You heard it in Colorado first: "Don't get sick"
By: AffinkSix10/9/2009 - 10:00pm
Bill Thiebaut and Rollie Heath in 2002 at the state Democratic Convention. (Photo by Karl Gehring/The Denver Post)
A Florida congressman outraged Republicans when he said the GOP version of health care is “Don’t get sick,” but that’s old news in Colorado. Just ask Pueblo District Attorney Bill Thiebaut.
Thiebaut in 2002 was Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rollie Heath’s running mate. Heath was trying to unseat GOP Gov. Bill Owens, who had selected Jane Norton, then the state’s top health official, as his running mate.
On the campaign trail, Thiebaut, then a state senator, questioned why Norton and the rest of the Owens administration hadn’t done more to more to help hundreds of thousands of uninsured Coloradans find a health policy.
"The governor's solution to health care is, don't get sick," Thiebaut said.
Wham!
Owens didn’t demand an apology, probably because polling showed he was about to be re-elected in a record landslide.
But congressional Republicans have asked Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., to apologize for his remarks. "The Republican health care plan: don't get sick," he said. “If you get sick America, the Republican health care plan is this: Die quickly!"
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Sad but true. If it costs money, no politician wants to back it, unless it benefits them personally. I haven't seen one politician that I would trust and that includes the current crop.