Not a diary, just a Public Service Announcement, because this will be the best show in town next week.
DL21C's Health Care Debate: Cong. Anthony Weiner vs. Dr. Betsy McCaughey
moderated by Ben Smith, Senior Political Writer, Politico
Host: Democratic Leadership for the 21st Century
Date: Monday, October 5, 2009
Time: 7:00pm - 11:30pm
Location: Farkas Auditorium at NYU/Langone Medical Center
Street: 550 First Avenue (at 31st Street); 5/6 to 33rd Street
Livestream at: www.politico.com
http://www.dl21c.org/
This Monday night...DL21C and the New York Young Republican Club present a first-of-its kind event - a Lincoln-Douglas style debate, featuring two of the nation's most outspoken individuals in the health care reform debate. Politico's Ben Smith will moderate and the debate will be livestreamed at www.politico.com.
Make sure you RSVP to guarantee entry...going to be a great event!
See you Monday night!
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A Debate on Healthcare Reform: What Works and What Should be Changed?
featuring
Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-Queens, Brooklyn)
and
Dr. Betsy McCaughey, Health Policy Expert, Patient Advocate and former Lieutenant Governor of New York (1995-1998)
moderated by Ben Smith, Senior Political Writer, Politico
Co-sponsored with New York Young Republican Club (www.nycyr.org)
Doors Open at 6:30pm
Debate begins promptly at 7pm
Cocktail reception to follow at 8:30pm
RSVP "yes" on Facebook or at www.dl21c.org
$5/non-members, free for Annual Members
Ben Smith:
http://www.politico.com/...
And I'm buying a hockey mask to moderate a debate between Anthony Weiner and Betsy McCaughey.
Betsy originated the Death Panels lie. From Gawker, a Betsy McCaughey refresher:
Betsy McCaughey, Liar
By Pareene, 3:22 PM on Fri Aug 14 2009, 28,314 views
Betsy McCaughey is a professional liar. She lies. The things she writes are untrue. They are not even "distortions." They are made-up. Everyone has known this for years and yet she was still allowed to derail the nation this month.
McCaughey's schtick, as described by James Fallows, is to pose as a disinterested, objective researcher who is just shocked and dismayed to find something insane and evil in a piece of legislation supported by a Democratic president.
And then she sits down to write a very serious and nonpartisan and concerned piece of analysis of this evil thing in the legislation that she made up. And then some respectable outlet publishes her serious analysis. And then, within minutes, partisan Republican columnists, talk radio hosts, politicians, and operatives are disseminating talking points taken directly from that serious piece of entirely made-up bullshit analysis.
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This is going to be hilarious! I just RSVP'd. NYC Kossack Meet-Up Monday at Farkas Auditorium? Maybe they'll take questions from the audience... What should we ask her?