“I believe that the greatest fear that we all should have … to our freedom comes 
from this room, this very room, and what may happen later this week in terms of a tax increase bill masquerading as a health care bill,”
“I believe we have more to fear from the potential of that bill passing than we do from any terrorist right now in any country.”
-Rep. Virginia Foxx (R), NC
Those are two quotes from North Carolina Congresswoman Virginia Foxx. They were delivered early Monday and spoken in regards to the Democrat government run health management and insurance plan (See video below). I am going to tell you right off the bat that I agree with the first quote offered here by the Congresswoman. I believe that Congress has the ability to quickly and quietly take our freedoms away without any announcement, with no call to arms, or bombs or bullets. They can simply take away more and more of our earnings and more and more of rights. In many instances, they are doing that. There are just a whole lot of people who do not realize it or are unwilling to acknowledge it.
I will also tell you that I do not support the liberal health management and insurance bill that was drawn up, behind closed, by an exclusive group of liberal leaders. I do believe the bill takes away some of our freedoms, enforces a transfer of wealth through government programs and the taxes to pay for them, and in the end, it still leaves nearly 25 million people uninsured and does not improve the quality of healthcare in any way, shape or form. In truth, it actually jeopardizes the level of care we receive, while raising costs and creating a shortage of health care givers and providers.
So I agree with Representative Foxx and practically all other Republicans elected to Congresson, that point .
However I do not agree with the second quote by Virginia Foxx which appears here. Not only do I disagree with it, I believe she needs to apologize for it. It was an offensive and inappropriate comparison that goes beyond acceptable political discourse.
It is totally unacceptable to state“I believe we have more to fear from the potential of that bill passing than we do from any terrorist right now in any country.”
Although I find the liberal ideology detrimental to the long term health of our nation’s economy and our personal economic conditions, I will not allow anyone to compare taxes to Osama bin Laden, or government insurance to Timothy McVeigh. The fact that Rep. Foxx attached the recklessness of the liberal plan for government run health care and insurance with a word that conjures up thoughts of 9/11 and tries to compare the two, is offensive. It is offensive to the memories of the lives lost to terrorism and their loved ones. It is offensive to those who put their lives on the line to defend us against acts of terrorism. And it denigrates any politician who has an ounce of integrity and participates in the political process.
Passionate people will always draw attention to a cause or problem that they believe is crucial to our survival one way or the other. There will always be a form of exagerated descriptions. But those who are sincere, do not cry wolf and make it so that when there is a very real need to ring the alarm bells, people will be desensitized to its urgency.
It would seem like today’s Congress is a kindergarten classroom where a game of tit for tat is being played and little boys and little girls are screaming “well Bobby did it first” or “Sally did it to me”.
After Democrat Alan Grayson had his staff use the congressional printing officer to prepare a poster that read “Republicans want you to die quickly”, it almost seems that Republican Congresswoman Virginia Foxx is trying to act in kind and claiming that Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and President Obama are drafting a terrorist program. Not only is that ridiculous, it irresponsible.
To not denounce the inappropriate rhetoric of Rep. Foxx would also be irresponsible. If I and fellow Republicans do not make it clear that we do not appreciate or want to tolerate hyperbolic rhetoric that goes beyond attention grabbing and becomes offensive, than we are creating an environment where there is no longer any professionalism in Congress and where there is no longer the assurance of civility. If we do not denounce Foxx’s remarks, the next time an Alan Grayson liberal type steps up to the podium and claims that Republicans want to kill gay people or, as a journalist recently did, claim that Republicans want to kill the President, than we will have no leg to stand on when we expect those remarks to be retracted, corrected and apologized for.
Representative Foxx tried to explain her outrageous remark explaining that she meant the health care bill is more dangerous to the country’s freedoms than terrorists are. Although I will say that the Democrat’s rush to socialism of late, certainly is slowly, taking freedoms away. However Rep. Foxx is not a fool, or at least the people of North Carolina don’t think she is. So she should be well aware of the sensitivities that surround terrorism in a post-9/11 America that is fighting terrorism globally and in the midst of a war because of terrorism. So I do not buy Congresswoman Foxx’s explanation.
She is entitled to her opinion as House Minority Leader John Boehner suggested, but she is not entitled to add to the inappropriate level of discourse that exists in D.C. without going unchecked. That is why Minority Leader Boehner must declare Foxx’s remarks inappropriate and she must retract them and acknowledge her unacceptable comparison.
Congresswoman Foxx cried wolf and responsible Republicans must put a stop to such conduct.
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Comments: 15
Doesn't that allow the rest of us to conclude that you use entertainment programming for information?
Look at how you were promoting Rush's Chris Wallace interview, actually a mostly uninterrupted monologue, as intelligent ideas, important ideas.
No I don't watch television, there are transcripts available for most of the programs and I do sample the AM Conservative talkers each week.
The point is that if this bill passes, the US will no longer be what it was designed to be. It will be well on the way to becoming a country where the government totally controls us. Yes, that is dangerous.
It is rare that I compliment you, but this is one of those times. Even comparing any legislative proposal to a terrorist threat is abominable enough, asserting a bill is a greater threat is beyond words and I compliment you on your willingness to acknowledge how out of line it was.
Picking up on a theme that Marilyn mentioned and her agreement with Foxx, I was struck by the difference between that level of rhetoric and what I encountered when I went to the polls today. My Republican friends were glad to see me even if I am the Democratic Committeewoman for our precinct, and I was glad see my party did not see fit to run anybody against the Republican who has been our Judge of Election for many years. She has executed the duties of her office fairly regardless of how contentious some elections have become and I was glad I could cast a vote for a member of the opposing party.
Granted it was only a local election eith no national issues at stake, but even when there have been those at our little polling place have not allowed the bitter rivelry and rhetoric that has has been too prevelent at the national level for the few couple of decades to overcome the feeling of camraderie and respect we feel for each other at being able to particapate in and contribute to the democratic process. We may disagree on issues but we know that disagreement is just that and no reason to view each other as enemies who are a threat to our way of life. It is an attitude I hope will extend beyond the boundries of my little polling place. Our nation is desparately in need of such change.
You and I will probably continue to disagree on issues, but I hope we will do it with the level of respect that is appropiate in a democracy and give each other credit when credit is due.
Well, on this we can agree. And the media and some addle-brained citizens buy into it, just like some kind of silly 'reality' program on tv. It simply goes to show how low our actual government has sunk - they care more for face-time on tv than they do the citizens they serve. Despicable. This woman certainly needs to apologize...then resign and let someone who really cares take her place, and her salary and perks, and her full health benefits.
And then we are shccked such drivel is possible from (reasonable) people.
Anyone who wants the government to make decisions about their health care is incompetent about making important decisions in their lives. The democrats have proven to be very bitter with their lives and would like the govt to step in and clean it up. Sad.