It's important in this health care debate to call a duck a duck. Or in this case, a lie a lie. It's just as important to trace the lies back and see who is really doing the lying and why. Great example today from Sen. Arlen Specter's town hall.
After the event was over, Fox News interviewed one of the Tea Baggers who has what we are told are "accurate" and "informed" concerns about health care reform. Here's the video:
While being interviewed, Tea Bagger Katy Abram states she doesn't want America to turn into a socialist country like Russia. And that she fears we might have to stand in line for toilet paper if Obama's health care reforms are passed.
What a mess really. Russia is not a socialist country. The Soviet Union was, but it is no longer in existence. Secondly, rationing toilet paper, really? As an attentive commenter at TPM points out, the idiotic line about waiting in line for toilet paper was started by none other than the leader of the Republican Party, Rush Limbaugh. So right off the bat we see Ms. Abram knows nothing about world history and listens to Rush Limbaugh to learn what to say and think about political issues.
Another commenter at TPM also points out that Abram is a fan of Fox News' Glenn Beck. So finally we see not only does she spend her days at home listening to Rush Limbaugh she also keeps her television tuned to Fox News. Wallah...just like I've been saying all along. Right wing media, led by Rush Limbaugh and Fox News, constantly feed these people lies. In turn, people like Abram really believe Obama is an enemy of the state, that he wants to create "death panels," that his birth certificate is a fake and that health care reform will bring about the end of our Republic.
Connect the dots. It's so easy. It's lie after lie after lie. There's no sense and trying to reason with their lies. Call them on it, trace it back and make them answer for it. There's no other way to handle these people.
