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Grayson: Republicans Don't Want You To 'Die Quickly' -- They Don't Care
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL)
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In an interview on the local radio show Doc & Grace in the Morning, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) explained that his comments about Republicans have been twisted into meaning that they somehow want Americans to die -- when the real truth is that they don't care.
"You know, this is being transmogrified into something else," Grayson complained. "Honestly, the people I deal with, the people I actually am across the aisle with every day, I don't think they care about ordinary people. I don't think that the Republicans in Congress actually have a heart. I'll be honest with you."
"But that's not the same as saying that they want you -- I mean, let's get straight what I said," he explained. "I said their health care plan is 'don't get sick,' and if you do get sick, then die quickly. And what did I mean by that? Because if you get sick and those bills are mounting, and you're in the hospital and you're feeling weaker and weaker, and you've got no way to pay for this, then what are they gonna do for you? Nothing. They're gonna do nothing."
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The Old Grouch
October 6, 2009 4:36 PM
I like this guy. Not quite enough to move to Florida, but I like this guy.
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thomas1
October 6, 2009 5:05 PM in reply to The Old Grouch
there is never enough reason to move to FLA but I too am likin' this guy. His colleagues should be taking lessons.
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wyt
October 6, 2009 5:17 PM in reply to thomas1
Indeed. Quotable. True. And sets the opposition back on their heels.
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truthspeaker
October 7, 2009 7:45 AM in reply to thomas1
As a Canadian, I used to visit Florida with fair regularity, until I made a wrong turn getting off the turnpike on day. Within minutes I was chased down by a police car-I had only traveled maybe 400 yards, which tells me he must have been sitting there waiting for someone to make that error, as it must have happened many times before -. He came at me with this huge rifle and asked threateningly, "Is this how you drive in Canada". Suffice it to say, I have never visited that state again.
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lousgirl84
October 6, 2009 7:47 PM in reply to The Old Grouch
Nothng could get me to move to Florida, not even this guy but I like him alot. Sent him some money too.
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pol
October 7, 2009 12:06 AM in reply to lousgirl84
I used to live in Florida but I moved away in 1987. I used to think I'd move back in a heartbeat, but that was before the 2000 elections. Never again.
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theone718
October 6, 2009 5:45 PM
I hope this guy just keeps talking. I will keep donating to him if he does.
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congressive
October 6, 2009 6:02 PM
This guy was dead-on-the-money correct in calling our healthcare system a small-h "holocaust", despite Maddow bullying him about it. 44,000 dead Americans who were simply unprofitable, die, year in and year out. Thorough bad genes or bad luck or bad timing, they find themselves uninsurable, and are left to die, while CIGNA CEOs take home tens of millions of dollars for successfully denying these people life. Grayson didn't compare it to the big-H "Holocaust". He called it what it is by Webster's own definition.
And it must end. NOW.
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lousgirl84
October 6, 2009 7:49 PM in reply to congressive
I caught that too with Rachel and I sent her an email telling her I didn't think she had any right to make him walk b ack his comments and he didn't either. I love Rachel but like most dems we always feel we need to take the high ground
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kenga
October 7, 2009 9:42 AM in reply to lousgirl84
Bear in mind that the high ground is very useful, and those holding it tend to win whatever engagements they are in.
Mind you, it's best for firing artillery and suppressing fire. But there are metaphorical versions of those as well, they just need to be deployed.
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truthspeaker
October 7, 2009 7:33 AM in reply to congressive
Morn: That's a terrible thing to say, but so very true.
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