Posted on 10/11/2013 6:03:18 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Dr. Ben Carson, the former director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University and Hospital, drew a parallel between Obamacare and “socialized medicine” and cited Communist leader Vladimir Lenin’s support for government-run health care as the “keystone to the establishment of a socialist state.”
Speaking at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C. on Friday, Dr. Carson said that Obamacare “was never about healthcare. It was about control,” and making all Americans “subservient to the government.”
He then commented on why the Democrat-dominant Congress in 2010 moved swiftly to pass the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare.
“And why did they want to pass it so badly?” said Dr. Carson. “Well, as I said the other night on television, Vladimir Lenin, one of the fathers of socialism and communism, said that socialized medicine is the keystone to the establishment of a socialist state.” …
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It’s a done deal.
He better be careful or they’ll label him a tea partier.
(National) Socialised Medicine —> Commie Care.
(National) Socialized Medicine —> Commie Care.
That Barnhardt piece should be its own thread. Someone used to post her essays before her situation ‘changed’.
I wish that were a real Lenin quote, though. I’m not sure that it is. Kind of embarrassing to make up quotes ...
Thank you
Unfortunately, His Arrogance’s administration is no less deadly than the Clinton mob. Pray for Carson’s health and safety .... especially when driving.
It’s not a true quote, whatever a leftist wrote.
But how do you know?
On the Prettyface Kelly show on FOX, Dr. Ben said”- - - the keystone to the arch - - -” .
Flash! Let’s look it up!
I’m sure the IRS will be visiting him...again.
Liberty For All
“And it is in a way, it is slavery in a way, because it is making all of us subservient to the government, and it was never about health care. It was about control.” - Dr. Ben Carson
Of course, I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment, but I love history so much I got my B.A. in the subject, and I also spent years as a librarian, so the truth and accuracy just matters to me.
There’s no documentation that he really said it.
That’s all.
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