North Carolina in the news

Here in the High Country we are represented by one of most loathsome politicians out there .... and I do mean out there.... Virginia Foxx. The reason I say that are legion, going from her reputation back in the days when she worked for the same school I do, to her pernicious role in every political enterprise she has been a part of, to rumors about the way she has become wealthy (funny how politicians do that).

Anyway, back to the topic on hand. Virginia has been busy burnishing the old Tar Heel State's reputation in Washington during our health care debate. Here is a sample from a blurb about her on the Washington Monthly site:

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R) of North Carolina has already contributed so much to the health care debate. It was Foxx, after all, who argued a month ago, "There are no Americans who don't have healthcare. Everybody in this country has access to healthcare." She added that reform would "give the government control of our lives."

A week later, Foxx insisted that health care reform would "put seniors in a position" in which they may be "put to death by their government."

And Thursday, Foxx was at it again, this time making a constitutional argument.

"The Constitution doesn't grant a right to health care, and most of us are living as much by the Constitution as we can. It also doesn't give the federal government the authority to deal with health care. As you may know, the 10th amendment, it says if it isn't mentioned in the Constitution to be done by the federal government, it's left to the states or the people."

ergo Medicare and Medicaid are unconstitutional.

I've always wondered if she is related to Redd.