Political campaigns are always eager to keep hecklers out of their pep rallies, but the Republican National Committee took that desire to a new level last week, requiring supporters to sign an oath of loyalty before receiving tickets to Saturday’s New Mexico rally featuring Vice President Cheney.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31019-2004Jul31.html

“And I mean no disrespect to the proper function of government when I say that government control, especially when highly centralized, can sap the will even of highly motivated people to do their best. No one, therefore, would seriously expect the condition of dogs in Britain to improve if the government took over veterinary care, and laid down what treatment dogs could and could not receive.
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“A few simple facts seem established, however, even in this contentious field. The United States spends a greater proportion of its gross domestic product on health care than any other advanced nation, yet the results, as measured by the health of the population overall, are mediocre. Even within the United States, there is no correlation between the amount spent on health care per capita and the actual health of the population upon which it is spent.
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“…not only are differences in the health of the rich and poor in Britain among the greatest in the western world, they are as great as they were in 1948, when health care was de facto nationalized precisely to bring about equalization. There are parts of Glasgow that have almost Russian levels of premature male death. Britain’s hospitals have vastly higher rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (a measurement of the cleanliness of hospitals) than those of any other European country; and survival rates from cancer and cardiovascular disease are the lowest in the western world, and lower even than among the worst-off Americans.
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“The one kind of reform that America should avoid is one that is imposed uniformly upon the whole country, with a vast central bureaucracy.
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“And what I want, at least for that part of my time that I spend in England, is to be a dog. I also want, wherever I am, the Americans to go on paying for the great majority of the world’s progress in medical research and technological innovation by the preposterous expense of their system: for it is a truth universally acknowledged that American clinical research has long reigned supreme, so overall, the American health-care system must have been doing something right. The rest of the world soon adopts the progress, without the pain of having had to pay for it.”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204908604574334282143887974.html

Sure sounds like I’m picking sides and criticizing one side there. Your argument is made of assumptions, which all happen to be misinformed. A quick glancing at my posts, or perhaps my website, would indicate I’m more critical of Republicans than I am Democrats.

So tell me another one, I love these little fictitious stories.

Doug – That’s what the dems are saying. How can they spend our money if we are not making any because we are protesting? Go back to work you “well dressed” mob!

That’s like saying lions fear the pride.

Sure, some of the people at the top of these organization have some ties or former ties with the GOP. At some of the larger rallies you will find members of the party not in power as a speaker. Of course, they are going to want to speak out on something they disagree with. “Joe, the plumber” can’t be everywhere.

What I am saying is for every large head liner GOP name at large TEA party you can name, there are 10 or so “average Americans” that are speaking out at the smaller TEA parties.

I did not say the GOP has ZERO involvement. I am saying they are not the majority or even close to the majority of the mob. The GOP is not the leadership of the TEA parties in nowhere Georgia, but I guess you consider that to be any place outside of metro Atlanta. People are fed up, but I hope the Dems don’t realize that until November of next year.

I’m predicting more Georgia Republicans will adopt the Cut-n-Run town hall meeting style than Democrats.

We’ll see when Nathan Deal and Phil Gingrey have their not so public discussion on healthcare in Gainesville.

In other startling news, this morning, the sun rose in the East and scientists have confirmed, on a clear day, the sky does indeed appear to be blue.