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Fox & Friends spends segment reading from RNC press release, touting GOP plan "looking out for the health of" seniors

August 25, 2009 10:36 am ET

From the August 25 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends:

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Republican National Committee press release: "Seniors' Health Care Bill Of Rights"

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    • Author by nerzog (August 25, 2009 10:39 am ET)
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      If seniors are scared by Obama's plan, maybe they should stop and consider what a Republican alternative might look like.
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    • Author by magnolialover (August 25, 2009 10:48 am ET)
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      Funny how the republicans are all of a sudden, the saviors of old people in this debate, when they have, for years on end wanted to get rid of Medicare and Social Security.

      Maybe someone should remind them of that.
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      • Author by marco21 (August 25, 2009 11:19 am ET)
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        An awesome point and so true.
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      • Author by blueline99 (August 25, 2009 12:44 pm ET)
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        You are so right...if the Republicans had their way...

        During the Great Depression, Poverty Rates among Seniors were above 50%.
        When FDR called for its implementation, the Republicans said the following.
        1. It's Unconstitutional
        2. It's going cause job losses

        Medicare (Social Security Act of 1965)
        Republicans, lead by the famous Ronald Reagan album describing socialized medicine, said that Medicare will...
        1. Curtail America's freedoms
        2. Pretty soon your son won't be able to decide where to go to school
        3. Doctors will become agents of the state

        If the Republicans had their way, the elderly in this nation would be in poverty without health care.

        They used the same scare tactics which have been proven over time to be wrong. With this long history of being wrong, why does anyone believe them today?

        Has anyone noticed that when the right says outrageous scare tactics, like "Obama is Hitler", "Death Panels", "The Govt. is going to take away your freedom", it inevitably is proven to be false.

        When the left says, "The terror threat is being used for political purposes", "CIA hid information about assassination squad from Congress", "Rove fired US Attorneys because of political motivations"... it turns out to be true.

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    • Author by dmhack (August 25, 2009 11:00 am ET)
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      "...but when people make determinations based on money as compared to life, people will die."

      Um, you mean like insurance companies do each and every day when they deny coverage to maintain their profit margin or do you mean when people die because they've been denied insurance and simply can't afford health care?

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      • Author by neon desert (August 25, 2009 11:55 am ET)
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        Are you implying that insurance companies are NOT in business for humanitarian reasons?
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    • Author by The_Cat (August 25, 2009 11:18 am ET)
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      "The single group of people who are falling off for their support for president Obama are seniors." Fair enough. Is there a reason -beyond- health coverage reform that seniors may be showing less support for Obama? Could it be that seniors, more than any other group, tend to be predominantly conservative? More likely to watch Obama-negative news outlets, which lately seem to be -most- news outlets? A -journalist- might have looked at this question of whether or not propaganda played a role. Good thing there aren't any journalists at FOX.

      Does the RNC health care bill of rights sound an awful lot like the health reform being proposed in Washington, or is it just me?
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      • Author by The_Cat (August 25, 2009 11:21 am ET)
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        I realize I'm replying to myself, but a thought just occurred to me. I've seen this before. I swear. Listen:

        Step 1: There is NO PROBLEM!

        Step 2: -Your- solution to the problem is yucky!

        Step 3: Oh, look! I have a solution (to a problem I at first wouldn't even admit existed. And, I have stolen your solution and relabeled it as my own)

        Step 4: Yay for me! I solved the problem all by myself!

        Does this sound familiar to anyone else?
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      • Author by nerzog (August 25, 2009 11:35 am ET)
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        Another reason is that Seniors, as a group, tend to be more gullible... (no disrespect intended; my mother is a senior citizen, after all.)

        That's why elderly people are easier targets for scam artists, particularly Evangelical Con Men on TV.

        And that's why they are so easily convinced that Obama wants to sit them down in front of Death Panels.
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        • Author by MickD (August 25, 2009 11:58 am ET)
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          They have more fear, as what is ahead of them is less than what is behind. Fox, talk radio, Repubs love to exploit fear.
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    • Author by marco21 (August 25, 2009 11:18 am ET)
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      Prescription for Truth?

      Too hilarious.

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    • Author by Psilocybin (August 25, 2009 11:28 am ET)
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      I laugh every time I see the name "Fox & Friends".

      These are some of the most hateful people in the media.
      (next to Limbaugh, Beck and Hannity)
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