Video: Jon Stewart rips Obama on wounded-vet policy
posted at 1:51 pm on March 18, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
How many new conservative viewers will Jon Stewart get in the Age of Obama? If he offers up a few more segments like this, I’d guess more than a few. Stewart rips the Obama administration for its ideas on raising revenue by forcing wounded veterans to use private insurance to pay for service-related injuries. Apparently, he and Commander David Rehbein of the American Legion are both, er, angered by this notion, as Jazz Shaw’s transcript makes clear:
STEWART: You know the veterans? The men and women who risk their lives defending our country? They’re about yay tall, wear green… sometimes tan. They’re this brave. Well, when they get injured, you know who foots the bill? You. The taxpayer. It’s incredibly… fair.
That’s why it struck me as a little odd when I read that one of the money saving proposals from the Obama administration was to remove veterans with private insurance plans from the V.A. rolls. So I guess what the government is saying is that if you still need a little rehab after you got that leg blown off in Iraq, the government will cover you! Unless your wife as a little COBRA left over from her substitute teaching gig. In that case, you’re going to have to go with her and the whole deductible thing. Unless, of course, your spouse is in Congress, and then you can get their sweet, sweet government plan.
I’ve got some other ideas they might want to try out to save a little money in the military. How about sponsored commendations? For your service, I offer you the Frito Lay Medal of Honor. Here’s another one… how about actual Navy seals? [A picture is shown of a Sea World seal with a sailor hat on.] People would totally pay to see that! Or how about the Arlington National Cemetery and Water Park?
WHAT THE F*&K ARE YOU GUYS THINKING!!??? Veterans having to use their private insurance to pay for their combat related injuries? THAT CAN’T BE RIGHT.
As a Navy veteran, Jazz adds his thanks to Stewart for going ballistic in his satirical manner. And Stewart nails it — it can’t be right, because it isn’t right. It’s a betrayal of trust, one I suspect won’t last the week after the attention it’s received. The Huffington Post reports that Capitol Hill Democrats are just as angry — for putting them in this position.
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Look, if you really want someone to address your tired, scraggly, pathetic little non-sequiter of a tastelessly made argument, FINE.
The belief, as you well know, is that vets shouldn’t have to pay for wounds incurred in the service of their country. Whether we give them money to pay for private hospitals or they use state run hospitals is irrelevant to the debate. I’d prefer they be allowed to use whatever hospitals they’d like, of course. Saying that this implies support of socialized medicine does not follow logically. You don’t get to make the jump from support for vets not having to foot the bill for their own injuries -> socialized medicine. But unless you’re an utter twit, which you’re not, YOU KNEW THAT.
But you made the point anyway. You pressed it. The fact is that billing a vet’s insurance company is tantamount to billing the vets themselves because the insurance companies will pass on the costs of paying for the vet’s bills to their customers. And of course, you KNEW THAT already as well.
Was treatment great under Bush? Obviously it wasn’t as good as it should be. That’s a rather long road from actively punishing people for doing their job.
As to your other points about it being a volunteer military … in case you hadn’t noticed, the soldier job comes with bodily harm as part of the gig. It’s expected – an operating cost of doing business. You libs love to rant about teachers needing to pay for supplies – well this is about five thousand times worse. Going into military service isn’t someone electing to be a banker or a salesperson – it’s a dangerous job with crappy pay and it’s done out of deep calling or need to serve one’s country. Comparisons between our troops and other fields don’t work for that reason – apples and oranges.
That you’d even make such an intellectually dishonest argument is sickening; you and your cohorts should be ashamed for doing it. It’s disgusting.
TheUnrepentantGeek on March 18, 2009 at 3:46 PM
That’s probably good, because you’re going to need it when one day you wake up and find that you have to defend yourself – because if things like this continue, the people that are doing it for you now will refuse.
Otis B on March 18, 2009 at 3:46 PM
I can see the smoke coming off your keyboard. Bravo.
baldilocks on March 18, 2009 at 3:49 PM
Otis: Besides … why should I waste calories dialing 911 for Dean in the event of an accident … or even waste tax money by using the 911 system for his benefit?
