Ex-GOP Congressman Tom Tancredo Storms Off MSNBC Set.

post from The Osterley Times on 07 November 2009 03:37:00 AM. © The Osterley Times

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Tom Tancredo is a complete tosser. Here, he storms out of a TV studio after Markos Moulitsas calls him out on his chickenhawk past.

Here's Jed Lewison:
A few minutes ago on The Ed Show, Tom Tancredo tried to make the case against government health care by claiming that the Veterans Administration is unpopular with U.S. military veterans. The only problem for him was that he was up against Markos...who is one of those veterans, unlike Tancredo, a pro-Vietnam War chickenhawk who got a 1-Y deferment.

When Markos pointed out that Tancredo was (a) wrong about the Veterans Administration and (b) not qualified to speak for veterans, Tancredo exploded in anger, demanding an apology. Markos did not oblige, and Tancredo stormed off the set.

Quit while you are behind, Tom.

And Moulitsas is bang on the money when he explains why the Republicans are terrified of universal health care. Their entire philosophy for the past thirty years has been built on the notion that government programmes do not work. Should health care in the US end up as popular as the British NHS, then that Republican argument would be exposed as the hollow edifice which it is. And that's one of the main reasons why they oppose it. Because they know it will work.

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