Sen. John Ensign (R-Nevada) says Gitmo detainees get better health care than we do with private care

[ck4829]

Nothing, it would seem, pleases the Republican mind more than regurgitating demonstrably false and shockingly mean-spirited talking points. So Nevada Republican Senator John Ensign must been ecstatic to score a twofer last week. In a single sentence, Ensign not only faithfully reproduced the GOP's "Club Gitmo" talking point, but resuscitated the old Republican claim that there is no health care crisis.

Ensign's back-handed jab at the American health care system came even as he was insisting the Guantanamo Bay detention center needed to remain open. Following hot on the heels of his Senate colleague Jeff Sessions' (R-AL) comment that terror suspects "wouldn't be treated any better in the United States, and they wouldn't have the tropical breezes blowing through," Ensign claimed Gitmo was to-die for:

Ensign said the facilities at Gitmo are nicer than prisons in the United States, and said the food detainees were served was better than what he and the traveling lawmakers ate.

"They get better health care than the average American citizen does," Ensign said.

http://crooksandliars.com/jon-perr/john-ensign-club-gitmo-detainees-health

[Triana]

1. Dupe...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5681437&mesg_id=5681437

[Mythsaje]

2. Funny, that's what Michael Moore said in "Sicko."

Turns out he was right. Go figure.

[Polly Hennessey]

3. Ensign

He is the Republican senator from Nevada, not Alabama. Sometimes we wish he was in Alabama.

[UnrepentantUnitarian]

4. Well, Sen. Ensign...

"They get better health care than the average American citizen does,"

...well, for 50 million of us that wouldn't be very hard, would it?

[aquart]

5. Can we have this on big, big, big billboards?

[ejpoeta]

6. is it run by the government, because the argument that has been made against

single payer or public healthcare is that the government couldn't do a good job. if they are getting better healthcare than we are and it's government run.... then that says singlepayer/public would be good for us then.

[rucky]

7. Now we know where to send him for his next colonoscopy

[randr]

8. Want to bet if Ensign will sign on to national health care for all?

[dkofos]

9. AND THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE FUCKING INSURANCE!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Uncle Joe]

10. How about Congress do they get some of that socialistic health care? n/t

[kestrel91316]

11. Don't let's us forget, Johnny, that US Senators also get

better health care than we do.

[MiniMe]

12. I think he said that there is a doctor for every 2 detainees. My question is why?

Why do they need 1 doctor for every 2 detainees?

[KittyWampus]

14. one doctor to hold cattle prod, the other to observe?

[KittyWampus]

13. Despite the painful irony.... this thread has already yielded comedy gold.