The proper non-altruistic and constitutional thing would be to let him haul out his own phone, and hire an ambulance … while the road company private cops ticket his ass for obstructing traffic.
Kristopher on March 18, 2009 at 3:50 PM
And it begins:
Tea Parties across the Nation
The Walk to the Captial via the Vet’s from all walks of life concerning healthcare.
I can see something is starting to explode. I wonder how long it will be before some people start “stepping down”.
upinak on March 18, 2009 at 3:50 PM
Then move to another country. If you don’t want to pay health costs for people who have placed themselves in harm’s way on behalf of American citizens, you have no business accepting their gift.
And by the way, did it ever occur to you that you’re paying for people who fought in a little thing they like to call WWII?
This isn’t a cafeteria.
capitalist piglet on March 18, 2009 at 3:51 PM
First off, great initials. Secondly, you are correct Sir. And Dean is living proof that extreme Right and extreme Left both end up in the same hateful place.
His Chritianity? If this is what they preach in his church, I certainly wouldn’t attend services there. Of course, I’m military. And of course as a Christian, I feel like it’s my sacred duty to support and defend my base and sister faith, Judaism. So, I’m guessing they wouldn’t be rolling out the ole welcome mat for me anyways.
Plus, he admitted one night on Hot Air that he beats his children. Really!
hawkdriver on March 18, 2009 at 3:52 PM
Hawk, he is one of those who will run like hell before picking up a gun to help the cause.
He isn’t worth it man.
upinak on March 18, 2009 at 3:53 PM
The defense rests, your honor.
TheQuestion on March 18, 2009 at 3:53 PM
…I served 16 years, living 35 years all told in or around the Army…my wife served 26 years…our two oldest boys are serving…we live south of San Antonio, which has the highest concentration of military facilities this side of DC or San Diego…we feel this one keenly in our house.
…it may sometimes sound like bragging…but being in a military family is tough.
…a career in the military means ending up with bad knees and a twisted back from humping rucksacks long forgotten…moving every three years until you’re not sure where home is…saving to cover the costs of the moves that Uncle Sugar won’t…having boxes in storage packed two moves and as many continents ago…half your kids born on one side of the Atlantic, the other half on the other side…being expected to train to do the unthinkable at a moment’s notice with broken or antiquated equipment…all to the opprobrium of folks who sneer at the security you provide….
…well…if that’s all you’ve got to brag about, brag it out loud.
Puritan1648 on March 18, 2009 at 3:53 PM
It’s the typos, isn’t it? :-)
hawkdriver on March 18, 2009 at 3:54 PM
Heartbreak.
seejanemom on March 18, 2009 at 3:54 PM
Well, I’m not a huge fan of that Freeman because he’s hardly a non-interventionist. He is certainly more of a foreign policy realist, though than much of the establishment. So I think he would have been a little bet better than other alternatives.
That he was bullied out of Obama’s government so quickly, though, proves that my “preposterous line” is true.
The Dean on March 18, 2009 at 3:55 PM
Thank you for saying what I couldnt.
canditaylor68 on March 18, 2009 at 3:55 PM
TYPOS are my middle name, sugar. ;)
seejanemom on March 18, 2009 at 3:56 PM
That’s understandable…you were probably too busy reading all of those Leftist fantasies about how the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act was responsible for the financial meltdown.
By the way…how’s that search going for one of those articles that actually uses facts to explain exactly HOW that Act caused the meltdown, DTMH?
rvastar on March 18, 2009 at 3:57 PM
The administration is trying to do away with the military’s version of workers’ comp, maybe with the side benefit of further burdening the civilian health insurance apparatus-and DtMH morphs this into an affirmative argument for universal healthcare. Right. That is some first class logic right there Mr. Internet Troll Guy.
He further notes that there is no draft. He is right, to a point. There is not a draft right NOW. There was, however, a draft until 1974. Who, pray tell, does Mr. Internet Troll Guy thinks pays for the care of those draftees with service-connected (i.e. in the line of duty) wounds and disabilities?
