I've had an amazing insight. This guy is to blacks as Sarah Palin is to women.

Being a Republican means never having to pretend that you are sane.

When you say "conservative media" do you mean everything except lefty blogs?

So, Steele says that George W. Bush's VA was encouraging vets to commit suicide. Since when do you not get kicked out of the party (and off of Fox) immediately for such transgressions against teh greatest prez evah? Did I just miss the announcement of the change in policy?

Right. Sure. Oh, yes... Mental health professionals are risking lawsuits by dereliction of duty. What smear!!!!

This man has just smeared every mental health professional at the VA! And I hope to God they all rise up and condemn his remarks!

Arlen may be grossly misspeaking on this subject. If so, I eagerly await Sestak's slam.

Have you noticed in the last week that there's not a single Republican who will back away from the whole death panel lie in all it's various forms? I think it all started with one of those recent polls that said that nearly half of Americans believe there's death panels included in the health reform bills. Now the Republicans have realized that they don't have to back away from this lie because they have convinced a significant portion of the population that these lies are truth. It's so insufferably egregious, but how do you fight lies like this when they've reached the level of urban myth?

The biggest threat to veterans and active duty troops the last eight years has been rule by George W. Bush, the war loving, fear mongering, incompetent liars of the Republican Party, the GOP echo chambers at Fox News and other MSM, and the idiots that support it all in the Bush Base.

I'm a veteran who gets my health care through the VA medical system. It is the best medical care I have received anywhere and the staff are totally respectful and caring for the vets they see.

Since Steele never served in the military, I can understand that he wouldn't be familiar with the VA and how it treats its patients, but there is no excuse for his complaints and insults to a system that takes its support for America's vets far more seriously and respectfully than the republican party has done in recent years. He has no business dissing a system that works hard and well to provide care for veterans without taking the time to understand how we vets view our own care as provided by the VA.

Well, The VA can't be that good at encouraging Vets to kill themselves... We still have McCain as a burden to us all.

I had a revelation - this isn't the first issue Republicans have applied this logic to.

Here's a few examples of "normal thinking" -> "crazee"

In this case, "discussing end-of-life planning" -> "encouraging people to kill themselves".

Furthermore, "a public option to compete with private insurers" -> "total government takeover of healthcare"

With the HPV vaccine: "preventing teenagers from getting a virus that causes cancer" -> "encouraging them to set up sex cults"

On cap and trade: "discussing responsible controls on emissions" -> "sending all US business to China"

On gun control: "discussing limitations on ownership of military-grade firearms" -> "taking away all guns"

On international cooperation against terrorism: "questions about the methods used" -> "you support the terrorists"

On abortion: "abortion should be available and legal" -> "killing babies is fun"

See a pattern? It's like a moral compass that either points their way or as far from their way as possible.

I wish the VA would encourage Steele to commit suicide.