I'm probably preaching to the choir here, but the state of the healthcare-reform debate has me almost embarrassed to be an American right now. Death threats to senators, bringing loaded firearms to events with the president, seriously believing that the president wants to euthanize the elderly; how does the rest of the world see this? We're supposed to be a moral authority and example of the virtues of Democracy, but this epidemic of Stupid undermines our efforts to do good works in places like Afghanistan, Iraq, and anywhere else where we'd prefer a democratic and capitolist society. The bitter irony is that the majority of us can see that the emperor has no clothes, but don't want to dignify the "deathers" with recognition, or have more important things (like jobs) to worry about.
Thanks, healthcare exec Betsy McCaughey....