Dean has been adequately slapped around, though I note the term “service-connected injuries” is not limited only to those who happened to serve in Iraq or Afghanistan. Just to clear that up for you. Dummy.
A Balrog of Morgoth on March 18, 2009 at 3:57 PM
a clarification of the trolls concerning Military and Veteran men and woman. They are not worth the crap I scrap off my shoes, or your shoes. They either choose not to understand or hate for no obvious reason.
Make sure to breath and realize that almost nothing you say is going to change their minds.
My heart goes out to all Vets and Military right now, my GOD be with you ALL!
upinak on March 18, 2009 at 3:59 PM
Glancing through the comments, it seems it must be “Internet Troll Day” or something. Good job taking that one apart.
I see there are also some Jew-haters hanging around today, too…scratch a liberal, smell a bigot.
capitalist piglet on March 18, 2009 at 4:00 PM
It’s unbelievable the things some people will say and believe about the military.
I’ve just about had enough, frankly.
Pick up your own weapon and defend yourself if you don’t like the monetary cost – see how you like the cost of your own self-defense that you know nothing about.
Oh wait, I forgot, that lot doesn’t think anyone should have their own weapons, in an odd twist of fate.
Otis B on March 18, 2009 at 4:01 PM
You’re a miserable POS! FU Troll!
jwp1964 on March 18, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Hey, Dean: do you oppose paying for my medical care?
I was paralyzed in 1998, while an active duty member of the U.S. Coast Guard. Remember 1998, genius? That was the pre-9/11 Clinton military. My broken neck occurred in the line of duty, without misconduct on my part. My branch of the armed forces is tasked with protecting America’s nautical frontiers, so it seems that none of your previous objections to veterans’ health care apply to me.
So come on, you gutless coward. Pop off. You needn’t fear me online. Here at my keyboard I can’t administer the beatdown you so richly deserve. Sack up and tell me what you’d like to do with vets like me.
OhioCoastie on March 18, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Those who say President Bush ruined or short-changed the VA are, frankly, full of crap. My treatment at the VA for over 10 years has been exemplary. In addition, you ought to look at the percentage increases President Bush provided to the VA.
rlwo2008 on March 18, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Yeah… but what does that have to do with anything?
If you are suggesting that soldiers receiving healthcare from their employer is socialism, would you call army barracks “socialized housing”? Is chow “socialized feeding”? That’s kind of… well, stupid. The military is not the society at large. Their employer is the government, and part of their compensation package has always been that they will be housed, fed, and given medical care. Frankly, I’m outraged to learn that their insurance has been billed for appendectomies when they were on duty; but to charge their insurance for service-related injuries is beyond the pale. Heck, if I burn myself on the coffeemaker at my office, it’s covered by workman’s comp, not my personal health insurance. Why should that be any different for our military?
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: this will turn out to be Obama’s way of making the point that conservatives are all in favor of “government paid healthcare” for soldiers, so we should like it fine for everyone. We need to make the point clearly that we’re not suggesting we support “government paid healthcare”, but rather “workmans’ comp” for people whose employer happens to be the government.
RegularJoe on March 18, 2009 at 4:06 PM
Any troll so openly anti-military and so determined to set Christianity back a millennia or so, deserves to be confronted. I know I will never change his evil heart or beguile him from beating his children. But maybe, just maybe if one of his little tykes is sitting on his lap as he’s blogging, they’ll get it.
hawkdriver on March 18, 2009 at 4:06 PM
Interesting…one thing was totally missing…
Stewart never used the words President Obama!!
120pages on March 18, 2009 at 4:07 PM
God Bless you man.
hawkdriver on March 18, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Oops…he did say the “Obama Administration” ONCE but without any of the outrage that would have been directed at President Bush!!
120pages on March 18, 2009 at 4:11 PM
All it would take is a year or two of living within the military healthcare system to convince people that it isn’t the best way to go.
I’m not saying it’s horrible, it’s just not the pie-in-the-sky that people might think.
