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Ruth Ann Dailey's March 22 column ("Obama's Bogus Bipartisanship") would have you believe that Republicans are all good and Democrats are all bad.
First, Ms. Dailey, the Republicans had ample opportunity to participate in the health care reform process. The ones who pretended to be for bipartisanship were the Republicans. But it was never about reform for them. Rather, it was about bringing down the president. Early on in the debate, Sen. Jim DeMint said that defeating President Barack Obama's health care reform program would break the president. It would be his Waterloo. So they used scare tactics and lies in an attempt to achieve their ends.
And where was your righteous indignation, Ms. Dailey, when the tea party folks were yelling racial slurs and other insults at the Democrats as well as spitting on them and raising signs with vile messages while Republican members of Congress urged them on?
You must be so proud of your fellow conservatives. We are all God's children, Ms. Dailey, but, sadly, not everybody acts like one.
And lastly, a side note to Sarah Palin. Since you asked, Ms. Palin, I'm happy to inform you that the "hopey, changey thing" is working just fine for me.
CHARLOTTE GIZZI
North Huntingdon
Simply wrong
I have to thank columnist Ruth Ann Dailey for pulling together the "greatest hits" of Republican spin about the health care bill into one convenient column ("Obama's Bogus Bipartisanship Is Laid Bare," March 22).
Let's be clear: Opposition parties oppose. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell told The New York Times, "It was absolutely critical that everybody be together because if the proponents of the bill were able to say it was bipartisan, it tended to convey to the public that this is OK, they must have figured it out ... It's either bipartisan or it isn't."
Thus, the contention that the Democratic Party is the subject of "Americans espouse bipartisanship right up until one party stops even pretending to try" is rolling on the floor laughable.
Where are Republican voices of outrage about these events: One African-American Democratic congressman was spat on, one was called the "N" word and another one an expletive. On the House floor, Texas Republican Randy Neugebauer yelled "baby killer!" at Michigan Democrat Bart Stupak as he spoke. Where's the spirit of bipartisanship there?
First Published March 30, 2010 12:00 am
