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Now he’s proposing (and probably considering “reaching across the aisle” again) a classical fascist initiative: giving Americans incentives to live healthier lives, that is, lives the government deems healthy. In his speech, he targeted smokers, drinkers and crackled on about the “obesity problem.” Great. The health Nazis and fun-suckers (thank you, P.J. O’Rourke) have a new hero to cry to in their crusade to evade and fight death as they force others to live miserable, guilt-ridden lives until their time comes.

McCain...a statist...what a shock. /sarc

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[IbJensen]

This ‘horse whisperer’ is a weasel who crawls back and forth over the aisle in order to ‘reach out’ to his Democrat buddies.

[darkangel82]

Foxtrot Uniform, McCain.

[VRWC For Truth]

He’s delusional. What a POS.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

The day I do not have to hear the name of this guy I will rejoice. He’s like a bad headache.

[Diogenesis]

"Then its agreed. We support Obama. We attack Palin and her handicapped child."

"A political party cannot be all things to all people.
It must represent certain fundamental beliefs
 which must not be compromised to political expediency
or simply to swell its numbers."
--  President Ronald Reagan

"We don't intend to turn the Republican Party
 over to the traitors in the battle just ended.
We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged
 to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support.
Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates
wouldn’t make any sense at all.""
--  President Ronald Reagan

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[TADSLOS]

Dear Obama and McCain- Stay the hell outta’ my life and my wallet.

[Loyal Buckeye]

Bottom line: McCain is not very bright and at times borders on idiocy.

[La Lydia]

What IS IT this geezer doesn’t understand about GET THE GOVERNMENT OUT OF MY LIFE AND AWAY FROM MY DOCTOR?

[bamahead]

Now he’s proposing a classical fascist initiative: giving Americans incentives to live healthier lives, that is, lives the government deems healthy.



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[Uncle Miltie]

Would Arizona please put us (and him) out of our misery? Please?

[SJackson]

There’s noting Hitleresque about anything McCain said, though the author is entitled to make a fool of himself.

[dalebert]

is there anyway we can get the Republican party to entice Mr. McCain to sit down and shut up.

[jmcenanly]

I can’t believe that this man ran against Obama in the last election. It’s like he threw the election

[TigersEye]

"Wellness" used to be called physical fitness. That is an entirely different philosophy and industry than "health care" which used to be called medicine. While physical fitness certainly will lead to less medical costs, generally speaking, it isn't really the province of the medical field to do anything other than report its findings in research about the effects of fitness on overall health.

It is not a coincidence that the promoters of government run "health care" are blurring the lines between physical fitness promotion and medical care. The first is a liberty issue involving your own choices for your own behavior. The second is a consumer issue involving a very personal but professional contractual relationship that you seek out when you need it not want it.

These two fields of health concern, which both have large industries built on them, are related but are not the same. The medical field is burdened enough with treatment of and recovery from disease and injury. Doctors and nurses don't need to be told to encourage their patients to take personal responsibility for their own health. They have always done so.

But they don't need the burden and the unethical practice of being nannies over the lifestyles of their patients. And that is exactly what the government has been pressuring medical practitioners to do for some time and intends to force more of on them with the philosophy of "Universal" health care.

Reject government intrusion into your life through your doctor's office and your pharmacist's shop. This goes way beyond restricting where you can smoke and what oil your restaurant fries its chicken in. They are redesigning the medical field to become government agents in charge of how you live your life.

[Clintonfatigued]

Please, let him lose the primary.

[WayneS]

I’m no fan of John McCain, but:

1) Encouraging the free market - WOW! That is JUST what Hitler did in Nazi Germany. /s

2) Tort Reform - Oh how very “Hiltleresque”! /s

3) Wellness Incentives - Why SHOULDN’T people who take better care of themselves (and trust me, I am NOT one of them) get better health insurance rates than those of us who don’t? Better drivers get lower car insurance rates; lower risk folks get better homeowner’s insurance rates. What’s the difference? Unless the “inecentives” become “directives” there is nothing even remotely Fascist about this proposal. (NOT /s)

[Pining_4_TX]

It is not well known that the Nazis made TV programs in the 30s that were shown in theater-like viewings. These are available from Netflix, and what is amazing is how much they are like today’s various nagging public service and health pronouncements. It was the state telling people how to eat, exercise, run a household, etc., and they often showcased the latest government-run school for various trades. Just like today...