The reason so many people get their news from folks like Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart is presumably because these commentators use humor to deliver painful truths effectively. Now The Onion has a particularly insightful new article entitled Mitt Romney Haunted By Past Of Trying To Help Uninsured Sick People.
Among the choice quotes:
"My hope is that Republican voters will one day forgive me for making it easier for sick people—especially low-income sick people—to go to the hospital and see a doctor," Romney added. "It was wrong, and I'm sorry...."
"The major strike against Mitt Romney is that he not only tried to help people get medical care, he actually did help people get medical care," conservative columnist Jonah Goldberg said. "No other Republican in the field has that type of baggage. And in the end, in order to defeat President Obama, the GOP needs someone who has a track record of never wanting to help sick people."
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