GOP Touts Parker Griffith On Health Care
March 6th, 2010After Previously Accusing Him Of Abusing Cancer Patients
Huntsville doctor Parker Griffith, a North Alabama Congressman, who switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party in December, will be delivering the weekly Republican YouTube address on Sunday — presumably from the standpoint of being a medical doctor who is opposing the Democrats on health care.
“The fact that a doctor who left the Democratic caucus is delivering the address this week is no coincidence,” an anonymous senior GOP aide boasted in an e-mail to news organizations. “This is a shot across the bow of any ‘moderate’ Democrat in the House who is considering voting for a health care bill loaded with tax hikes, Medicare cuts, and notorious backroom deals.”
As has been previously reported, however, there is an irony in this particular doctor being embraced by the GOP — after they openly accused him of some very serious acts of medical malpractice during the campaign against him in 2008.
During the 2008 election, when Griffith was seeking the open Congressional seat, the National Republican Congressional Committee ran an attack ad that accused Griffith of a practice known as “warehousing” cancer patients — meaning to deliberately give poor care to patients in order to keep them bedridden and make more money from their medical treatments.
“His approach caused unwarranted pain and suffering,” the announcer said, “but it meant more money for him.”
Most astute political observers say Griffith’s political career is most likely about to come to an end due to his party switch and other controversies, such as promising to return campaign contributions to Democrats and unions and reneging on that pledge. The local Republican Party has not embraced Griffith, and even the radical right-wing Tea Party movement has vowed to work against him in the Republican Primary.
One source, Talking Points Memo DC…
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March 6th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Have I said this before? “A Darwinian nightmare of competing special interest groups.” (Doonesbury, sometime in the 80s, I think.)
And have I suggested this before: for a few terms, at least, let’s choose members of Congress by random draw from the registered voters list. Odds are we’ll come up with a much better Congress.