Otis B on March 18, 2009 at 4:13 PM
To all the people to admired Shinseki as some sort of “truth to power” straight talker who stood up to the evil Bushies for questioning the Iraq invasion – sorry your hero turned out to be a political asshat.
BohicaTwentyTwo on March 18, 2009 at 4:16 PM
Troll free: Ah the clean air of no troll sh*t. Dean leaves any time you bring up the comments about him beating his children. The way it works is I mention what he said that night about him taking a real pleasure out of disciplining his little ones within an inch of their lives. Other commenter’s ask him about it and I suppose it’s a little embarrassing now, because he hightails. He won’t be back to this thread.
hawkdriver on March 18, 2009 at 4:17 PM
Dean’s terrified by me, a wheelchair-bound middle-aged vet. What a sniveling puss.
OhioCoastie on March 18, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Excellent point. Were they at risk of losing their own lives or limbs, suddenly the military wouldn’t seem so expensive. Of course, knowing they don’t actually face that possibility gives them the great courage to spout off. No one is a dog or a coward on the Internet.
DrMagnolias on March 18, 2009 at 4:25 PM
I think you’d find many things terrify a real coward like Dean. Not the least of which is the prospect of being called to do what you did for the country.
hawkdriver on March 18, 2009 at 4:29 PM
You sell Dean short.
hawkdriver on March 18, 2009 at 4:30 PM
notice the less than enthusiastic Lib audience. These drones see nothing wrong with dissing the military.
marklmail on March 18, 2009 at 4:30 PM
IMPOSSIBLE
STEWART NEVER SHITS ON OBAMA
NEVER NEVER NEVER
CLEARLY THIS IS DOCTORED FOOTAGE
Dave Rywall on March 18, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Puritan1648 on March 18, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Well said, thank you!
MooreMom on March 18, 2009 at 4:36 PM
And there is the irony. They aren’t at risk because we have a strong military, yet for some reason they want to weaken it though actions like this. There must be some sort of blindness associated with being a liberal.
Otis B on March 18, 2009 at 4:37 PM
God bless you, Coastie. From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU for your service.
capitalist piglet on March 18, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Just so everyone is clear as to why our guys live in barracks or on a base, thank the 3rd amendment of the constitution. I gladly pay for the well being of soldiers who put in their time to protect me and our country.
To all of you here who are armed forces vets: Thank you for your service. If you were wounded while active, thank you for your sacrifice. To those not here who gave their lives in service, I have prayed for you and given thanks to God for you.
We don’t do enough for our service people. 2 holidays a year pale in comparison to the debt of gratitude we owe our servicemen.
ammon_of_cs on March 18, 2009 at 4:37 PM
This stuff enrages me as much as Gore trying to get military votes tossed.
If anyone in this country should have the right to vote, and if anyone in this country should have their medical expenses covered with taxpayers’ money, it is those who have served in our military.
THEY COME FIRST. PERIOD.
capitalist piglet on March 18, 2009 at 4:41 PM
Hey, OhioCoastie. I’m a parent of two active duty Coasties. One was recently at STA Marblehead.
DrStock on March 18, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Are people still arguing with the anti-semitic little Ronulan?
Ugh. Kick him aside.
MadisonConservative on March 18, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Well there’s a first time for everything. But, good spin. That’s why I like you.
hawkdriver on March 18, 2009 at 4:48 PM
I’m just going to quote Limerick so it winds up on this page too:
29Victor on March 18, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Well it seems team BO has developed quite the tin ear.
ronsfi on March 18, 2009 at 4:49 PM
If in fact Obama’s plan is to demoralize the armed services… this is to be expected.
It’s rather strange that a Harvard graduate lawyer wouldn’t know that personal insurance policies exclude coverage for acts of war. Equally as strange as someone being appointed editor of the Harvard Law Review without having contributed a single article. But no stranger than a country whose vast wealth was created by capitalism electing a socialist know-nothing as POTUS
Basilsbest on March 18, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Anybody that would propose something like this should be kicked out of office. It’s far far beyond not right, its treasonist.
Maxx on March 18, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Yeah, what’s Skippy and the gang up to with THIS?
