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let's go on to alan grayson alan grayson is a guy who it has gotten into trouble
recently alan grayson is a democrat from florida member of the house and he made
a speech during health-care proposals
in the house on september twenty ninth during it he said
well you know what let him tell you what he said about what the republican plan
for health care is and he took a lot of heat for this
several public ancestry to apologize
well you know what this is not actually the
the right click we want the previous one
the don't get sick clip
very simply it's a very simple plan
the republicans health care plan for america
don't get sick
that's right don't get sick
if you have insurance don't get sick if you have insurance don't get sick every
sec don't get sick just don't get sick
that's all republicans have in mind for your marika
that's the republicans health care plan
but i think that the republicans understand that that plan isn't always
going to work itself will prove plan
so public is have a backup plan in case you do get sick
if you get sick in america this is what the republicans want you to do
if you get sick america
the republican health care plan as this
died quickly
that's right the republicans want you to died quickly if you get sick
uh... ok so his remarks immediately drew a ton of criticism calls for an apology
from republicans
and he did giving apology eventually long-time republican congressman jimmy
duncan said the most mean-spirited partition statement
that i've ever heard made on this floor
republican congressional committee spokesman antisera said this is an
unstable man who has come on hinged the depths to which alan grayson will sink
to defend his indefensible comments known no bounds
grayson did respond the next day from the house floor
and he apologized but i don't think it was the apology that republicans were
hoping for take a listen
summer republicans asked me to apologize
i would like to put in its i would like to apologize for day
and here's why
according to this study
health interests and mortality in u_s_ adults which was published two weeks ago
forty four thousand
seven hundred eighty nine americans die every year because they have no health
insurance
forty four thousand seven hundred eighty nine americans die every year afforded
this harvard study called health insurance mortality in u_s_ adults you
can see it by going to our website grayson dot house dot gov
that is more than ten times the number of americans who died in the war in iraq
it's more than ten times never americans who died in nine eleven
but that was just once this every single year
every single year
take a look at those read it and we and i mean that
redid and weep
because of all these americans were dying because they don't have health
insurance
there was one component that he did end up having to actually really apologize
for which he said
i apologize to the dead in their families that we haven't written voted
sooner to end this holocaust in america
the anti-defamation league didn't like his generic use of the word holocaust
they say it should be reserved only for
the holocaust for six million jews were murdered by the nazis and grace in
actually did issue of the jet in an apology that saying in no way that i
mean to minimize the holocaust
i regret that you chose his words and i will not repeat it i can tell you i
don't agree with saying that the republicans specifically the members of
congress want you to die quickly
but i believe that this is one of the most honest attacks on the absurdity of
the health care situation in the u_s_ that we've heard
and while it's not individual republicans meaning john bainer
does not want specific people today i quickly if they get sick
but the policies that are being std resisted
or the status quo which many republicans want to maintain is one that makes it so
that if you do get sick
it is is
almost and especially in many cases
today i quickly because otherwise you're going to be in a very painful
and long-suffering situation so i i i agree
i may not agree that specific republicans want individuals to die
quickly if they get sick but i think that this isn't this is an honest heat
there's a lot of honesty in the attack contained there
i think so foot
i think is trustworthy a little over the top
you know i'm living with oracle will this better ways to phrase it been
republicans want to die
quickly republicans not once you not to get sick we never would have heard it
right if you've used if you know i think it's more effective just citing
statistics what he did it
in the air quality
i guess you're right
uh... i still think generally the message was one that we should be
hearing more often and into the powerful it's powerful in that sense of even
though the guys that does sound a little bit like he's going off the deep end dot
right conventions for sure orrin hatch now forget about sixty votes he's saying
the democrats should want should need to have seventy votes
the pass of public option suggesting a possible super filibuster take a listen
to senator orrin hatch
what's going on a republican senator orrin
he's after he's a member the senate finance committee will there is
essentially putting the best face on it thirteen its and lost three democrats
joined your party in opposing a public option five democrats joined you on
another vote racist and the public option right now
well it's going to be very difficult newburgh what the democrats did
everything they can afford it
trip they can to try and get on the democrats lined up to go the public
option
collective if you pass a a healthcare bill that involves one seven one six of
the whole american economy
and you don't get a raise seventy votes meaning bipartisan votes you're not
going try for the american people and i can tell you right now
doug almond or certain of its virtually neck so impossible
to be able to have a public often which is options ok so orrin hatch talking
about seventy votes some kind of uh... insane super filibuster
again if the democrats can takes sixty votes in overwhelming public support
when polled fairly internet into even a horrible public option even something
it's going to be is going to be embarrassing
quick note last thing on health care shepherd smith from fox news
another criticize *** sees a lot but we've talked about shepherd smith and
how he really seems
to be somewhat reasonable in many cases
he interviewed ah... a congressman or about senator i don't know who this is
with
and he just in a few minutes summed up allot of good points about why we need a
public option and again this is foxnews so think this is actually one of the few
guys whose emerging shepherd smith as a more reasonable fact-based
news guy
on fox news take a listen
why would we not want a public option
right is going to go but it's not a recap of the center that's not fair and
we both know what
it's not a government takeover because what it would be is a government option
if you have seen sure it's now and you like it you can keep it
if you want the government ops at a pig government run
paid for by those who buy it
dublin runoff should
to try to keep costs down that's not a government takeover forming fair is it's
an article a step
been fighting them in the way with whatever he is no evidence of the public
another is a vote for the insurance companies cirque nayirah so i disagree
with you how i did everywhere you know that it is the public option which would
keep costs in check
shepherd smith on fox news reprise in the making every every good argument
for a public option
let's leave health care for now and i know we spent
more time than than we even expected too but it's it's just so amazing what's
taking place with health care right now in the u_s_