Stories such as this one are necessary, I suppose, in that they might catch the eye of potential voters who don’t know much about their elected officials. At the same time, it seems almost pointless to criticize the policies of the heartless Teabaggers who were swept into office in 2010. They are what they are:
Democratic candidate Alan Grayson said Wednesday that people in Florida would suffer because Gov. Rick Scott (R) refused to implement parts of the Affordable Care Act.
“There’s literally thousands of people who will live if Medicaid is expanded in Florida, and die if it isn’t,” he told Current TV host Eliot Spitzer. “And their blood will be on Rick Scott’s hands.”
After the Affordable Care Act was upheld by the Supreme Court, Scott told Fox News that he would fight its implementation in Florida. Specifically, he said he opposed creating insurance exchanges and the expansion of the Medicaid program, which provides health care to the poor…
What does Rick Scott care about the blood of the poor? Treating the weakest citizens badly is what makes him popular with his base.
that is an insanely misleading headline. Grayson is not pretending that scott has a conscience, he is specifically stating the opposite.
of course Grayson was being sarcastic in his own way: he knows Scott will be tar and feathered and run oughta’ Tallahassi (sp) if he doesn’t take the Medicaid dough
Misleading? By making the statement, Grayson was reminding voters that Scott should reconsider his policy in light of the fact that it will help kill poor people. He was calling on Scott to do the right thing, while at the same time knowing for sure that Scott won’t. That’s called pretending.