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To: Alighieri who wrote (518399)	10/5/2009 3:30:48 PM
From: tejek	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583881

Which only demonstrates the double-standard of liberals ... We should do more of that...call republicans ignorant that is. Very true. After all, their own peers are calling them ignorant: QUOTE OF THE DAY.... Last week, former Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R) of Maryland noted his discomfort with his GOP colleagues in the last Congress. The moderate, who was defeated in a Republican primary last year, said his party had changed considerably: "I hate to say this, but ignorance, arrogance and dogma are pervasive in the world, and they certainly are pervasive in the Republican Party." Gilchrest, however, is a frustrated outsider, watching his party move too far to the right. Any current GOP lawmakers willing to express similar concerns? Lee Fang flagged this gem from the weekend. On Saturday, Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) discussed the direction of the GOP in an address to the Republican Northeast Conference in Newport, RI. McCotter, who serves as the chairman of the Republican Policy Committee in the House, chided conservative "ideologues" for controlling the party. McCotter explained that these individuals want to "purge" opponents "all the time…because they're nuts." He then clarified that his remarks were directed at radical conservatives like Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC). McCotter added, "As for the attitude of the Senator from South Carolina that it is better to have fewer friends than more, that's easier to say in South Carolina than Detroit." Keep in mind, there are a handful of House Republicans one might consider relative "moderates," but McCotter isn't one of them. His voting record puts him in the middle of the House GOP caucus -- which makes him pretty darn conservative. And even he's lamenting the "ideologues" running his party, and "nuts" like Jim DeMint. If this starts to generate some media attention, it'll be interesting to see if (and how) McCotter walks this back.

To: Alighieri who wrote (518399)	10/5/2009 4:13:51 PM
From: tejek	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583881

Whoa! Now the RNC is attacking the AMA! What's next....the Vatican? RNC TURNS AGAINST AMA.... Eric Zimmermann reports that the Republican National Committee has decided it no longer likes the American Medical Association. Michael Steele took a shot at the American Medical Association (AMA) today, saying the organization doesn't have "credibility" on healthcare reform. "The AMA is -- does not have the credibility on this health care issue, as they would like to project," Steele said on Fox and Friends this morning. The relative strength and/or influence of the AMA is certainly subject to debate. For that matter, it's understandable that the RNC chairman would try to undermine the credibility of the physicians' group the same day 150 medical doctors applaud health care reform in the Rose Garden. That said, Steele's criticism seemed a little odd. For one thing, it occurred the same morning the Republican National Committee hosted a conference call to boast about support from former AMA President Donald Palmisano. Steele was stepping on his own message -- if the AMA doesn't have credibility, why should anyone be impressed with the RNC's call with Palmisano? For that matter, Steele may not realize this, but the American Medical Association has historically been a close Republican Party ally on health care reform. It has a lengthy record of trashing Democratic reform proposals -- in 1945, the AMA helped portray Truman's proposal for national health insurance as a creep toward communism -- and Sam Stein recently noted, "The group's reputation on this matter is so notorious that historians pinpoint it with creating the ominous sounding phrase 'socialized medicine' in the early decades of the 1900s." The Republican National Committee just loved the AMA -- right up until the group decided the Democratic reform proposals were a good deal. washingtonmonthly.com Steele isn't the only one struggling with this. Fox News' Megyn Kelly, when she thought the AMA was opposed to reform efforts, characterized the AMA as "very influential," and claimed that it "represents most of the doctors in this country." After the AMA endorsed reform, Kelly decided she wasn't all that impressed with the physicians' group after all.