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The AMA's Quisling Strategy

When Norwegian politician Vidkun Quisling was tried and shot for abetting the Nazi occupation of his country during WWII, his name entered the vernacular as a synonym for "collaborator." It is difficult to think of a more appropriate adjective to ...

From DAVID CATRON, American Spectator,  22 Oct 2009
Related Topics: American Medical Association,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America,  U.S. Congress

Obama's Health Care Bait and Switch

During the first nine months of his Presidency, Barack Obama has accomplished the seemingly impossible: he has proven that a politician can be even less trustworthy than Bill Clinton. The broken promises of the latter were relatively conventional ...

From DAVID CATRON, American Spectator,  24 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Paul Krugman,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  John McCain

How Much Is a Year of Your Life Worth?

All advocates of socialized medicine, including the President and his congressional accomplices, believe that government-imposed rationing is necessary to control health care costs. Having little faith in the judgment of individual patients and even ...

From DAVID CATRON, American Spectator,  24 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  John Milton,  Isaac Newton,  Stephen Hawking

How Obamacare Will Change Your Life

It's all over but the slow walking and sad singing. The old U.S. health care system is about to receive the last rites from the high priest of hope and change. All that remains are a few arrangements relating to the funeral, which is tentatively ...

From DAVID CATRON, American Spectator,  17 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Congressional Budget Office,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  National Health Service,  John McCain

Obamacare Could Kill You

There can be little doubt that Barack Obama's promise to fix the U.S. health care system was an important ingredient in his recent triumph over John McCain. However, while a majority of voters obviously favor some sort of reform, it isn't at all ...

From DAVID CATRON, American Spectator,  15 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  National Health Service,  Tom Daschle,  National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence,  U.S. Senate

The Fear We Need

Arguably, the most consistently successful stratagem ever devised by the Democrats is their perennial campaign to frighten the elderly into voting for them by loudly accusing the GOP of plotting the demise of Social Security. Every election cycle, with ...

From DAVID CATRON, American Spectator,  21 Oct 2008
Related Topics: John McCain,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Senate

The Audacity of Slander

Barack Obama would have you believe that John McCain has gone through a sudden and shocking metamorphosis. According to the Illinois Senator, the "once-principled" Republican presidential nominee has by some mysterious alchemy become a pathological liar, ...

From DAVID CATRON, American Spectator,  24 Sep 2008
Related Topics: John McCain,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Karl Rove

Palin Bucks the Health Care Establishment

Judging from the number of disrespectful, disingenuous and just plain dumb attacks they have already leveled at her, the Democrats and their media allies are very much afraid of Sarah Palin. And well they should be. John McCain's VP nominee is the ...

From DAVID CATRON, American Spectator,  4 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Sarah Palin,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  John McCain,  Ted Stevens

Cronyism We Can Believe In

It is by now well known that Michelle Obama is employed by the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) and that, shortly after her husband was elected to the U.S. Senate, she was promoted to the newly created position of "Vice President for ...

From DAVID CATRON, American Spectator,  26 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Michelle Obama,  Barack Obama,  University of Chicago,  U.S. Senate

No More Mandate Madness

Imagine walking into a camera shop at a nearby shopping mall and having the following conversation with the sales clerk: You: I'd like to buy a basic point-and-shoot digital. No special features, just something basic that doesn't cost too much. I'd ...

From DAVID CATRON, American Spectator,  2 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Charlie Crist,  U.S. Senate,  Jeff Fortenberry

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