On Joe Wilson
A little late on this one (give me a break; I’m in another continent), but a quick thought now that Mr. Wilson has received more than $1 million in campaign contributions in the couple days after his little outburst in Congress:
Isn’t this such a perfect symbol of what this whole health care debate, and indeed the politics of this country, have become?
There should be a legitimate debate going on across the country about whether expanding health care to those that can’t afford it is worth its cost (and further, how to go about doing the expansion). Instead, we are given sideshows like ridiculously wrong yet persistent myths, cries of “Fascism!” and “Communism!”, assault weapons being brought to town hall meetings, and now childlike interruptions during a speech by the president of the United States of America before a joint session of the Congress of the United States of America and a television audience of 32 million American citizens.
I’m moderate, but can the Republican Partly honestly look at themselves right now and think they are engaging in an intelligent and honest conversation? More importantly, when did we stop having respect and legitimate political debate in this country and decide to turn it all into a circus?
Most importantly, how long are we to be expected to be put up with this?
