Limbaugh: "I'm providing leadership" by choosing to be "one of the 47 million uninsured"
January 07, 2010 2:00 pm ET
From the January 7 edition of The Rush Limbaugh Show:
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was it you or the good Colonel who speculated that Rush and his staff try to see how incredibly gullible and stupid their audience is by making more and more outrageous statements? I'm seriously starting to believe that theory now, because...just wow. This hurts on so many levels...
If your listeners who do have good medical coverage follow your lead and decide to drop their insurance to save a few bucks, then get hit by a major illness, or accident, what do you suggest then Great Leader?
And I suppose you will help pay for their doctor bills? Oh wait, you don't believe in helping others, I forget.
I'm sure the other 47 Million uninsure choose not to because they have millions in the bank and can afford whatever care they need.
Well, for him to say "if you can afford an SUV then you can afford a doctor..." is, in my eyes, (correct me if I heard wrong) calling all everyday american stupid...
Does he realize that he is not an average american...?
Can we say, HYPOCRITE!!!!
You'd think being so passionate and gung ho about whatever the F he's cryin about, he would atleast try to keep his rants straight and not self-compramising or hypocritical...
That just proves that there IS false information being spread all over the news, not just republicans or democrats...everywhere!
Can anyone point me in the direction of a news source that is respectfully honest and not just propoganda fear mongoring rating cherry pickers...
"To heck with my wealth," you'd say, "or at least the 2% their proposing to tax away to pay for this. I insist that all Americans are covered by a minimum policy, so they can go see a doctor without fear of losing their home, their savings, or any chance for their kids to go to college." But, you don't say that, do you? You say things like 'death panels' and threaten euthanasia. You are fooling very few.
Why does anyone listen to this clown?
"I'm having a heart attack!"
"Well, let's talk numbers. How much can you afford a month? C'mon, what can I do to get you into this cardiac ward, today?"
And the "I can pay for it, why can't you?!" logic is obscene. Assume his bills run to $18K. That's approximately 36% of the 2007 median household income (note the 45.6 million uninsured can very easily be fit in the households that earn substantially less than that). We know how much Rush complains about having to fork over 37% of his annual income, right? But we're expected to believe he wouldn't complain was a hospital asking him to do the same?
It's to be hoped that he loses listeners over this cynical attack on anyone who makes less than he does.
Randy