When Foxx Speaks for FOX: Rep. Virginia Foxx Says Healthcare Reform is Greater Threat Than Terrorism
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By Mark Karlin
Move over Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann, a cross-eyed senior citizen congresswoman from the hinterlands of North Carolina is outFOXing you with statements only the typhoid fever mind of Glenn Beck could come up with.
Most recently Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (5th District, R-N.C.) stated point blank that health care reform is more of a threat to the U.S. than terrorism: "I believe we have more to fear from the potential of that bill passing than we do from any terrorist right now in any country."
The "pixillated" Rep. Foxx is all ready for Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and any "newscast" (fiction hour) on FOX given her eponymous name and all, but its her deranged turn of the phrase that has her marked as a FOX star for deluding seniors and rural white folk.
She echoed Sarah Palin's lie that healthcare reform will "put seniors in a position of being put to death by their government." And she said it on the floor of the House.
Rep. FOXX also isn't much for protecting gays from hate crimes. Of the Matthew Shephard gay murder, she demurred: "We know that that young man was killed in the commitment of a robbery. It wasn't because he was gay... It's really a hoax that that continues to be used as an excuse for passing hate crimes bills."
And then there is her pitch-perfect FOX voting record: "In September 2005, Foxx was one of 11 members of Congress to vote against the $51 billion aid package to victims of Hurricane Katrina. She was also one of only 33 Republicans to vote against the extension of the Voting Rights Act in July 2006."
Palin and Bachmann: You've been outFOXed by a FOXX, Virginia Foxx.
Better respect your elders now. Glenn Beck has got a crush on Virginia.
You got some catching up to do.
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Change..? Hope..?
we were offered "hope (praying) for a change".... its not being delivered, because of the blue-dogs and moderates (Rahm Emanuels) "coalition"...I hope the progressives do not lose heart..we can still fix the Health Care..by throwing out the blue-dogs..(right now blue dogs and moderates have a majority in the House and Senate, Joe Leiberman (Baucus, Conrad, Lincoln, Landrieu, etc, come to mind) we must purge our party too..and hold the line, make sure we do not put the Republicans back in, by becoming disillushioned and dispondent.....this so-called Health Care reform won't take place until long after the 2010 (2013) mid-term elections, anyway...lets get rid of the blue-dogs and the GOP obstructionist in 2010 and shoot for that and get real health care, Medi-care for all, effective starting 2010
Shut the Foxx up
New Bumper sticker for north Carolinians.
Reclaim Your Brain
Shut the FOXX up.
Bi-Partisanship is Betrayal
Bi-Partisanship is the enabler of all Conservatism, Bi-Partisanship threatens us with failure and a backlash, Bi-Partisanship is un-patriotic. Many Americans do not remember and are tired of hearing about the pre-Reagan era when Conservatives we are told supposedly weren't anti-American.
Freedom of Speech is not Freedom to Lie
Foxx has a responsibility to tell the truth, especially on the floor of the House.
Her dangerous rhetoric is what could possibly lead to terrorism.
She needs to be censored and impeached!
New Wingnut of The Week Award Needed
Mark,
It officially time to add a WINGNUT AWARD to the Awards that BuzzFlash hands out.
And at the rate they spew out stupid, hypocritical comments; you may have to give the award on an hourly basis, the way they are going!!
Liberal Media? What Liberal Media?
Give up your Medicare benefits, Foxx!
Virginia Foxx says that Universal health care is worse than terrorism, eh?
So when is that liar withdrawing from Medicare?
The solution is Single Payer
Single Payer universal health care is the solution, but Obama-care is Individual Mandate. It's bad enough that Obama-care would send premiums through the roof as in Massachusetts, but the worst aspect is that it would create a precedent that the Feds can make us buy corporate junk.
It's hard to think of a worst piece of legislation. I can think of worse court rulings but I can't recall any worse legislation, ever.
Can anyone think of a worse piece of legislation than Individual Mandate?