've done a tremendous job of vilifying healthcare reform. Our task is to educate ourselves and others and to push back. Some sort of a bill is going to be passed, but the strength of breadth of the reform is what is at stake here. If the changes make the tremendous differences that many of us believe it will, that will pretty could help sink the more regressive wing of the Republican Party. Click Here, and FAQ's.
It turns out that our satisfaction ratings are surprisingly similar to the UK, though Fox News did not choose to confuse its viewers by mentioning that pesky fact: Click Here
But here is Beck, in full lying-eyes-mouth and other parts mode: Click Here
As Beck puts it, "You were warned". I would argue, based on Beck's lengthy record of public lies and the lively backlash currently being directed toward Beck's advertisers, roughly a third of which have pulled their advertising to steer clear of Beck's negative image, that what Beck's viewers have been warned about is... Beck. But this staged interview accidentally did the British voters a huge favor by showing them exactly what sort of a person a key member of the photogenic Tory leader's shadow cabinet really is. It also showed the Brits that Dannon is a complete dolt, who did not realized that his words would quickly be drawn up onto the Internet and Youtube, where everyone in the world will be able to see him profess himself to be an avowed enemy of a public medical system that there is no public interest in dismantling. Saying one thing in their own country and another abroad has come to be a bit of an intelligence test for political figures, one that Dannon just flunked. Britain says, "Thanks Glenn!"
(And More...)
You've got to hand it to the Republicans, they've done a tremendous job of vilifying healthcare reform. Our task is to educate ourselves and others and to push back. Some sort of a bill is going to be passed, but the strength of breadth of the reform is what is at stake here. If the changes make the tremendous differences that many of us believe it will, that will pretty could help sink the more regressive wing of the Republican Party. Click Here, and FAQ's.
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