Just Say No To Socialized Hillary Care
By Marie Jon' In today's world perception is
everything. Why would that old adage not apply to one seeking the Oval
Office? Whether you like his politics or not, President Bush works out
daily to stay in good health. He is fit and trim and robust at the age of
sixty-one. A healthy body is an adjunct to a healthy, clear mind. We know where
Bush stands on Iraq. He is committed to win the war. Many are beginning to think he just might be able to do it. All good
Americans want us to succeed in winning the peace for a fledgling democracy. If
you doubt what is being accomplished in Iraq, you'll need to read "A War We Just
Might Win" written by Michael E. O'Hanlon and Kenneth M. Pollack, published:
July 30, 2007 in The New York Times.
Robin Givhan, a fashion editor for
The Washington Post, wrote an op-ed on Senator Hillary Clinton's
revealing neckline displayed during a July 18 speech on the Senate floor.
Givhans is a 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. She has critiqued the fashion
statements of the likes of Condoleezza Rice and Dick Cheney.
"Commanding
Clothes" was an extremely well written opinion piece referencing Dr. Rice's
wardrobe. "Dressing Down," on Dick Cheney, was right on target. Givhan takes no
political sides. Cheney was dressed inappropriately while attending the 60th
anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. In her op-ed, Givhan gives Vice
president Cheney very bad marks for looking tacky. He wore a knit ski cap. She
rightfully criticized him for not wearing a Fedora or a fur hat.
Does it
matter if a presidential candidate wears a shell top with a pantsuit, designed
not to show cleavage, but does nonetheless? Probably not. Perhaps the reason for
the numerous articles on her appearance is that the liberal media wants to cast
Hillary as a more sensual woman. As her husband would say, "You don't want to go
there." Hillary Clinton is a very attractive woman.
During the holiday
season we all take in too many calories. We can all sympathize with people who
have a weight problem that's for sure. It is obvious that Hillary needs to
exercise more and reduce the amount of calories she consumes. It is incorrect to
blame it on aging or metabolism. Condoleezza Rice has a gorgeous figure, and she
is over fifty years old.
For a moment, let's forget about all the fuss
being made of Clinton's cleavage showing in a poorly chosen ensemble. Look at
her pear shape, heart-attack just waiting to happen physique. A gathering of
weight in the body's lower sections is a medical danger sign for both men and women.
Too many Americans
(two out of every three, including our children) are overweight or morbidly
obese. One out of every eight deaths is caused by an illness directly
related to overweight and obesity. Researchers say obesity costs in the U.S.
totaled up to $92.6 billion in 2002. Weight problems are costing our health care
system a fortune as people develop such behavioral problems as depression.
That's the latest medical semantic dodge.
With the possible exception of
the buff and chiseled Mitt Romney, no Republican presidential candidate has
discussed changing our heath care system. However, Mrs. Clinton wants a
universal health care coverage, cradle to grave. She just might get her wish,
too, if you decide to vote that extremely "liberal" Democrat ticket in
2008.
Eating healthfully and exercising regularly can sharply lower your
risk of death from cardiovascular disease — the leading cause of death in the
United States. That's the extraordinary good news emanating from the Harvard
School of Public Health's Department of Nutrition. Good habits are a necessity
in lowering the factors for chronic diseases in women.
One would think
that Senator Hillary could present herself as a good example. She keeps
reminding us that "It takes a village" to better America. She might at least have
gotten herself in top physical shape prior to aiming for the highest office in
the land — you know, slim and trim?
In addition to the harmful
incremental social reforms, Democrats such as Hillary Clinton want to transform
our country's health care system into something resembling Canada's or the
failing European model. Big government is no more the way to go when it comes to
health care than anything else. Governmental health programs do not provide
excellence to their patients.
Excerpts from The Wall Street
Journal:
"Hillary Care in Tennessee
The disaster that might have been
for the entire country"
"We think it was Justice Brandeis who said the
states should be laboratories for reform. Regarding health care, Tennessee tried
a decade ago and the price is now coming due. Hillary Rodham Clinton should call
her pollster if she plans on carrying the state in 2008.
"In 1994,
Tennessee passed what was then a very hot New Democrat idea — call it government
managed care — a version of the reform the former first lady was also pitching
nationwide. TennCare promised the impossible dream of politicians everywhere:
Lower health-care costs while covering more of the "uninsured." They got the
impossible, all right. After 10 years of mismanagement and lawsuits, TennCare
now eats up one-third of the state's entire budget and is growing fast. Governor
Phil Bredesen, a Democrat, is preparing to pull the plug and return the state to
the less lunatic subsidies of Medicaid.
"The TennCare concept was for the
state to operate like an HMO, providing health insurance to those who needed it
and paying the premiums for those who couldn't afford it. The idea was even sold
as a cost savings because it would provide "managed care" (volume discounts,
preventative care, etc.). TennCare opened enrollment to hundreds of thousands of
people who did not qualify for Medicaid, even to some six-figure earners. Costs
quickly exploded, and despite attempts to tighten eligibility rules the program
still covers 1.3 million of the state's 5.8 million
people."
Full Article
If Americans would seriously look at the countries where
socialized medicine is practiced, they would flee in terror from this ridiculous
"Nanny Care" notion. It does not work.
"Consider the recent British controversy over a cancer patient
who tried to get an appointment with a specialist, only to have it canceled — 48
times. More than 1 million Britons must wait for some type of care, with 200,000
in line for longer than six months. In France, the supply of doctors is so
limited that during an August 2003 heat wave — when many doctors were on
vacation and hospitals were stretched beyond capacity — 15,000 elderly citizens
died. Across Europe, state-of-the-art drugs aren't
available."
Link — Dr. David Gratzer, a physician, a senior fellow
at the Manhattan Institute.
What does work is personal responsibility. Taking good care of
what has been given to you from birth is good common sense. Too many people
decry their poor health. Facts show that most of what we become in later years
stems from poor judgment in our younger years. Keeping our bodies in shape and
eating correctly are the keys to a full and healthy life in our golden
years.
"Obesity and overweight"
"Facts
· Globally, there are more than 1 billion overweight adults, at
least 300 million of them obese.
· Obesity and overweight pose a major risk for chronic
diseases, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension and
stroke, and certain forms of cancer.
· The key causes are increased consumption of energy-dense
foods high in saturated fats and sugars, and reduced physical
activity.
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions globally, with more
than 1 billion adults overweight — at least 300 million of them clinically obese
— and is a major contributor to the global burden of chronic disease and
disability. Often coexisting in developing countries with under-nutrition,
obesity is a complex condition, with serious social and psychological
dimensions, affecting virtually all ages and socioeconomic groups."
Link— World Health Organization
While much was made about Senator Hillary Clinton's exposed
cleavage, I'd be more concerned about what she has in mind regarding her
socialistic heath care agenda, which will be a living nightmare for average
Americans. Health matters as much as facts and statistics. Indeed, just say no
to socialized Hillary Care. Ask the good senator to take off the unwarranted
pounds, for the sake of all MoveOn.org and Daily Kos feminists.
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