Who's lying?

The Sunday fish wrap had an editorial listing “lies” about HR 3200. It had all of the usual, “the word ‘rationing’ never appears in the bill” as if that is proof positive that healthcare rationing will not occur as a result of passing the bill. You know, like when mom leaves a plate of cookies out. You know that absent an explicit order from mom not to touch the cookies before dinner, the cookies will be gone and the pot roast pretty much left un-touched.

So Lex fired off his own list of lies:

While we’re talking about healthcare lies, here are but 6 of a myriad of Liberal lies.

Lie 1: The president has a healthcare plan. Every time the president says, “my healthcare plan…” he’s lying. HE – HAS – NO – PLAN.

Lie 2: HR 3200 makes sense. Anyone who says that they have read and understand HR 3200 is a liar. The bill is 1,200 plus pages of unreadable gobbledygook – ask John Conyers. If passed, HR 3200 is so fouled up every page of it will end up being litigated for the next 500 years in every court in the land.

Lie 3: The Republicans don’t have a plan. They do. It includes medical savings from tort reform, allowing insurance companies to compete across state lines and providing tax incentives for doctors who treat the poor at little or no cost.

Lie 4: If the president would just talk more in glowing platitudes about some unspecified healthcare plan – calling it his own – the American people are sure to get on board. Every time the president talks, new falsehoods emerge and support for government run healthcare falls.

Lie 5: The “overwhelming proportion” of people who disagree with this president’s vision of a government controlled healthcare system are racist, a la Jimmy Carter. Shouting racist without a single shred of evidence is the last bastion of scoundrels who know they cannot win the argument. 56% of American voters now reject government controlled healthcare. We are not racist because we disagree with this president’s misguided healthcare policy.

Lie 6: There is a healthcare crisis in America. 85% of Americans are happy with their healthcare. It makes no sense to tear the entire system apart for the benefit of the remaining 15%. We should target reform at the 15% and leave the other 85% alone.