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Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at 11:57 am
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A conservative friend passes on this article about Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) taking heat at a town hall meeting from “Robert Broadus of Clinton, Maryland,” reprinting Broadus’s statement.
I decided not to get the health insurance. That’s working out for me because I’m able to save that extra money and give it to my family members and use it on myself. Senator Cardin, I want to know are you going to tell me an individual … that I have to buy health care or else you’re going to fine me 25 hundred dollars every year I don’t get it? Our founding fathers assured us we have a Bill of Rights and I want to see you uphold that.
Ah, but the reporter didn’t do a Google search. Broadus is a Ron Paul supporter who ran for Congress in 2008, losing out in a primary to another Ron Paul supporter for the right to lose to Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) in a safe Democratic seat. His Facebook page, which includes a picture of him with Joe the Plumber and a notice of his friendship with Stefan Cook (the reservist who’s filing legal challenges over President Obama’s citizenship), is here. This isn’t to discredit Broadus, only to point out that it’s strange to quote a Republican candidate and Tea Party attendee without pointing out this part of his biography.
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7 Comments
Comment posted July 21, 2009 @ 6:05 pm
Why does that matter? Broadus' beef is legit and he has a good point. It doesn't matter if he's Repulic-rat or a Demo-con.
Comment posted July 21, 2009 @ 7:38 pm
We should be informed of the proclivities of our storm trooper elite. If they want to die in bankruptcy leaving behind debts and an impoverished family, who are we to try to stop him? If he had the courage of his convictions, of course, he would simply move to a neighboring state without that Mitt Romney taint of socialism.
Comment posted July 22, 2009 @ 6:15 am
Obama was never a natural born U.S. citizen. His father was Kenyan, his mother was underage, his granny swears he was born in Kenya and he was adopted by an Indonesian in Indonesia. That image of a COLB from Hawaii is a fabrication. His presidency will be nullified and the usurper will be imprisoned, hanged or deported. If Obama has nothing to hide why is he hiding it?
Comment posted July 22, 2009 @ 2:00 pm
Benny got PWNED at his own meeting – a meeting which was pointless as his narrow, aboriginal mind is already made up.
It's neither deficient nor unusual to not go into that depth at a 'Citizen Town Hall Meeting' – perhaps your protests at leaving this out are a bit too….obsessive?
And to answer the soon-to-be-jobless Cardin's question: When you go to the ER, you PAY for it. Simple. Living in PG County, I fully understand why HE doesn't grasp that simple concept.
Perhaps instead of worrying about insurance we should examine exactly why an ER visit costs THOUSANDS of dollars…..or a simple check-up costs over $200. Work the problem instead of filling the pockets of the insurers – Federal or otherwise.
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Comment posted August 5, 2009 @ 3:24 am
So what?
Perhaps the best response here is “”Bout damned time at that!”
All sides of things have their “facts of the matters” set on go, and their armies of people, hired or shipped in from SOMEWHERE.
Just ask the ACORN sprouts.
Now on a contrast of this with some Obama operatives, at least this was merely needing a good Net flush and was not exactly like pulling nails out of wood.
Geez.
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