rssRon Paul: Kennedy Death Is to Health Care as 9/11 Was to Foreign Policy
Tuesday, September 01, 2009 at 11:15 am
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Some blunt talk in a local news interview from Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), tying in to my story from last night on how Republicans are trying to make Ted Kennedy’s death irrelevant to the health care fight:
I think he’ll have more influence in his death than he would have on the Senate floor, because the American people are strongly objecting to this. But at the same time there’s a lot of emotionalism. Take, for instance, the emotionalism following 9/11. Legislation that had been proposed for years and years which was packed into the PATRIOT Act couldn’t be passed. But the emotionalism, and the fear, and the concerns of 9/11–all of a sudden that was passed without even reading the bill.
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Comment posted September 1, 2009 @ 4:22 pm
Sorry, Ron, the Dems don't seem nearly cynical enough to use “some catastrophic and catalyzing event––like a new Pearl Harbor” to push through a major beneficial program. But, they will vote for your party's war and all manner of authoritarian enabling legislation.
Comment posted September 1, 2009 @ 5:17 pm
“strangely_enough”,
You worote: “… the Dems don't seem nearly cynical enough to use “some catastrophic and catalyzing event––like a new Pearl Harbor” to push…..”
I am inclined to think that key Democratic leaders will make use of whatever momemtum they can find to help them achiecve their goals – many of which are supported by their Republican counterparts despite rhetoric to the contrary. Statists under another brand, if you will.
I greatly agree with your final statement, and I believe that the new administration's initial and more recent decisions regarding Iraq and especially Afghanistan support our views.
“…your party's war …”. Well written: If I recall correctly, Representative Paul was roundly ridiculed by his fellow Republicans for his out-spoken opposition.
As an aside, did you have occasion to read or hear onetime Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld lamenting the fact that we haven't experienced another terrorist attack sufficient to motivate our citizenry into greater support of the “War on Terror”?
Best regards,
Charles
Comment posted September 2, 2009 @ 3:17 am
i wonder if you know about the meail nancy pelosi sent out just hours after kennedys death. in that email she said something to this effect “we must pass this health care bill to honor ted kennedys memory. and no one has submitted any evidence suggesting that the health care bill would be beneficial to this country
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