Health Care

When Medi-Scare Wins, Americans Lose – The Daily Beast

May 25th, 2011 0 Comments

Medi-scare works.

That’s the cynical lesson politicos in both parties will take from Democrat Kathy Hochul’s NY-26 special election victory on Tuesday. And that’s bad news for the nation.

We’ve seen a rise in fear-mongering policy attacks in American politics since the “death panel” slurs that disfigured the health-care reform debates in 2009. Some Democrats see the pushback against Rep. Paul Ryan’s plan as their chance for revenge.

One ad this special election cycle was as ugly as anything aired in recent years, portraying a Paul Ryan stand-in literally pushing Grandma off a cliff. Read More…

John Avlon
Posted in: Health Care, My Column, Published Work, theDailyBeast.com

Scary New GOP Poll – The Daily Beast

March 22nd, 2010 0 Comments

On the heels of health care, a new Harris poll reveals Republican attitudes about Obama: Two-thirds think he’s a socialist, 57 percent a Muslim—and 24 percent say “he may be the Antichrist.”

To anyone who thinks the end of the health-care vote means a return to civility, wake up.
Obama Derangement Syndrome—pathological hatred of the president posing as patriotism—has infected the Republican Party. Here’s new data to prove it…

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John Avlon
Posted in: Health Care, My Column, Wingnuts