Bad Deeds for 4/4/2010

 

Doctor Against Treating Obama Supporters Admits Not Knowing What’s In Health Reform Bill – Dr. Jack Cassell, the Orlando urologist who put a sign on his door letting patients know he doesn’t want to have to treat them if they are Obama/health care reform supporters, was on the Alan Combs radio show Friday night, but didn’t seem to know much about the health care bill he’s criticizing. Here’s an excerpt:

Cassell: Hospice cuts in 2012…Does the government want people to die slowly?
Colmes: Do you really think the government wants people dead?
Cassell: Well I think that they’re cutting all supportive care, like nursing homes, ambulance services…
Colmes: What to you mean they’re cutting nursing homes?
Cassell: They’re cutting nursing home reimbursements
Colmes: Isn’t what they’re cutting under the Medicare plan what was really double dipping; they were getting credits and they were getting to deduct them at the same time.
Cassell: Well you know, I can’t tell you exactly what the deal is.
Colmes: If you can’t tell us exactly what the deal is, why are you opposing it and fighting against it?

In fact, the National Association of Home Care and Hospice praises much of the bill.

 

Republican Threatens Filibuster if Next Supreme Court Nominee Stands Up ‘for the little Guy’ – There is not yet a vacancy on the Supreme Court but the second-ranking Republican in the Senate is already planning a strategy of opposing President Barack Obama’s potential nominee.

Jon Kyl (R-Az) told Fox News’ Chris Wallace that Republicans are prepared to fight a nominee who might stick up for the little guy, a position he called “overly ideological.”

 

Fox Business Channel Doesn’t Disclose That Elaine Chao is Married to Mitch McConnel – Elaine Chao appears on Fox News to put a negative spin on the recent good new o obs growth. I guess it’s asking too much of Fox Business Channel to let us know that their guest and former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao also happens to be married to the Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell as she repeats his talking points for him on the current jobs market. As Think Progress noted, she did at least get some push-back from Stuart Varney but at no time during the interview is she asked if her opinion might be biased because of who she is married to.

Although given her background and after being as Jim Hightower put it, the (anti-) Labor Secretary, she’d likely be in lock-step with him even if they weren’t married. As a former Bushie who’s administration ran the economy off of the cliff and as the current Minority Leader’s wife, she’s certainly no impartial observer of what’s going on now.

And here is what Ms Chao was trying to make look bad:

Looks encouraging to me. (Red = Bush months, green = Obama months)

Regards,

Jim