The Woodhouse Civil War Over Health: Brothers Trade Barbs in High-Stakes Showdown

[Brewman_Jax]

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/03/18/the-woodhouse-civil-war-over-health-brothers-trade-barbs-in-hig/?icid=main

From the article: The Woodhouse brothers aren't sounding very brotherly in the tense make-or-break phase of health care reform and, perhaps, Barack Obama's presidency. Phrases like "anti-American" and "political hack" are the least of the insults flying back and forth between Brad, the communications director of the Democratic National Committee, and Dallas, the North Carolina director of a conservative free-market group called Americans for Prosperity (AFP).

To say the brothers are on opposite sides in a polarized environment barely hints at the depth of their differences or the colorful abandon of their language. This week's flashpoint is an AFP ad that features a cancer survivor claiming the heavy hand of government health reform could have killed her. It's running in 18 congressional districts against Democrats wavering on whether to vote yes or no. Politifact concluded everything in it is wrong and rated the spot "pants on fire."


Is this what it's coming to for Health Care Reform? Sibling vs. sibling in an eerie rehash of the US Civil War? :shrug:

[3324SS]

1. It is a Family Matter

Don't get involved, it is their business and no one else needs to get between them.

[MattBaggins]

2. Sorry but they aren't fighting over who gets Dad's train collection;

this is a serious issue that affects us all and these two brothers are working on public policy issues of their own free will.

This is not just some family squabble.

[Brewman_Jax]

3. This is not a reading of the will

and not 2 cranky siblings fighting over the classic car and the lakefront vacation house. Like said above, this is siblings in a public fight over public policy.