Healthcare Reform, the Fight for the American Dream: Meltdown with Keith Olbermann Part 11

David Horowitz's NewsReal Blog ^ | October 17, 2009 | David Forsmark

[HorowitzianConservative]

Friday night, Keith Olbermann replayed his hour-long “Special Comment” rant, Healthcare Reform: The Fight Against Death. For detailed commentary on his rambling and sometimes exceedingly strange commentary, look here, here and here.

Keith says his commentary was prompted by his father’s recent illness and ironically, very good experience with the health care system. Keith gave an excruciatingly detailed account of his father’s ordeal after falling out of bed and being too stubborn to call for help. This was supposed, I guess, to show us… what? I guess it was just to batter us emotionally, tenderizing our brains for the later assault.

Keith has no criticism of his father’s ultimate care, or how it was handled, but like the many Americans who answered pollsters’ inquiries during good economic times that their situation was good but they were worried about everyone else’s, Keith seems convinced that his father’s care was somehow rare, and came about because Keith is so very, very important—and rich.

Well, I’m not that important, nor am I richer than Croesus like Keith. But that same day, I experienced the current state of privately insured health care in America, and have come away grateful and amazed-- not enraged.

[HorowitzianConservative]

Forsmark continues his series. This one is very touching.

[skeeter]

The government has already done enough damage to the health care system with their mandates.

I will be one very very p*ssed off individual if these b*stards succeed in ruining the best health care system in the history of mankind.

[ozzymandus]

Olbermann seemed to think the only reason his elderly father received health care was due entirely to the celebrity of his idiot son. Not once did he mention Medicare, private insurance, or anything but his own wealth.