Rep. Foxx Cites Fake Quote, Claims Obama Campaigned on Making the Country Worse
For months, Republicans have justified their opposition to real health care reform by claiming that America has the "best health care system in the world." As the argument goes, Congress can make changes to improve the system, but the plans proposed by Democrats could "destroy" what we have now.
Last night, however, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) suggested that you can't improve something if it's already the "greatest." Speaking on the House floor, Foxx -- herself a recipient of government-run Medicare -- blasted the public insurance option. Then, she looked back on President Obama's campaign platform of "change" and said, "To me, that meant take what's good about this country and change it into something that's not good."
You may all remember that the president said in his campaign, "We live in the greatest country in the world. Help me change it." To me, that meant take what's good about this country and change it into something that's not good.
Watch it:
First of all, the quote Foxx references doesn't appear to be real. It comes from an anti-Obama poem called "The Pied Piper," which went viral in the right-wing blogosphere earlier this year:
There was a Pied Piper who said We live in the greatest country in the world. Help me change it!
*And the people said, Change is good!Then he said, We are going to tax the rich fat-cats,
*And the people said, "Sock it to them!"
and redistribute their wealth.
*And the people said, "Show me the money!"
Moreover, the notion that change necessarily means change for the worse is, frankly, pretty stupid. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) also promised to bring "change," as has pretty much every other candidate in recent memory. For a backward-thinking conservative to believe that America should be finished making progress may not be a huge surprise, but it's a stance that most of the country wholeheartedly rejects.
Crossposted at Media Matters Action Network
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Virginia Foxx is a near-illiterate embarrasment to the human species. She continually refuses to fact check and apparently believes that everything on teh intrawebz is true. She consistently treats her opponents with an incredible lack of respect (does anyone recall her appaling outburst in the house when Matt Shepard's mom was there?).
"Moreover, the notion that change necessarily means change for the worse is, frankly, pretty stupid."
Of course it is, because those comments are directed at stupid people, or to quote George H.W. Bush, the "blockheads and dummies."
Remember the people who used to disrupt class, thought school was for suckers, and spent all their time trying to get out of work? Well, it turns out that those people didn't receive their due, and are now a sought after voting bloc and they are still making the lives of the smart kids miserable.
whats particularly infuriating is the way the media-y'know,the "liberal media"-is tripping all over themselves to point out how "radical" and irresponsible and crazy etc...alan greyson is.they repeatedly misquote him regarding what he said about republicans wanting americans to "die quickly" and the rest.
but just for the sake of argument,lets say that greyson is a bad,bad,horrible man.whatev
her quotes about the dems healthcare bill were far more hyperbolic
as well as insisting that nobody really goes w/out healthcare.
but all that is mild compared to foxx insisting that mathew shepperd wasnt actually murdered for being gay,but that it was merely a regular ol' sorta robbery...
oh,and she made these vicious,di
where was the "liberal media" when she said this?
absolutely no coverage other than olbermann and maddow.
why is it the word "radical" only seems to apply to democratic members of congress and progressive/lib types in general?
if this shameful buffoon isnt radical,then i have no idea who the word actually applies to.
The myth of the liberal media was created to distract people from who really controls the media. Mega powerful right wing corporations.
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See you next Tuesday.
Big surprise..
Whenever this woman speaks you can see the hatred in her eyes as the venom drips from her lips. She personifies meanness. What a sorry human specimen.
It's funny, how you can tell that the creepiest politicians, are as creepy as they are, without even hearing what they're saying, isn't it? Bad character is writ in their faces like screaming headlines. You don't have to speak English, to be able to hear when they're lying, either... it's just that obvious.
I assure you ...not everyone in NC-5 is an idiot like Mrs. Foxx.
Perhaps what makes our country the greatest country in the world is our ability to change course, to evolve as a nation. Why do I care what Rep. Foxx thinks? I care because I am tired of the hubris and the misleading rhetoric. I care because we have real issues that need to be addressed. I care because there are social justice issues that are being ignored while our leaders play rhetorical games. A reasonable person may think we live in the greatest country in the world while, at the same time, holding the thought that our nation is in desperate need of social reform.
perfectly stated.
Read what Wikipedia has to say about Foxx:
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Opposed to the Voting Rights Act
Fought against sending aid to Hurricane Katrina victims
Opposed the Matthew Shepard Act
Foxx is one of the most consistently wrong members of Congress. Her research team must consist of a monkey and a parrot reading Hot Air. She claimed that Matthew Shepard's murder was not a hate crime, but a robbery; on what planet do robbers take you to the middle of nowhere, beat you unconscious, and prop you against a fence? In what DIMENSION does that make sense?
And North Carolinians put her in office!
just as the entire country didn't vote for 'W'
all of NC did NOT vote for the Foxx!
Hey! I resemble that remark!! Well Matt, she's grandmotherly, NC can be proud of her. What other civil thing, about her, can a chimp say?
Hey, here in CT we've got Joe bleeping Lieberman.
And while he's no where near as much of a stink as Foxx, he's another embarrassment to decent people.
Wonder if they're related?
Republicans are like the "best battery in the world:"
The battery that loses its spark before it's even out of the package.
The battery that leaks acid everywhere.
The battery whose wires are crossed.
The battery that comes at a premium over their competitor, yet offers less.
The battery made out of hot air.
Well said, Griz....fa
Rep Fox longs for the days when white folk owned slaves. I lived in NC for three years in the late nineties and early 2000 and racism was still rampant. I don't think much has changed since then.
the problem i have with this is how is she allowed to just stand there and make s h i t up. is there not a law against slander? and even if there wasn't, she's a US rep and should not be allowed to tell blatant lies esp while on the floor giving a sppech. i mean i cant just make s h i t up and speak about it in none of my classes. i would need proof with references. wtffff.
As long as she keeps it on the floor of the House and/or related to legislation, the Speech and Debate Clause shields her legally. However, she's not protected from it when she uses lies to campaign or sends misleading information to her constituents or speaks as a private individual. Plus in politics few people are willing to claim defamation at this level, since it's very hard to prove against a public figure and makes the party suing look petty.
Ms. Foxx seems especially factually challenged, so I suspect she'll eventually do something that gets her in severe trouble with her constituents - or she represents some real winners.
Michelle Bachmann--need I say more? Also, I read that most of the time these people are all alone with just the cameraman. apparently, going on record for the benefit of fulfilling promises to get money from lobbyists, etc,
It would really s.uck if her hallucinations were transcribed into the Congressional Record for future generations to reference.
Rep Foxx yearns for the good old days of George Bush when thumbing your nose at liberals and laying waste to individual rights always got a good laugh.
We never have any new wars anymore.
Fox should go on Fox really soon. Imagine the confusion on both sides!
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