“I’M VERY SORRY, BUT YOUR FRIEND’S SCRAWNY LITTLE CHICKENS ARE SIMPLY NOT SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE CO-PAY FOR HIS ANNUAL LEECH TREATMENT.”

[Story at TPMDC]

“IF THE HEALTH PLAN OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY PASSES, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL THEN BECOME BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR BLOODLETTING LEECHES.”

“NOW DON’T WORRY ABOUT THE THE COST OF THE LEECHES. AS YOU KNOW, EVEN UNDER OUR BLATANTLY UNDEMOCRATIC FEUDAL SYSTEM, WE DO  OFFER UNIVERSAL BLOODLETTING.”

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BuzzFlash has Howard Dean: Reform without a Public Health Insurance Option Is Not Real Reform.

Wait a minute. Maybe Obama’s right. Perhaps I’ve been wrong to blindly follow the neanderthal, know-nothing ideology and policies of the modern GOP. Maybe we Republicans should embrace the progressive tradition and put the health and welfare of the average person above the sheer corporate greed of the pharmaceutical and insurance companies. Maybe a family of four shouldn’t have to go bankrupt just because their barber prescribes a regimen of leeches. Perhaps I could lead the way to a new age, an age of rebirth, a Renaissance, even universal bloodletting … Naaaaaahhh!

Wait a minute. Maybe Obama’s right. Perhaps I’ve been wrong to blindly follow the neanderthal, know-nothing ideology and policies of the modern GOP. Maybe we Republicans should embrace the progressive tradition and put the welfare of the average person and the survival of the planet above sheer corporate greed and profit. Maybe the lessons of science and the enlightenment could be extended to our party platform on issues of health care, the environment, and improving the lives of the poor and middle class. Perhaps I could lead the way to a new age, an age of rebirth, a Renaissance! …. Naaaaaahhh!