I don't know how to read this

[thewayne]

"[The French Revolution] was a secular revolution on which we relied on the goodness of each other. This is the left's view of where America should go. And of course where did France go? To the guillotine. To tyranny. If there are no rights that the government needs to respect, then what we see with Obamacare is just the beginning of what government will do to you."
— Rick Santorum

I really don't know how to parse this. Who is the 'we' in the first line, we as individuals, we as government, we as the American people? I think his analogy is more than a little far-fetched.

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[neefsck.livejournal.com]

Not only is the analogy far fetched - its completely and utterly ridiculous.
Why the hell is he equating Obama's health care reforms with the French Revolution.
*AND* taking pains to mention that said revolution was secular ?

Why both mentioning the secular aspect unless you're trying to hint that the reason that france 'went to the guillotine. To Tyranny etc etc etc' was because religion was not involved.

Not only that, I find it interesting that a bill designed to provide health care to citizens who need it is somehow being portrayed as a move by a government which *doesnt* respect human rights...

*boggle*

Who the hell writes this mans speeches ?
If it's him then he shouldn't be allowed to go near a microphone, let alone stand in front a crowded room.
If its someone else, then they need to be fired - Immediately. and replaced with a fire hydrant.
The Hydrant I feel, would do a lot better.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

These people, the RNC candidates who want to depose the President (and I stand by using the word 'depose'), are incapable of telling the truth consistently. They do anything they can to deride and try to derail health care reform, and trying to equate it to the French Revolution is truly insane. Then they try to clothe themselves in religion. Again, more insanity. I spent a lot of time studying religion and the Bible and I just can't see the Christian religion reflected in their behavior, much less the concept of religious freedom espoused by the Founding Fathers so often invoked by the candidates and know-it-allspundits.

It's a constant discussion between my wife and I that the country that we live in is one of the wealthiest yet has one of the poorest/most inefficient health care delivery systems in the world. People get bonuses for destroying companies because of MBA 'best practices' of constantly cutting costs and improving profits.

[silveradept]

Mr. Santorum, you do know that the French Revolution was about the deposition of an aristocracy much like what you would like to create?

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Why do I think that things will get far worse and require a total breakdown before things improve.