Sticking up for European socialism, Friday night on HBO's Real Time, BBC America's Katty Kay contended the “idea of demonizing” a “public option” for U.S. health care “as some sort of step toward socialism -- it just seems to me so out of touch with reality.” That's because “in Britain we have a purely public plan and even the Conservative Party calls it one of our great national treasures,” while other European nations “that have some sort of a public plan actually, you know what, they seem to like it” since “it seems to actually work pretty well and no one wants to get rid of it.”
The fact Britain's Conservative Party doesn't oppose that nation's nationalized health system says more about how far the party is to the left than anything about the benefits of the system.
Kay, BBC's lead Washington correspondent and co-anchor of World News America on BBC America, argued on the June 19 Real Time with Bill Maher:
Germany, Switzerland and France all have a mixture of public and private plans. None of those countries are trying to roll back on a public plan. In Britain we have a purely public plan and even the Conservative Party calls it one of our great national treasures. So the countries that have some sort of a public plan actually, you know what, they seem to like it. It seems to actually work pretty well and no one wants to get rid of it. So, this idea of demonizing this as some sort of step toward socialism -- it just seems to me so out of touch with reality.
—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center
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"The GOAL of
June 20, 2009 - 04:16 ET by USA4freedom"The GOAL of Socialism is COMMUNISM" -- Lenin.
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.
In Britain we have a purely
June 20, 2009 - 05:27 ET by MidAmericaIn Britain we have a purely public plan and even the Conservative Party calls it one of our great national treasures.
Yep, they got that right. Healthcare is swallowing up their treasure.
You just can't argue with a
June 20, 2009 - 05:30 ET by PeskyDaneYou just can't argue with a fanatic. Some people simply feel that it is a moral imperative to confiscate other people's money to do the "right thing."
With liberals, it's never
June 20, 2009 - 06:09 ET by motherbeltWith liberals, it's never their ideas that are out of whack, it's always the way their enemies "paint" them (IOW pointing out the truth of them, rather than allowing them to hide behind euphemisms).
I love this masterpiece of logic:
So the countries that have some sort of a public plan actually, you
know what, they seem to like it. It seems to actually work pretty well
and no one wants to get rid of it
People like it. Therefore, it is not socialism.
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Asked who did the work on
June 20, 2009 - 06:50 ET by HockeyKidAsked who did the work on her beautiful teeth, Ms. Kay cited a cosmetic dentist in York. New York. City.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
These people are amazingly
June 20, 2009 - 07:13 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsThese people are amazingly stupid. What, exactly, is the 'plan'? There have been no specifics given, yet the Obama sycophants all agree it is a great plan. This is just like the reaction to his other plans. Close Gitmo, ummm, where are the prisoners going? Who knows!?!? Plan, what plan?? Who cares!?!? Obama is closing Gitmo!!
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Someone ask Kay how many
June 20, 2009 - 07:59 ET by BDSomeone ask Kay how many Americans fly to London to have operations. Then compare that number to the number of English to have operations in the US.
That is the only statistic of value in this debate.
There is nothing wrong with healthcare in this country. We just have let PIJ Attourneys outgraze their habitat. This can be fixed in short order with a quick hunting season.
Nail hit firmly on head.
June 20, 2009 - 09:27 ET by nolotrippenNail hit firmly on head.
Can at least one "journalist" do thei job
June 20, 2009 - 08:13 ET by WhoIsJohnGaltand ask these twits who poo-poo the socialism remarks, "Okay then, if this is not a great step toward socialism, them how exactly, do you define socialism?"
I think once we reach common ground with our terms, we'll be able to deflate the naysayers on this and many other Obamissues.
The High cost of Obamacare...
June 20, 2009 - 09:27 ET by AMR1960Does Ms. Kay even realize how wretched Nationalized Health Care truly is. That in England, those that can afford to have private insurance, meanwhile hundreds of thousands of Canada's citizens in need of surgery, or urgent diagonistic procedures, choose to come to the U.S. instead of waiting their turn. Sorta of reminds you of parents opting-out of our failed Public Education for a Private one and still getting taxed for their non use of the public system. Also keep in mind that Canada & Europe have this socialized Healthcare while the USA foots their bill for National Defense...
