Hugh Hewitt Tries to Have a Healthcare Debate with Two Devout Leftists

[CaptainRidley]

Healthcare is a right and the US should have UHC.

[MEpianist]

Hugh is a moron.

[derekHSmith]

@MEpianist is a LEECH!

Democrats are LEECHES!

LEECHES off of Hard Working Americans!

GET A JOB! SUPPORT YOURSELF - WORKING PEOPLE ARE TRIED OF PAYING YOUR WAY!

YOU ARE BNKRPTING THE U.S.

[MEpianist]

@derekHSmith No one with a job is this stupid... quit pretending you have a life and a reason for it.

[patrickortiz420]

Hugh is full of shit. Its obvious.

[derekHSmith]

@patrickortiz420 You are a LEECH!

Democrats are LEECHES!

LEECHES off of Hard Working Americans!

[MountMarcyNY]

That;s quite ironic, "devout leftists"; coming from people who believe in the crassest, most backwards form of fundy evangelical Christianity!

[ClumsyRoot]

Remember, Hugh, analogies are one of the WEAKEST forms of argument.

[SonofMorgoth]

The caller asks for evidence of healthcare rationing, and Hewitt replies that 600 million dollars will have to be taken out of Medicare. I'm sorry, but that simply does not constitute evidence for the "fact" that they're going to pull the plug on Grandma.

[moondoggie1327]

@slikkwon hewitt is sharp as a marble

[slikkwon]

Hewitt is always sharp

[Ipetratz]

"Wha...what did you just say?"

[broyomama]

Healthcare is not a right, it is a privilege.

[CaptainRidley]

@broyomama Really the right to live is a privilege? That seems pretty heartless.

[broyomama]

@CaptainRidley A right to healthcare, and a right to life, are 2 different topics. By the way, the argument of "if he doesn't get surgery, he will die" is erroneous reasoning.

[CaptainRidley]

@broyomama Healthcare is life you jackass. Good luck surviving if you have cancer but no HI.

[broyomama]

@CaptainRidley Food is life too, but the government does not owe me food, nor does it owe me healthcare. Keep in mind that billions of people lived in past ages with no healthcare - imagine that! Healthcare is wonderful, but it is a privilege, not a right.

[CaptainRidley]

@broyomama Ever heard of Food stamps? That help millions of people. Should we stop that and let people in this country starve? We live in the richest country in the world and in our modern world we should have healthcare to all citizens for free. We are the only modern country in the world who doesn't have some form of UHC. The system we have now sucks and insurence companies look for every possible loop hole not to help people since they only worry about profits. It needs to change.

[broyomama]

@CaptainRidley First, I agree that healthcare is messed up - as it is everywhere (no exceptions). Also, I firmly believe in helping people that - through absolutely no fault of their own, and I do mean NO FAULT of their own - are in need of vital services (food, shelter, medical, etc.). Last, healthcare cannot be free (obviously). Someone has to pay for it. I should not pay for someone who can (or could have) paid on their own.

[CaptainRidley]

@broyomama Taxes would pay for it. It could easily be accomplished. It would be cheaper then what we have now anyway. We spend the most on healthcare yet are ranked in the 30's for access and cost of care. The system we have is disgusting. UHC isn't perfect but it is a far better system.

[DigitalAquarius]

Arrogant. I hate this guy.

[ApologiaTV]

@DigitalAquarius It's not arrogance, it's called being confident and right!

[pitbull103]

Hugh is usually excellent.

His religiosity, however, often gets in the way of his rationality. Sam Harris torched him in a recent exchange.

It's odd that conservatives are lamenting the fact that Medicare will be cut. Hell, it should be cut. Government across the board should be cut, including Medicare. Markey ended up voting for the health care bill and caved in.

[DukeLaCrosse20]

Chris seemed to become hard of hearing, conveniently. He had bootprints in his butt and it seems to have affected his hearing.

[Uvissiet]

It's just like the global warming people: everyone who disagrees with them is automatically disqualified. And then they claim science as their final authority on the matter.

Liberalism isn't an ideology; it's selfish, deceitful behavior.

[ensignbay]

Uvissiet: You are right on--liberalism IS selfish. And it HAS to use deceit to get their policies enacted. They lie when they say "We're doing it for the poor or powerless." When in reality, liberals govern or vote to GET others' money and/or to gain power.

[MountMarcyNY]

@Uvissiet So if most Scientists believe in global warming based on guess, Science, they are deceitful. But the opinion of people with no background is superior to those Scientists? Reminds me of the ID people who explain away the complete non acceptance of their hypotheses as a Big Science Atheist conspiracy against them.

[welovesarahpalin]

@MountMarcyNY Your entire premise that "most scientists believe in Global Warming" is false and a lie. The fact that you are stuck in the Gore-ish rhetoric circa 2008 and before speaks volumes about your bias but not much else. P.S. I wonder how many zealots of your ilk over in Europe right now are still chanting the Global Warming mantra. Few it seems. Merry Christmas, Ignoramus!!!

[thirty6min]

Hugh Hewitt is one of the rare clear thinkers on the Right!.

[welovesarahpalin]

"Rare" clear thinkers on the Right?!? Less drugs, young man, less drugs and your observations will be much more astute.

[tonyschmoeredux]

HUGH ROCKS !