Today's "how gullible does he think voters are?" award goes to South Carolina Republican Senator Jim DeMint (photo at right). In his editorial in today's Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/17/AR2010091706454.html), while extolling the virtues of "tea party" candidates, DeMint lists a number of the administration's perceived failures. Among them, he cites the recently passed health-care reform bill.
To be sure, there are flaws in this bill, including some provisions that will personally impact my wallet, but DeMint is in fear-mongering mode here. He writes, "The Patient Protection and Affordable Healthcare Act hasn't made health care affordable. Instead, health insurance rates are rising." While there are indications that health care premiums are rising, trying to attach that to a bill whose major provisions have yet to take effect (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/23/AR2010032301714.html) is cynical posturing at its worst. I hope the electorate at large doesn't fall for it, though, I fear they will.
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