If people were pets, we'd have healthcare reform-By Garrison Keillor

[kpete]

If people were pets, we'd have healthcare reform

By Garrison Keillor

We need a public pet option

Want empathy? Send weepy pet parents to town hall meetings waving photos of kittycats in need of new kidneys

By Garrison Keillor

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......... Had we known that Republicans were so paranoid about public health, we would have packaged healthcare reform differently and come up with better slogans.

Perhaps there should be a public pet option.

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If you put a pet option in the healthcare reform scheme, Republicans would be in a bind. It's one thing to oppose big government taking over from those little mom-and-pop insurance companies, but do you favor throwing Mr. Mittens out the car window when he gets old and feeble and needs an IV because he can't chew his kibble? You'd have weepy pet parents at town hall meetings waving photographs of kittycats in need of new kidneys, and finally you'd start to see some empathy. People love their animals, and if we could just agree that everybody in America should receive the same level of care enjoyed by an elderly golden retriever, we could be done with this and get ready for the World Series.

more:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/09/02/healthcare/

[Joanne98]

1. Naw. Conservatives hate animals too.

[VOX]

2. Garrison Keillor = One of the last few **sane** voices out there...

I look to him and Bill Moyers more than ever. :kick:

[mdmc]

4. yes

yes yes

[Stevenmarc]

3. The GOP would send Palin to shoot Mr. Mittens from a heliocopter

[Edweird]

5. Garrison Keillor is awesome. I love 'A Prairie Home Companion'.