I like the idea of free-at-the-point-of-use healthcare, and if you want to call that a right, that’s fine with me, too. \u00a0In the world of Tea Party-affliated Republican senator Rand Paul, that means I’m the sort of person who’d support turning up at a physician’s door with the police, and forcing that physician (and all the necessary support staff) to work for free. \u00a0Which means I support slavery.<\/p>\n
Don’t believe me? \u00a0Watch him in action here…<\/a>*<\/p>\n I particularly like the look on the face of the person sitting behind him; she seems to be trying to work out whether she’s dozed off and is dreaming all that.<\/p>\n In all seriousness, though: if there’re any American readers of this blog, could you let me know something? \u00a0I understand that there’re arguments to be made against public health care, or even the watered-down Obamacare stuff. \u00a0(Let’s not worry about whether they’re good arguments for the moment: it’s enough that there are arguments at all.) \u00a0But how is it that this kind of preposterous claim can be made, apparently with a straight face, by the opponents of a public option? \u00a0Is it a kind of political kamikaze? \u00a0I mean: Paul can’t expect to be believed… can he?<\/p>\n *One day, I’ll work out how to embed videos into this thing. \u00a0It’s only 80 seconds or so, though. \u00a0H\/T ThinkProgress<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I like the idea of free-at-the-point-of-use healthcare, and if you want to call that a right, that’s fine with me, too. \u00a0In the world of Tea Party-affliated Republican senator Rand Paul, that means I’m the sort of person who’d support turning up at a physician’s door with the police, and forcing that physician (and all […]<\/p>\n