Cantor: We need ‘to get more people uninsured’

[kpete]

Source: Raw Story

Cantor: We need ‘to get more people uninsured’

By David Edwards and Gavin Dahl
Sunday, February 28th, 2010 -- 5:03 pm


Cantor: We need to get more people uninsuredRepublican House Whip Eric Cantor may have made a Freudian slip Sunday when he told NBC's David Gregory that the GOP wants to "get more people uninsured."

Gregory asked a panel to comment on what he called the fundamental tension of the health reform debate.

"The tension seems to be that individual elements are popular. You can talk to people who want better health care, better access to health care, reform. But there's a lot of distrust that government can deliver this kind of care and handle it well."

"The reality is Republicans do care about health care," Cantor replied. "We want to address the first and most foundational element which is cost. Because if we can bring down cost, more people can access care. But we also know that there is something we can do to get people more uninsured."

Read more: http://rawstory.com/2010/02/cantor-more-people-uninsured/

[Jamastiene]

1. That reminds me of the time Bush said something to the effect of

the terrorists are trying to find ways to hurt our country and so are we. They really DO slip up and say stuff like that, imnsho.

[midnight]

20. It sure does. How about the truthiness of money trumps peace....

[AlinPA]

2. It sounds like he meant it. nt

[sakabatou]

3. That's their plan in a nutshell

[DavidDvorkin]

4. Meaningless slip of the tongue

It's silly to act as if this means something.

[Divine Discontent]

14. still, it's very accurate. much like when B*sh said, 'they never stop thinking about new ways to

harm our country and our people, and neither do we!'

The 4000 dead soldiers and their families who grieve know that. Not to mention the psychological trauma thrown onto the American people because of their actions. So, he may have 'messed up', but it matches their policy.

[Bozita]

38. Yes, but the clip requires no editing or computerized hocus-pocus.

Let's hear it for public domain.

[Cha]

43. How meaningless is it when

the repubs don't want to insure the people for health care except if they have high priced insurance?

[DallasNE]

39. I'm With You On This

It is like a Bushism, good for a laugh but nothing else. Everybody fumbles their words from time to time.

[Perky]

45. ThankYou

[scottsoperson]

5. The Real World

http://www.examiner.com/x-13891-St-Louis-Liberal-Christianity-Examiner~y2010m2d28-The-Real-World

[bleever]

6. At the health care summit, he said "We...have a very difficult bridge to gap here."

No kidding.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/25/AR2010022503128.html

[scottsoperson]

7. americans trust dems more than repubs to reform health care

http://www.pollingreport.com/health.htm

[bleever]

26. Welcome to DU, scottsoperson.

:hi:

[Arkana]

8. Freudian slip, but it's very telling.

[scottsoperson]

10. americans trust obama more than repubs too

http://www.pollingreport.com/

[prolesunited]

9. Yep, let the insurance companies cherry pick customers

by kicking off uninsurables like me and then let them rake in the profits.

The only slip was that he accidentally told the truth.

[scottsoperson]

11. health insurance companies paying

huge bonuses to their ceo's.

[Auggie]

12. My paranoid self believes we're being set-up for a Shock Doctrine type scenario,

so I can believe there are those who want to see health insurance costs become SO unmanageable and health care become so uneven that we'll readily accept their greedy, heinous ideas.

[scottsoperson]

15. the individual mandate

will bring the healthy and young into the pool which should lower health care costs.

[Auggie]

18. I don't agree

The only thing that will lower health care and health insurance costs is competition from a viable, public, non-profit option.

[scottsoperson]

19. well, i've heard talk

that the public option may come back to life.

[BunkerHill24]

13. Rep. Canter is good for Health Care for Israelis, and ZERO Health care for Americans

Virginia should get rid off this Rethug asshole.

[scottsoperson]

16. israel brutally stole the land

http://www.merip.org/mer/mer230/230_beinin.html

[madamesilverspurs]

22. Don't assume that you will find

universal agreement for that inflammatory statement. Bit of deliberate flame bait on your part.

--

[scottsoperson]

27. benny morris is an israeli

and a zionist. he documented how israel brutally stole the land.

