It is boilerplate opposition rhetoric, and I too cannot help but boggle when really smart people allow themselves to be used to spread it, especially since in some cases it is not really the message they want to spread.
Their real concern is with the cost and ineffectiveness of the health care bill, and plenty of flaws exist within the bill that could be used to make a strong and convincing argument against it. But by wrapping their opposition in pundit sound bites and fear-mongering, they lose any chance they have of convincing anyone of the truth of their position, because the lie of labeling destroys their credibility and the only ones who will read beyond the lie are those who are already indoctrinated. On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 3:56 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > Yes and that makes me realize that I gave in to a poor choice of > words. I know that Jerry is smart. But identifying that particular > bill as a partisan socialist takeover of healthcare is so > self-deluding as to be...well, I find it mind boggling. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:326668 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