The guy who wants everyone’s health care taken care of by the gubmint is trying to toss the one bunch of folks the gubmint is already (and SHOULD be) covering into private coverage instead?
Skippy better hope that the American public doesn’t stop considering him a kinda cool, but totally incompetent front guy, and all this is the result of plain buffoonery, and maybe considers that he’s been making what could arguably be called some of the WORST moves possible on purpose, in a deliberate attempt to replace free market capitalism with a centralized command and control affair, sortof like the one that worked so well for Eastern Europe and the collection of properties formerly known as the USSR.
Just like Mommy, Grand-dad, Uncle Frank, and his secret bestest friend Bill all wanted him to.
I’m sure their all very, very proud, Barry.
Wind Rider on March 18, 2009 at 4:53 PM
It always comes out sooner or later with those guys. Now we’re murderers.
Hmm.
Oh well, anyone know what they’re serving at the DFAC tonight?
hawkdriver on March 18, 2009 at 4:55 PM
DrStock, tell your kids we’re thankful that they’re Semper Paratus.
Ah, Marblehead. When I was a kid, my family spent a ton of weekends at Bay Point. I remember hearing the Marblehead Coasties on Channel 16, and I watched them conducting boardings or pulling sailboats off the sand bar all the time. It’s a pretty nice billet if you can get it.
Hey Dean: did you crawl back under your rock?
OhioCoastie on March 18, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Give Stewart credit where credit is due! This just goes to show what the Obama administration really thinks of the military and the our service men and women.
CrusaderPatriot on March 18, 2009 at 4:58 PM
We’re seeing who was hurt more in his tussle with Jim Cramer.
ddrintn on March 18, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Me too but what’s that got to do with providing medical care for soldiers? Or do you think we should only fight wars were there are really good hospitals available?
Maxx on March 18, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Former Marine, naval hospitals and then the VA took care of my injuries, I appreciate their excellent service.
My brother was a Marine. My Dad was a Marine. My uncle was a PBR squid and died in Nam. My father in law was an FO on the Arkansas where he sustained shrapnel injuries which he still carries in his abdominal cavity to this date. VA still takes care of him as he retired after 30 years of service.
Mr. Obama (or whatever you real name may be) on behalf of all of us, I spit a hearty FUCK YOU for even considering this initiative, you socialist pig.
Alden Pyle on March 18, 2009 at 5:07 PM
A busted clock is right twice a day, but that doesn’t make it any less busted.
crazy_legs on March 18, 2009 at 5:07 PM
I can’t wait till Michelle has another meet and greet with military families.
Of course, a visit by Miss Thing makes up for no medical insurance!
PattyJ on March 18, 2009 at 5:08 PM
That’s really a silly argument you are trying to make. Giving medical care to solders is not an example of socialized medicine. We give them guns too, is that socialized firearms?
Maxx on March 18, 2009 at 5:17 PM
The trolls are running dry on their Limbaugh vendetta so they want to spice up conservative blogs with antisemitic comments and other vitriol so left wing sites can quote those arses to claim that conservative bloggers are haters.
eaglewingz08 on March 18, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Oh, now I get it…since Jon Stewart jumped on the Present about this, he had to back down-not all those right wing military groups and assorted Fascists complaining.
Dr. ZhivBlago on March 18, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Stewart hitting low lying softballs before they become severe electoral problems is not heroic. Would you expect Rush to sit by for example if Bush did the same? No he would know a political loser when he sees one and try and demostarte that before they actually implemented said f*ck up. Not a sign Stewart is anything but a hack who thinks of the democrat party first.
Conan on March 18, 2009 at 5:20 PM
Meh. John Stewart is a little person not worth all these Hot Air electrons.
KS Rex on March 18, 2009 at 5:21 PM
Should be a bumper sticker.
hawkdriver on March 18, 2009 at 5:21 PM
lolololol!
baldilocks on March 18, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Credit where it’s due – he got this one right. Incredulity followed by outrage are the only reasonable responses to this morally bankrupt idea.
