I can't put all the blame on wingnut media.
They're just doing exactly what the wingnut base wants. The sad truth is that the rightwing isn't, and never has been, interested in any sort of healthcare system that reigns in for-profit insurance companies or spends any public tax revenue on healthcare.
I don't think you will find a single example in the last century of the Republican party proposing and proactively pursuing any sort of legislation that benefits the public welfare in any substantial way as it pertains to healthcare.
This is the party that fought tooth and nail against medicare, social security, and medicaid.
The issue, I think, is that "liberals" like Obama can't seem to comprehend that the rightwing is emotionall and financially-wedded to the law of the jungle. That everyone should pull themselves up by their bootstraps, and God forbid some brown person, illegal immigrant, or poor person come begging for a government handout.
FDR at least knew to blow-off the right wing. He didn't waste his time trying to "comprimise" with them. He shoved social security down their throat. What's the point of comprimising with an ideology who's sole purpose is to serve big business and wall street?
So, honestly, I can't whine that much about wingnut media. Sure, the lies are annoying. But, I place plenty of blame on the "centrists" and incrementalists who run the Democratic party.
