October 02, 2009

Seriously, what is wrong with these people?

So. That bastion of intellect, Garrison Keillor, has A Modest Proposal for fixing the budget problem:

When an entire major party has excused itself from meaningful debate and a thoughtful U.S. senator like Orrin Hatch no longer finds it important to make sense and an up-and-comer like Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty attacks the president for giving a speech telling schoolchildren to work hard in school and get good grades, one starts to wonder if the country wouldn't be better off without them and if Republicans should be cut out of the health-care system entirely and simply provided with aspirin and hand sanitizer. Thirty-two percent of the population identifies with the GOP, and if we cut off health care to them, we could probably pay off the deficit in short order.

Read that again.  He doesn't just want anyone in the GOP to be left out of health insurance or public health options.  Oh no.  He wants to actually ban anyone in the GOP from obtaining any type of health care. 

Who wants to kill who now?  Honestly, the fucking hell is wrong with those on the Left who are perfectly content to put these vile opinions out in public.  Now, I fully expect him to do the Jon Stewart "clown nose on" and claim that it was A Modest Proposal and of course he didn't mean it and aren't you wingnuts so stupid for not getting it?  Except.  Except he desperately wants to be taken as a serious commentator.  In which case, once again, let me retort.  Chainsaw.  Rusty.  Fuck.  You.  Some assembly required. 

Oh and it's totally a mystery why anyone on the Right would believe that health care would be doled out based on political views.  No fucking clue where that concept could be coming from.  Not a single one. 



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