TheUnrepentantGeek on March 18, 2009 at 5:25 PM
Thanks, I’m all for a socialized firearms program by the way. Free M16′s with ten-thousand rounds of ammunition for everyone, yes sir, I’d vote for that !!
Maxx on March 18, 2009 at 5:26 PM
Broken clock… twice a day… so on and so forth.
AbaddonsReign on March 18, 2009 at 5:27 PM
Stewart. The concscience of The One.
I don’t think so.
Stewart’s a bias piece of sh*t and will probably always will be.
klickink.wordpress.com on March 18, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Bingo. It’s like ranting against car-jacking. It doesn’t take any balls whatsoever.
holygoat on March 18, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Sir, there is no way the general public should have three-round burst capability. AR-15s would be quite enough for every law-abiding man, woman and child. The ammo discussed seems pretty sufficient though. I’m in.
hawkdriver on March 18, 2009 at 5:49 PM
Too little, too late.
Jim Treacher on March 18, 2009 at 6:02 PM
DeathToMediaHacks,
If you want to go down the path of consistency with ones ideology, fine. You might want to explain how President Obama reconciles the fact that he is for socialized/nationalized health care for everyone…minus wounded vets.
Also, this would be (yet another example-see AIG) a clear breaching of contract issue. Does it even occur to you who their employers are? What kind of precedent do you think it sets when your government does this? Do you think it’s moral, honorable, decent, or even a legal one?
Why are you defending this clear example of tyranny? What do you suppose this would do to recruitment?
This is a very dangerous man for our republic. Shame on all who would defend this.
anuts on March 18, 2009 at 6:14 PM
I’d settle for the AR-15′s, but then again, try to remember the purpose of the 2ed Amendment wasn’t so people could go duck hunting. It was all about giving pause to a government that would decide the rights of the people just aren’t important anymore.
Maxx on March 18, 2009 at 6:15 PM
This thread is closed…Obama just gave up on the proposal, the spin is that he “listened” to the people.
right2bright on March 18, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Second that.
Obama=Socialist pig godless soul-less POS. You too Georgie Porgie.
kooziegirl on March 18, 2009 at 6:27 PM
AS IF.
kooziegirl on March 18, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Sir, we have an understanding and an agreement. AR-15s issued with a phamphet on where to notch the sear if that sort of thing becomes necessary.
hawkdriver on March 18, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Damn,
pamphlet!!!
Okay, now the thread is closed.
hawkdriver on March 18, 2009 at 6:31 PM
Of course.
The Sock Puppet Solutions to America’s Troubles:
- Health care…..no health care for anyone, just take their money.
- Budget….All budget all the time. Tax everything, provide nothing. MINE MINE MINE
- Freedom….What the hell is that? and who put this damn constitution in my way again? STOP IT!
- Foreign policy….just do what Carter did, times ten, and everything else that goes against common sense.
The list goes on.
Spiritk9 on March 18, 2009 at 6:34 PM
I thought that the whole idea that Obama was trying to screw things up was just paranoid..but when I heard about this I have to admit I did wonder if there was some deliberate attempt on the part of Obama to self destruct.
Terrye on March 18, 2009 at 6:55 PM
I don’t care what Jon Stewart thinks about anything. He’s a turd who rails against our military every chance he gets and supports everyone who hates the military.
I’m just sick of these despicable, lying, hypocritical libs. They are embarrassments to humanity.
progressoverpeace on March 18, 2009 at 6:59 PM
0bama is a dictator. No doubt about it. He wants to run everything his way. To hell with anyone else.
cjs1943 on March 18, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Wonder if those who control Obama’s teleprompter are thinking about sending someone over to break Stewart’s legs?
8-track-vinyl on March 18, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Oh please. This is all because Barry is going on Leno. After doing all that dirty work for him all Jon sees is him going off with another guy and cheating on him.(Must have tied his poor little heart into knots.) Don’t worry, they’ll kiss and make up and then it’ll be back to doing whatever whenever Barry tells him.
