[HalfIrish]

I don't get it.. the Democrats wanted us to have 'smart cards' with all our history on them, available to every government agency (and a few others, too) yet now they act as if they are the wonderful guys in white hats trying to protect our privacy? Looks more like they want to increase our discomfort level with the status quo so we'll start to believe that their wonderful government-run system can "save" us.

[flamefront]

The Clinton version "would have forced sick or injured patients to run all around town getting signatures before they could get care or medicine," said Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson.

There appears to be lots of confusion about who wants what. Wasn't secret-health-care-industry-takeover Hillary the one for the ID card?

[11th Earl of Mar]

I don't get it.. the Democrats wanted us to have 'smart cards' with all our history on them, available to every government agency (and a few others, too) yet now they act as if they are the wonderful guys in white hats trying to protect our privacy?

You are correct. I can't believe the nation is letting them get away with this game they are playing.

[bonesmccoy]

The democrats are throwing temper tantrums because the Bush Administration doesn't allow the Tech Sector (like Oracle) to play games with the handling of medical information. Clinton Administration officials began playing games with these regulations in order to do two things: (1) carve out a new niche for control of physician decision-making and (2) solidify control of information by democrat led corporations.

[Samwise]

I don't get it..

Rule 1 of Liberalism:

Consistency and logic are not required.