We have entered uncharted territory in the fight over national health care. There’s a new tone in the debate, and it’s ugly. At the moment the Democrats are looking like something they haven’t looked like in years, and that is: desperate.
They must know at this point they should not have pushed a national health-care plan. A Democratic operative the other day called it “Hillary’s revenge.” When Mrs. Clinton started losing to Barack ...
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Interesting opinion about what may be causing the recent flare-ups in town meetings on health care. The author suggests that attitudes from Democrats in Congress and in the White House maybe fueling the flames of public discontent - and brushes aside allegations of misinformation and possible wrongdoing by Republican operatives. As a result, this piece provides insufficient context to get a full grasp of the issues at play here.
With all due respect to Peggy Noonan, her interpretation of events seems very selective. She picks facts that support her argument, but fails to look into the deeper issues of blatant misinformation being distributed widely by right wing extremists.
I agree with Noonan on one point: the public and those in office will benefit when bills are consolidated and clarified. However, Noonan ignores the blatant disinformation that is being spread by Limbaugh, Palin and others (euthanasia, etc.) and attributes comments to the administration without any direct citations. Her indulgent tone toward the haranguers seems more than a little self-serving.
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