The Health Debate, at a Fever Pitch

We should be ashamed of ourselves for allowing the message of those who are driven by the powerful insurance lobby, and those who oppose the president’s plan for purely political reasons, to shape our opinions.

They have offered no alternatives to the president’s health care reform plan, and in fact have done nothing except muddy the waters of reasonable logic with relentless, misleading and scary commentary and whisper campaigns, often verging on outright nuttiness.

If we can’t see through that for what it is, especially after the last eight frightening years, we deserve whatever pathetic health care reform rises from the ashes.

In November, we voted for change, and we got it, and it can be said that in many ways, it is not the same old government of the last eight years. Unfortunately, it is the electorate that remains the same — susceptible to fear tactics and misleading innuendo. When will we ever learn?