Dave_d on March 18, 2009 at 7:08 PM
I hope every U.S. military person on the planet has seen what has transpired concerning this issue over the last several days. The entire U.S. military and Veterans need to realize they don’t have any friends in the White House and darned few in Congress.
Maxx on March 18, 2009 at 7:10 PM
That’s no lie, if I was Stewart I’d watch my back, we have Chicago thugs running the show right now.
Maxx on March 18, 2009 at 7:14 PM
Welcome to an understanding of national defense of about a century ago. Things are a bit different these days.
Scrappy on March 18, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Point very well made.
Scrappy on March 18, 2009 at 7:22 PM
What a great idea!!
I know the thread was on soldiers getting firearms, but we should give poor people with clean records living in dangerous neighborhoods a handgun with a laser sight to carry, and a shotgun for their home. It would bring down crime.
This is a socialism I would gladly support.
Right_of_Attila on March 18, 2009 at 7:27 PM
Well, now we know why Obama retreated on this one! The leader of the Democrat party, John Stewart, demanded it!
Blacklake on March 18, 2009 at 7:32 PM
Since when is this friggin idiot MSM now? This guy is just a lazy jerk who thinks we have to laugh at every attempt at a joke he makes.
johnnyU on March 18, 2009 at 7:38 PM
“If I’ve lost the Daily Show, I’ve lost America.”
sulla on March 18, 2009 at 7:43 PM
You said you have a problem with our military “occupying Iraq.” I prefer to think of it as supporting a fledgling democracy with the only other one in the region being our great friend Israel. You insinuated that our military presence in the Middle East has something to do with the Jewish nation, but it is more like it is our foreign policy to support its right to self-determination, defend itself and prevent its 5.3 million citizens from going up in a mushroom cloud.
chunderroad on March 18, 2009 at 7:43 PM
No, vets deserve not to pay for their medicine, in any form or fashion.
It should be free, for them. As in, free like free beer. As in, you and I pay for it, like you and I would buy them a beer in a bar. As in, the extent to which it can be as without any conceivable cost to them, at all, it should be.
They paid for the medical care by sacrificing their body for the country.
That is different from socialized health care. Under socialized health care, everyone including me pays for my health insurance. Health care costs are paid in the aggregate. No one gets free health care. We just pay for others’ care by means of general taxation (to generate funds) and by not being sick (to prevent shortages of resources).
Veterans get actual, true and real free health care. Because they deserve it.
spmat on March 18, 2009 at 7:47 PM
I should say, they are owed it.
spmat on March 18, 2009 at 7:48 PM
Color me pleasantly surprised. More of this please.
Tacitus_SGL on March 18, 2009 at 7:55 PM
I think Obama suffers from conscience deficiency. It’s a rare disorder usually diagnosed in megalomaniacs and serial killers.
Obama once said, when asked to name his favorite onscreen president, that he likes Jeff Bridges in the contender because that’s the kind of president he wants to be. That’s kind of Ironic because Obama personifies everything that Jeff Bridges has been fighting against in the movie. So I would like to use President Jackson Evans (Jeff Bridges) words to express what I would like to say to Obama if given the chance:
Napoleon once said when asked to explain the lack of great statesmen in the world, that “to get power you need to display absolute pettiness; to exercise power, you need to show true greatness.” Such pettiness and greatness are rarely found in one person. I look upon the events of the past six weeks and I’ve never come so to grips with that quotation. For Mr. Obama, it pains my soul to tell you that you have brought blood and shame to this great nation. Your leadership has raised the stakes of hate to a level where we can no longer separate the demagogue from the truly inspired. And you know, I am not free of blame. Right from the start, I should have come down here, pointed a finger your way and asked you, “Have you no decency, sir?”
Michelle Dubois on March 18, 2009 at 8:07 PM
This only makes sense.
Hardcore Liberals don’t believe that there are any “military solutions”. All conflicts can be negotiated even if it means compromising sovergenty and pricipals.
They look at soldiers the same way most people look at street level drug dealers doing the drug lord’s evil bidding. Just let them rot.
watson007 on March 18, 2009 at 8:09 PM
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