Asshole of the Day, October 14, 2013: Greg Collett

by TeaPartyCat (Follow @TeaPartyCat)

Remember those Tea Party protests against Obamacare back in 2009 and 2010 where clueless seniors would hold signs saying “keep the government out of my Medicare”. Medicare is single-payer, government run insurance. you morons. Socialism.

But those were just ordinary idiots who did nothing more than show up to protest something they clearly didn’t understand. They weren’t running for office. Their danger was largely that they would vote against their own interests, like say for Paul Ryan who wants to gut their Medicare and give them vouchers that will never pay for the level of care they have now.

Now we hear about Greg Collett, who is a Tea Party candidate running for office in Idaho, who is uninsured and says:

“I don’t think that the government should be involved in health care or health insurance. The issue for me is that it is not the proper role of government.“

Except, it turns out that Mr. Collett has 10 kids, all of whom are on Medicaid. Medicaid is a government run health insurance. Our guess is that, should he win office, he will take the State of Idaho up on their government run insurance for employees of the state.

Full story: http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18244-tea-partier-with-ten-children-on-medicaid-denounces-government-involvement-in-health-insurance