Arguement 21: "'You Lie, Michelle!'? This Better Be Good!"

The Liberal Position: "What in the world do you mean that the First Lady of the United States of America lied? This is ridiculous and maybe subversive! This better be good or I just might call the White House! I heard her speech, and she sounded so sincere and earnest about health care! My God, she was talking about taking her daughter Sasha to the emergency room! What can you possibly fault about that? You Republicans really do have an extra Y chromosome like we Democrates said years ago!Everyone, just like Michelle and Sasha, should be able to go to the emergency room for treatment!"
The Ayn Rand, Liberterian, Conservative-Republican Arguement: "Lisa, my libelous, liberal friend, you have put your finger on the 'You Lie, Michelle.' Mrs. Obama did give the impression that you needed health insurance to go the emergency room. She said something like, "I was so glad that we had health insurance!" The lie is that you need health insurance to get emergency room treatment. You don't have to, and you haven't had to since 1986 when the Emergency Room and Active Labor Act was passed. By that law, all hospitals that receive any public money are required to treat everyone. Everyone, Lisa, not just those with health insurance. It doesn't matter if you have medical coverage. It doesn't matter if you're not an an American citizen. It doesn't matter if you are in America illegally and about to blow up one of our skyscrapers. Anyone, anywhere in the world must be treated in our emergency rooms. If you can get here, the emergency room will treat you. I want to be fair and balanced here, Lisa. If Michelle Obama had said she felt better knowing that she had health insurance and was a paying customer, I would have had no problem. But this is not what she said, and as a lawyer, she is very capable of saying what she means. So the 'You lie, Michelle!' is justified.
Lisa, you are very emotional. You need to watch out for those who sound so earnest and sincere because, more often than not, they are the ones who are lying. They are using emotions, not facts, to sell you a lie. Don't buy into anything on an emotional basis. The barbarian's mind runs on pure emotion. Don't be a barbarian, Lisa. That's what you sounded like a few minutes ago."
Lisa: "I'm sorry. I just felt so upset when I heard you saying Michelle Obama lied. There's nothing wrong with feelings!"
Two-Guns: "Think first, Lisa, and when you've thought it through as much as you can, then feel. Don't go around feeling all the time. That's what a barbarian does."
Peter Nickerson, MS, MSW at 352-359-0850.