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Dean disses Dem strategy
Speaking perhaps from his vacation rental Hawaii-style, former DNC leader Howard Dean shocked the world recently by sounding… sane. He criticized Dem leaders in Congress and the White House for making the current health care proposals before Congress the hill on which they’ll live or die.
“The plan, as it comes from the Senate, hangs out every Democrat who’s running for office to dry — including the president, in 2012, because it makes him defend a plan that isn’t in effect, essentially, yet,” Dean said in a recent interview on the liberal-leaning Bill Press radio show.
Of course, Dean then reverts to form and blames the powerless GOP for the situation, but that’s to be expected from Dr. Death. The shocking bit is that he actually spoke the truth despite the Dem talking points that prohibit independent thought from the chief executive.
Maybe this proves just how crazy Dean is…
Edwards off the deep end
For whatever reason, Iowa seems to undo even the sturdiest of Democrats candidates. Last time around, it was Howard Dean who lost it in the “field of dreams,” with his Ric Flair-style, “Woooo!” speech. This time around, it’s former ambulance chaser and former Senator John Edwards who showed off his “Crazy Dean” credentials.
Speaking in Tipton, Iowa about his Hillary-style universal health care plan, Edwards promised:
“It requires that everybody be covered. It requires that everybody get preventive care. If you are going to be in the system, you can’t choose not to go to the doctor for 20 years. You have to go in and be checked and make sure that you are OK. The whole idea is a continuum of care, basically from birth to death.”
Does this plan include indemnifying doctors from ambulance-chasers like Edwards in this mandatory care system? Not likely.
Edwards is off the deep end on this one, and while he’s unlikely to get the Dem nod for the top of the ticket, if he’s chosen as someone’s running mate, just remember all the damage Al Gore did when the previous Clinton was at the top of the ticket. It’s enough to require most people to seek out a headache treatment.
One has to wonder exactly what the penalty would be for a prospective patient who didn’t go for his or her annual physical, and whether it would be a better or worse fate than he has in mind for Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, if he ever does achieve power.
