Posted on 09/03/2009 3:54:18 PM PDT by Justaham
Check out the Tweet that MSNBC's David Shuster posted a little while ago. He apparently sees some significant irony in the fact that the ObamaCare protester who had a finger bitten off by a supporter of Pres. Obama's plan was treated by Medicare.
"that's right, it was medicare... a govt run program that represents all the protestor objects to... it was medicare that treated him."
To which we would respond: so what?
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
What choice did he have?
No doubt the man paid into the system to get that care. So what should he have done paid cash?
It was Medicare because that was the only option he has.
I figure throwing out the Medicare angle of the story was intended to offset the fact it was a pro-Obama guy that did the biting, despite early reports in the LA Times.
Ummm, Medicare can’t treat anyone. It can only PAY for treatment.
Medicare didn’t treat the patient, a doctor did. Now why doesn’t Schuster, that human pimple, ask the doctor if he would like to do without the monster bureacratic demands of Medicare. Want to bet what the answer would be?
Others have said the same thing on this thread: This medicare argument is a strawman.
We don’t have any choice about medicare now. That battle is over.
But just because senior use medicare - what choice do they have? - does not mean that any total govt healthcare takeover must be A-OK or they are hypocrites.
I CALL BS.
I hope others continue to do so, too, especially in the media.
When the new Health care Bill is passed, his rationed care would tell him to put a band aid on it and go home.
The new Health care bill isnt Medicare folks. I dont know why so many have a problem with knowing that.
They claim that 534 Billion dollars will be saved from Medicare. They cannot save ten cents without rationed care.
Medicare is so needlessly complicated and controlling.
But it's the only game in town for a lot of people. Problem is Obama et al want to make sure ALL medical care comes from the government and it's the only game in town.
They just don’t get it, but the people do.
>>>> Doctors were not able to re-attach Rice’s finger. Doctors told Rice the finger, severed near the second knuckle, would not survive because it had been cut by a human bite, he said in a phone interview today. <<<<<<
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331594/posts
One time I skipped applying for unemployment when I could have had it.
I’ve felt like a sucker every since.
So why are there so many articles out there claiming that it WAS reattatched?!?
The real story here is that one of the thugs from the liberal goon squads bit the finger off of a citizen. This is the future of liberal amerika.
-- snip --...About 15 people opposed to President Barack Obama’s proposed healthcare reform stood across the street from Moveon.org’s group. Members of Code Pink: Women for Peace also were there, authorities said.
The finger-biting incident occurred after Rice became involved in a heated discussion with a member of Code Pink, sheriff’s Capt. Ross Bonfiglio said.After the argument, Rice returned to where his own group was standing. A man from Moveon.org’s area then walked over to the opponents and verbally confronted Rice, allegedly calling him names and acting aggressively, Bonfiglio said.
Rice later told investigators he felt threatened by the man and punched him in the nose, Bonfiglio said. The punch set off a fist fight between the two men, during which the tip of Rice’s left pinky finger was bitten off, Bonfiglio said.
Rice drove himself to Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center in Thousand Oaks. Another man found the bitten-off portion of the finger and brought it to Rice at the hospital, Bonfiglio said.
Doctors were not able to re-attach Rice’s finger.
Doctors told Rice the finger, severed near the second knuckle, would not survive because it had been cut by a human bite, he said in a phone interview today.
Rice said he did not initially plan to participate in any demonstration Wednesday. He was driving by the vigil when he spotted Code Pink members, and he stopped to see if they were protesting the military, he said. Rice has a son who is an officer in the Marine Corps.
After a brief conversation with Code Pink members, Rice said, he was satisfied they were not protesting the military. He was leaving when a man who seemed “deranged” approached and called him an “idiot,” he said.
Rice said he felt like the man had singled him out because he was the “easiest target.” But the incident happened quickly, he said, and he doesn’t clearly remember everything that preceded the altercation.
Scott Bush, 43, of Thousand Oaks said he was standing with Rice in the group opposed to healthcare reform when a man walked from the Moveon.org group across the street and over a traffic island toward them.
Bush said the man asked the group if they were for a public health insurer option, and they responded “no.” The man then singled out Rice and asked him why, according to Bush. When Rice responded that he didn’t want the government involved in anything, the man came to within 3 feet of Rice and yelled, “You’re an idiot,” Bush said.
Bush said Rice then hit the man in a defensive move. The man then pulled Rice into the street, according to Bush.
After a fight that lasted only a few seconds, Bush said, he heard Rice say, “He bit my finger off,” and he saw a stump.
Bush said he later found the roughly 1-inch piece of Rice’s finger next to the traffic island about 20 feet away.
The suspect fled the scene, authorities said. He was described as a short man with a medium build, wearing a blue cap, black shirt and black shorts. He remained at large this morning...
(RonDog added the bold part, which was not in the original.)
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