Republican myths blah blah web 2.0 blah blah blah setting the record straight. On the plus side at least this emailed tripe, courtesy of the White House Open Government Initiative, doesn’t read as if it was written by someone’s unemployed nephew who got the job on the strength of his Comp Lit degree. At least there’s that:
Our latest Reality Check video features Vice President Joe Biden addressing the biggest whopper of all: that our health insurance system works just fine and Americans don’t care about reform. Nothing could be further from the truth. So we’re trying something new. You can help the Vice President debunk this myth by uploading your own video on why reform matters to you. This is an opportunity for Americans of all backgrounds and situations to make the case for reform in your own words.
Need some help? We also have a new online quiz to help set the record straight about health insurance reform. Find out what’s in reform for somebody like you by answering a few questions. What does reform mean if you already have insurance? What if you don’t? What does it mean if you’re young? If you’re a senior? If you have children? Take the quiz and then share it — simple tools like this are a great way to cut through the noise and get the facts about reform: www.WhiteHouse.gov/realitycheck/quiz
My favorite part of the video is the oozing condescension about how you’d have to be a total moron to believe they’re cutting Medicare, something that used to be Obama’s Orszag-driven selling point for “comprehensive” reform. Note the weasel word “eliminate” though. At least he’s only being intellectually dishonest!
The political upshot is that they’re doubling down on the “Republicans think health care is just fine” line, a particularly brown thread in the dull “Republicans have no alternative” tapestry the White House is weaving. In addition to being flat out false – Republicans have multiple alternatives that will never be let out of committee – it’s also been a spectacular loser for them.
Although you have to admire Democrats for spinning “the other side” as anti-reform, just a few days after Reid’s “trial lawyers are scary” response to Palin-style calls for tort reform.
But perhaps most importantly: “reality check”? That’s really what they’re calling it? Could they be more obnoxious?
References:
* At kf It’s All-Platform Game-Changers 24/7 [Kausfiles]
* Shhhh! There’s a Republican Alternative to Democrat-Care; Don’t Let Anyone Know! [Herman Cain]
* Rasmussen: GOP now more trusted on health care than Democrats [Hot Air]
* Video: Dean says no tort reform because trial lawyers too intimidating [Hot Air]
* Palin: No health-care reform without tort reform [Hot Air]
Previously:
* Shh… Massachusetts Proves Mandate-Based Health Reform Will Be A Disaster
* Dems: We’ll Finance Health Care With Cigarette Tax That Will Cause People To Stop Buying Cigarettes
* Obama To Lawmakers Concerned About Health Care: Stop Talking