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Her lips are moving and she's a liberal, so...
June 20, 2009 - 09:31 ET by nolotrippenIn case you missed it, brothers and sisters:
The Canadian Supreme Court ruled the Health Care System violates Quebec’s rights charter as it collects taxes for health care, doesn’t deliver, and forbids competition. I'm quoting: “A place in a queue is not healthcare.”
It all depends what "is", is...
June 20, 2009 - 10:30 ET by goldenthroat"The fact Britain's Conservative Party doesn't oppose that nation's nationalized health system says more about how far the party is to the left than anything about the benefits of the system."
Exactly! Just like New England "Republicans" - they define the term "RINO" - are much further left than most Republicans around the country - they always have been and always will be. Just because some idiot opens their mouth and endorses something doesn't mean it is a rubber stamp approval of all within the party. Socialism is STILL socialism no matter how you want to spin the debate.
You can slice, dice and puree what is going on in this country under this egomanical, self-appointed quasi-messianic moron who occupies the White House but, remember gang, if it walks like a duck...
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Broken Leg 29 yrs.
June 20, 2009 - 10:32 ET by slickwillie2001British man had broken leg for 29 years: http://www.telegraph.co.uk
HBO
June 20, 2009 - 10:37 ET by Kirk HallKind of like the show you are on. This show is the reason I canceled HBO last week.
Leave it to someone who
June 20, 2009 - 10:39 ET by fitzfongLeave it to someone who only has a job because citizens of her home nation are forced to pay a licensing fee to her employer...whether they want what the BBC has to offer or not...to be a shameless apologist for socialist "medicine".
"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered." -George Best
This is one blonde Fox ain't gonna hire...
June 20, 2009 - 13:06 ET by wnaegeleSigh!
As a matter of fact, she
June 20, 2009 - 13:16 ET by Jack BauerAs a matter of fact, she was/is a semi-regular on the panel with Britt Hulme and now Brett Baere.
Jack... Wow, I must have
June 20, 2009 - 13:30 ET by bigtimerJack...
Wow, I must have missed those...I have never seen Katty Kay on Fox...are you sure?
...if she ever is....I'm done with the show she is on...that is a fact.
She's a regular on with Matthews Sundays...I detest this arrogant far-leftist, have for so many years I quit counting...plus she is so full of herself it isn't funny, but what leftist talking head isn't....alone with some RINOs to-boot that are guests here and there.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
bt -- yep, definitely her.
June 20, 2009 - 13:43 ET by Jack Bauerbt -- yep, definitely her. She was fairly regular for a few months when Mara Liasson disappeared for a while.
She is so full of crap about the NHS. The BBC is an Institutionally Leftist organization full of socialists. She's lying, straight up.
Jack... She's full of
June 20, 2009 - 14:02 ET by bigtimerJack...
She's full of crap all of the time...let alone full of herself.
I'm glad I missed those shows...because I would have never listened, period.
I was trying to think of the gal I thought you may have been mistook for her, but I know full well you know who she is...so I am for once in my life glad I missed those.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Jack is that a sentiment
June 20, 2009 - 20:01 ET by Dan The Man 2Jack is that a sentiment held by a lot of Brits? I agree having to pay a license for a TV is ludicrous. My family has 4 TV's and if I had to pay for each, well I wouldn't
To say its full blown
June 20, 2009 - 14:52 ET by GregETo say a "public option" full blown Socialism would be "out of touch with reality," to use her phrase. But for her to say that it is not a "step toward Socialism" is just nonsense. It IS most definitely a STEP, and she should better understand her own words. I see it as a bigger step than she does, but I dont think anyone is saying it's full blown Socialism. Full blown doesn't work, and liberals know it.....so they do things like this in STEPS. Does she understand this? Oh, nevemind.
What do you expect?
June 20, 2009 - 15:05 ET by Kat Outta the BagShe's a puppet for the BBC and in turn, the BBC is a puppet for Socialist Gordon Brown, et al. Surprise!
VA hospital spreads HIV
June 20, 2009 - 18:56 ET by George S PattonGovernment health care at it's best.
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