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Sunday Could You Be a Little More Partisan Photo: August 30, 2009

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The woman in this photo snapped by gerdaindc confuses me: Whose side is she on, anyway? She seems to be indicating that she would prefer not to see her grandfather snatched up in the middle of the night by one of President Obama's jackbooted death panels. The "you" in "your plan" would have to indicate Obama, or Democrats more broadly, since Republicans aren't offering any plan of their own. Yet the sign hinges on the word "priceless," which leads me to believe that she's saying the plan does not go far enough. There is no price she wouldn't pay for better care for her grandfather, so let's go all in. Sen. Baucus, this woman wants to stake you!

I'm going to rule this antipathetic to the cause of health care reform, but I'll hear arguments from anyone who knows better about the particulars of the Moran/Dean townhall in Reston. Truly her plea doesn't much resemble the more visible critique of President Obama's efforts from the ICP right.

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