When I was in the Air Force, the military switched over to a health care system called Tri-Care. It quickly earned the nickname “try and get care.” So the Walter Reed disgrace is not a great surprise. It is a great shame, though.

You said it, Bryan. We called it “the medical hobby shop.” And these morons on the left want this for everyone?! HA! ANYTHING but that.

Now that I’m retired Tricare is great, since I use normal docs and hospitals. But on active duty, it sucked. It sucked before Tricare, too. Break a bone? Here, have some Motrin. Sucking chest wound? Here, have some Motrin, sez the PA. You get the picture. No thanks.

That first Coulter vid was spot on
JetBoy

“Would these giants . . . take the sullied path?”

Money.

…but three lefts do.

flipflop on March 5, 2007 at 1:07 PM

Assuming they’re all 90 degree turns.

The video link about AC was right on. Boundaries, baby, boundaries. Keep that junk in the trunk.

Please amend the HotAir terms of service to prohibit future Ann Coulter threads. I have never seen such a foolish comment orgy in my life.

Thank you.

right2bright on March 5, 2007 at 2:20 PM

Very true.

Rick on March 5, 2007 at 2:11 PM

Good point. But the general public will catch on, the average public is not stupid…we just need to call out the insulters and not let them hit and run.

right2bright on March 5, 2007 at 1:58 PM

I agree with that, but you have to be careful with what you say (as a conservative). The average undecided voter only picks up on what the MSM feeds them – that means they only see the negative publicity placed on the conservatives, and have no clue as to what the liberals have said or done. All that does is get conservatives beat in the elections.

The left does NOT believe their hate screeds are “counterproductive.” They think that they’re speaking “truth to power.” And it is working. Just look at the last election.

georgej on March 5, 2007 at 1:38 PM

This is the last I’ll post on the subject of Coulter’s remarks, lest this becomes another huge thread…

Look, the Left is gonna do what the Left is gonna do. We know they’re wrong, hypocritical, and beyond contempt. On that, I agree with you.

But you’re proposing something along the lines of “They don’t criticize their own, so we shouldn’t either” and “If they criticize Ann, and we do as well, we’re helping them” (them being the libs)

Both of which are totally untrue.

And the reason the Dems won the last elections is because of the war in Iraq, mostly. Not because of any perceived waffling by conservatives…

You want to talk about what kind of “example” she should set or what damage her words does the “cause”, I frankly think nothing matters less. Truth is that much of the punditry of the Right works out of fear of what the Left will say in such a case. To borrow the over used phrase, “Frankly I don’t give a damn”. Particarly in this case where no one on the left can take the high moral ground as their side far exceeds the Right in the outrageous, slanderous, and stupid comment category. Considering their sins, they can never be the first to cast any stones.

macranger, March 5th, 2007 at 9:10 am

At the march later, a woman hoisted a placard into the air, reading “Hillary, you should/could have chosen another day to beg blacks for votes!!!” Jean Jones, 49, had biting words for all white candidates who descend on black churches during campaign…

georgej on March 5, 2007 at 1:38 PM

I agree, I do not believe in this “two wrongs don’t make a right” nonsense. You can’t sit back and let someone nasty, make nasty comments…you fire back and put them in their place. That is one of the problems we have had, the old, “we don’t want to stoop to their level”, is bull.
It reminds me of the old army in ancient times that marched upright into battle because it was the “right” thing to do. Got their butt kicked, but it was the “right” thing to do.

We’re not aiding and abetting the Dem’s when we criticize Coulter for her remarks, we’re helping ourselves.

Re: “She who shall not be named”….

Patterico is wrong when he wrote: “I continue to believe that her sort of comments are counterproductive to what conservatives are trying to do — just as the comments listed in this post are counterproductive to the goals of leftists.”

The left does NOT believe their hate screeds are “counterproductive.” They think that they’re speaking “truth to power.” And it is working. Just look at the last election.

But to find such sentiments outside of right-wing circles, one must go where right-wing bloggers went today — digging into anonymous blog comments (or e-mails allegedly received). That difference is so obvious — and so meaningful — that it all ought to go without saying.

Didn’t Hillary make some comments about gas station owners once?.

Uh, didn’t Biden say something similar as well?

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…but three lefts do.

A Reliant K reference. Nice. I came thisclose to tossing that line in the post myself just to see if anyone would get it.

When I was in the Air Force, the military switched over to a health care system called Tri-Care. It quickly earned the nickname “try and get care.” So the Walter Reed disgrace is not a great surprise. It is a great shame, though.

That is what we will all have with nationalized universal health coverage for all.

It is a great shame, though.

And its not acceptable. The brave men and women who fight for this country, and get injured doing so, deserve the very best medical care this country can provide.