Monday, September 21, 2009
The problem with all the hand-wringing about the Republican back-bencher with the bad manners is that the discussion has shifted focus away from where it ought to be. Maybe Joe Wilson is a bigot, and I hope his mom called him and told him she was embarrassed, but lost in the uproar was the fact that his assertion-- that the proposed health care bill would guarantee health insurance coverage for persons in the country out of status-- is factually false. Joe Wilson was wrong. And rude. And maybe racist. Maybe people have such a short attention span, but it seems to me that it's the pundits that do-- and that this story has been stretched beyond it's natural lifespan by Jimmy Carter and Kanye West.I'm always surprised by the vehemence the illegal immigrant issue stirs in otherwise right thinking people. I suppose it is true that county hospital costs are adversely affected by poor, uninsured people. I guess that is inconsiderate of them, and I guess they should leave off being poor, so that we don't have to deal with them any more.
UPDATE: Salon gets it.
// posted by Bill @ 11:30 AM 
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