Here is an amusing exchange between Sen. Arlen Specter and a woman at a townhall meeting on health care reform:
A woman prompted a standing ovation by telling Specter: “I don’t believe this is just health care. This is about the systematic dismantling of this country. … I don’t want this country turning into Russia, turning into a socialized country. What are you going to do to restore this country back to what our founders created, according to the Constitution?”
Specter responded by noting his support for the Constitution as a past chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee on issues such as warrantless wiretaps.
“When you ask me to defend the Constitution, that’s what I’ve been doing,” Specter said.
However, Specter also noted that overhauling the health-care system is about America taking care of all its people.
“In our social contract, we have provisions that see to it that you take care of people who need some help,” he said.
Where is Tailgunner Joe when you need him?
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