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Rep. Chet Edwards of Texas is one member who did attend gatherings dominated by boisterous opponents of health reform.
At a meeting in Waco, a man asked him what constitutional authority the federal government had to get involved in health care. Edwards replied, "Article One, Section Eight," which empowers Congress to provide for the "general welfare of the United States." Then Edwards asked the man if he opposed "the federal government being involved in Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and children's health care." The man said he was, and the room roared its approval.
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WHAT THE F#Ck!
SERIOUSLY, HOW COULD THEY ROAR WITH APPROVAL?
DO THEY WANT LIONS TO ENTER THE COLOSSEUM AND EAT THE CONGRESSMAN?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/02/AR2009090202858_pf.html
E. J. Dionne Jr.
On how the media is failing the American people regarding the actual health care reform debate.