Interesting. That really doesn't have to do with anything Barbour said.
No. It had something to do with what boh said.
As to whether it's a lie or not. Im not sure what the basis of that is. Are you saying that there has been some sort of investigation done, and they've investigated every Medicaid receipent in Missisippi?
So lie? Eh, I'll wait until the investigation of the entire medicaid population of MS is done.
Did you miss this?
Two days of inquiries to spokesmen for Barbour yielded no evidence or explanation for his statement, so we can't tell if his assertion about the BMW-driving patient is based on a documented study, an anecdote from a single pharmacist or a figment of Barbour's imagination. We presume we would have received an answer if there were something to back up the statement.
At the hearing, Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky (D-Ill.) asked Barbour about the BMW statement, but two witnesses said he did not provide an explanation.
So he's either a. lying, b. telling the truth, or c. recycling an old Reagan fable for the masses to sop up. I'll take a. and c., Alex.
Barbour's quote was:
"We have people pull up at the pharmacy window in a BMW and say they can't afford their co-payment."
Fine. Given the regularity of pharmacies being robbed, wouldn't that pharmacy window have a camera? Wouldn't that camera be taking a picture of the welfare queen in her shiny new Bimmer while she's whining she can't afford her co-payment?
Wouldn't whomever passed this little gem of information along to Barbour (unless it was his speechwriter remembering the good ol' days when Barbour worked for Reagan) have had the tape of the welfare queen in her shiny new Bimmer whining she can't afford her co-payment?
Until then? Lie!
