I was just looking at the GOP’s recently issued draft statement of “principles” for aspiring conservative candidates. #9 caught my attention:
(9) Protecting the lives of vulnerable persons by opposing health care rationing and denial of health care and government funding of abortion;
You gotta love the epic irony of Republicans using the health care debate to position themselves as defenders of the meek and helpless. It’s fine to advocate against health care reform, but I’m increasingly disturbed by conservatives’ attempts to equate opposition to health care reform as some kind of noble act of compassion. Somebody needs to explain to me how expanding Medicaid to more children and adults in poverty is not “protecting the lives of vulnerable persons”.
Actually, I’m not sure I want an explanation since odds are good that it would give me a migraine.
