Yikes. The co-founder of the Progressive Forum was bestowed a guest column in The Star to blast conservatives for opposing universal health care, most specifically, as I did in The Star two weeks ago. He wrote:
If I hadn't known better, I would have thought Fran Eaton's July 1 column, a rant against health care for poor children, was a parody of conservative positions and designed to make them look mean and stupid. But no, her condemnation of anything resembling a nurturing role for government, the "Mama state," as she calls it, was sincere. I find her views deeply disturbing but not surprising.
My reply:
Oh, Mr. Ochsenfeld, thank you so very much for helping me to make my case. One only needs to talk to the families of our own Army to ask them how great the state's health care system is. Let me know how you like waiting two months for an appointment to see a gastrointestinal specialist or three months to see a neurologist.
Mama State is a domineering, demanding and insatiable tyrant. How emasculating it must be to go through life clinging to Mama!