[Suji to Seoul]

41. Flamebait!!!!

[scottsoperson]

17. because he may be jewish?

or because of his votes?

[Ozymanithrax]

25. Senator Canter is not an Israeli citizen or a member of their government...

So he has exactly dick to say about their socialized health care system that they created in 1948 as a Socialist State, and kept to this day.

[scottsoperson]

28. i suspect almost everyone in congress

supports israel whether they are jewish or not.

[Ozymanithrax]

35. I think Canter is a piece of crap

But support of Israel, by Canter or anyone else, doesn't mean equal support for what a socialist Israeli government did in the first years of existence. Considering his well known biases and beliefs, he would move to end health care and bring the wonders and joys of pure Capitalism to his benighted brethren in Israel. Chances are he has no clue what their government does, since he seems to be next to clueless about our own givernment, and he is part of it.

[Cha]

42. Rep cantor

:)

[alp227]

21. A-HA! Play this in campaign ads! Now!

This will make millions of jaws drop nationwide and become another compelling reason to boot out the G-No-P. I can't believe that an elected official could say something like this on NATIONAL TELEVISION on a Sunday morning while conscious. This wasn't "caught on tape" when he wasn't looking or thinking. Really.

[liberal N proud]

23. He was speaking from a black heart when he said that

I am sure that is not what he wanted the words to say, but Freud has a way of sneaking up on you.

[Ozymanithrax]

24. Seems to me he said exactly what he means...

If you keep the poor off insurance rolls, they die sooner.

If they die sooner, preferably before 63, they no longer can bleed red blooded Americans like Cantor of tax money.

Since the poor tend to vote in favor of Democrats, when they vote, you kill (quite literally) two brids with one stone.

[The Wizard]

30. "If you keep the poor off insurance rolls, they die sooner."

That's the Republican anti poverty program.

[Ozymanithrax]

37. There have been many studies showing that people without access to regular health care.

die sooner, and have more catastropic health problems.

[Slit Skirt]

29. sounds like the time Bush said

I saw the first plane hit the tower

or when Rumsfeld said that they shot down flight 93


kinda makes you wonder huh?

[grahamhgreen]

31. The reality is pepole want MEDICARE FOR ALL, not madatory crapsurance from the senate bill-crap.

[lib2DaBone]

32. Thanks to thinking like this.. if you crawl into the emergency room..

.. and yo die on the spot.. the Republicans are happy... they pay nothing and they collect all the tax credits....

[handmade34]

33. the good argument is

that if, as Eric Cantor says "...The reality is Republicans do care about health care...We want to address the first and most foundational element which is cost. Because if we can bring down cost, more people can access care..." (regardless of silly mistakes) why have they not done something up to this point???????? Saying that the republicans care is nonsense... means nothing is they can't walk the talk and they haven't even attempted to. Silly little men all of them

[truedelphi]

34. I quite agree. We need to see that

Several hundred of the jerks in the House of Representatives, 90% of the Senate and everyone at Sixteen Hundred Pennsylvannia Avenue join the ranks of the uninsured.

Then we would see some real change that we can beleive in.

[KamaAina]

36. Go to Yahoo! and search for "number one douche in the united states"

then click on the fifth hit. (The Google won't work.) :evilgrin:

[classysassy]

40. The cold,heartless facts

The beltway crooks(dems&repubs) are playing the same old game,good cop,bad cop BS and the public continue to buy their old crap.Tell both parties through your votes,we want them to stop the crazy wars tham maim and kill our troops,while our troops maim and kill the people whose countries we invaded.The congress critters know lies will be taken as the truth and they will continue to lie to us as long as we listen.Bring back the draft and watch most of those liers change their song.Ask them if they are willing to give up their health care and pay what the average citizen must pay?.Ask them if they are ready for campaign reform,are they ready to stop taking bribes?Are they willing to pass a law forbiding lobbiest from giving them money.None of those damn crooks are willing to do anything for the average citizen,but you bet they will accept our votes.Washington is a cess pool and we the people need to drain the pool.

[Blue Owl]

44. "Republicans do care about health care..."

what complete and utter bullshit.

[LatteLibertine]

46. They care about HCR?

Never heard a peep about it when they had the Presidency and majority rule.