GOP - party of false flags and misdirection

To quote the late Ronald Wilson Reagan, "Well, there you go again"

Republicans have once again shown how they believe that special house rules apply only to them, based on their reaction to Rep. Alan Grayson's (D - Orlando, FL) on-target comments on the house floor yesterday.

Rep. Grayson brought it RIGHT to the GOP when he explained the Republican health care program, the way he sees it:

1 - Don't Get Sick
2 - and if you do get sick...
3 - DIE QUICKLY



This has caused a firestorm of faux outrage from the Republicans, who DEMANDED - DEMANDED - an apology for this perceived "slight".

When Rep. Grayson DID return to the House floor, he DID apologize - he apologized to the 45,000 Americans WHO DIE EACH YEAR BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE!

Have the Republicans forgotten that this is the You Tube instant replay decade, and EVERYTHING they have said on the House floor has been recorded for posterity:

• the despicable lies of Rep. Ginny Waite-Brown who said "last week, the Democrats released a health care bill which essentially says to America's seniors 'Drop Dead'".



- the deliberate untruths of Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) who wrote:

"And if these federal bureaucrats decide that your treatment is not "Government Approved," then your doctor will be ordered to deny you treatment... or risk facing stiff penalties!
...
In other words: When mama falls and breaks her hip, she'll just lie in her bed in pain until she dies with pneumonia because her needed surgery is not cost efficient."


Considering that Rep. Broun is a DOCTOR (M.D.) this is a gross dereliction of his Hippocratic oath - "First, do no harm"

UPDATE - let's add this despicable comment from Virginia Foxx, (R-NC)



After all these, not a PEEP of faux outrage from the Democrats, no hyperbolic demands for "show apologies".

The hypocrisy in the Republican response is typical of what we have seen from the GOP since President Obama's election - outrage, deny, demand, be petulant. and mostly, JUST SAY NO.

Nancy Reagan - would you PLEASE make a statement to the GOP that your catch phrase "JUST SAY NO" was NOT meant to apply to VITAL LEGISLATION that our nation desperately needs?