Monday, August 17, 2009

Newt Gingrich: Opportunist

Matt Taibbi wrote Newt Gingrich Changes What’s Left of his Mind on End-of-life Care. It seems a few months ago he was all about reform of health care at end of life and now he's opposed to death panels. Taibbi has all the quotes and breaks it down clearly.

"In other words, there may not be a death panel in the bill, but there are other panels, and while no one has actually ever said such a thing and it is not relevant to this particular discussion, I nonetheless assert that in general it is true that “people in government” believe in euthanasia.

Amazing. I mean, talk about being full of shit. This is as clear a case as you will ever find of a politician just getting up on television and just flat-out dogging it, saying something without even the faintest shred of belief, just as a means to an end. What an asshole!This is as clear a case as you will ever find of a politician just getting up on television and just flat-out dogging it, saying something without even the faintest shred of belief, just as a means to an end. What an asshole!"

I could respect a conservative party, I just wish we had an honest one.

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