Inhofe: Blocking health care will help GOP in 2010

[RandySF]

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/23/inhofe-health-huge-gain/

INHOFE: Oh, I think so. I really do. In fact, there’ll be a lot of Democrats. You know, I liken it to the cap and trade thing. Now that’s the one that I’ve been kind of in charge of for ten years, and we know where we are on that now. We know that if, as long as people keep talking the way they are right now, we’re going to defeat it. They only have 34 votes. They need 60 votes. I’d say health care right now is somewhere in the neighborhood of, they have maybe 45 votes. But every day, they lose votes, because people find out what it is, what it’s going to do, and what it’s not going to do. When you tell people that the mortality rate in Canada is 25% higher for breast cancer, 18% higher for prostate cancer, you know, they say why in the world would we emulate a system like that? This is life threatening. And so we have all the issues on our side on this thing, and I think, you know, I just hope the President keeps talking about it, keeps trying to rush it through. We can stall it. And that’s going to be a huge gain for those of us who want to turn this thing over in the 2010 election.

[sakabatou]

1. Why does the GOP hate America?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. No, it won't.

The millions of people with sucky insurance or no insurance will blame the Republicans and the Blue Dogs. Imhofe is weapons-grade stupid.

[Canuckistanian]

3. "Help" must have a new meaning in the dictionary

Given that over 70% of the American people want a public option, including 50% of self-identified Republican poll respondents.

And of course, he has to throw in some lies about Canadian health care as well.

[samrock]

4. It WILL help them.. cause

more and more Americans will get more and more discussed with politics.. See there vote don't matter and not bother.. MEANWHILE the right wing nut cases will continue to vote and win by default with voter turn outs of 40% or less..