GOP Staging "Spontaneous" Protests to Healthcare Reform...Really?

It's time to Break It Down!

Once again, as the header notes, from time to time the work of guest bloggers may appear in this space. Today is another one of those days. This week, I am honored to introduce to some and present to others, a friend, a colleague, an author, and a fellow blogger who always has many thought provoking ideas to share, Mr. Carl Terrell.

He pulls no punches in framing a pointed argument about the Health Care Reform debate. This is a timely discussion because as we start September, members of Congress are ending their August break, and are headed back Capitol Hill, to resume the effort craft…or defeat legislation to reform our nation’s Health Care System.

I enjoyed reading Carl’s work, and I gratefully accepted his generosity in sharing his wisdom and insight with the Break It Down community, as a guest blogger. I am confident you will find his message compelling and though provoking, regardless of your position on the Health Care issue. Feel free to comment in the Break It Down comment section, to Carl directly, or by doing both. His contact information appears at the end of the blog.

Thanks; enjoy!

PS. I apologize for the delay in getting today’s post to you. Technical difficulties intervened…but did not win. ;-)

GOP Staging "Spontaneous" Protests to Healthcare Reform...Really?
Carl Terrell

Democrats are claiming that GOP operatives are staging fake spontaneous outbursts during town hall meetings held to talk about health care reform. Wow imagine that, the GOP playing games with health care reform. I find myself being redundant by asking the question, where is the surprise...isn't that what the GOP does? More pressing questions are why do Americans tolerate such theatrics and where does the GOP find these members of the so-called "country first" crowd who reveal by their actions that they care about anything but the best interests of Americans or America. Millions of Americans suffer daily from not having adequate or any health care and this bunch of clowns only care about playing and winning at political games. It just boggles the mind that these shenanigans are allowed to work. The GOP is counting on that trend to continue so that they can accomplish their stated mission to prevent President Obama from being successful at any cost.

Republicans are consistent with their efforts to be obstructionists. Sensible people must be just as consistent with their efforts to stand up for righteousness and fight, fight, fight for what we know is right. Are we our brother's keepers? I think so. Political detractors call that Socialism. I call it being sensitive to the plight of others and caring about those who may be less fortunate. I listened to an interesting conversation on the radio the other day where it was stated that most Americans are satisfied with their current health care coverage or the current health care system. If that's true, the "satisfied" referred to must be those who have never been unemployed and uninsured or never been denied coverage or payment of an insurance claim because of a "pre-existing medical condition." Satisfied? I don't think so. Can we have a better health care system? Yes we can. Will it be easy to accomplish? No it will not because preservers of the status quo never sleep. Americans who want an improved health care system must not sleep either!

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