The point is that FoxNews took this clever, but not that clever a line, and turned into the “class war” outrage de jour. And they did so by adding words that were not there.
The fool and the fools who follow them |
| By: Attaturk Monday April 23, 2012 1:30 am |
Why I Went on Fox and Friends |
| By: Jane Hamsher Tuesday December 22, 2009 11:45 am |
This is what I said:
In 2000, the Republicans passed Medicare Part D, and it had no negotiation for prescription drug prices. And then in 2006, when the Democrats took over Congress, the first thing they did was say “hey, we’re going to roll that back, we’re going to allow for [negotiation of] prescription drug prices to be passed. But now that they actually have the chance, they’re not doing it. And you’ve got people like Jeff Sessions on the floor of the Senate saying this is criminal, this deal is criminal, but he didn’t vote for it in 2000 or 2006 when he had the chance. So we’re sort of looking at a situation where people on the right, people on the left, are looking at the Senate, and they’re saying “nobody’s there representing us. Nobody’s representing the people.” It’s just a matter of who’s in power and who’s taking PhRMA’s money.


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