This is just an addendum to my last post about the surprising number of Americans who believe the falsehoods about health care reform being spread by the tea baggers.  I just returned from San Diego, CA where I was visiting my grandparents and some friends.  At one point I overheard my grandma talking with my grandpa about how she had heard on TV that the government was going to start reducing medical care for seniors to save money.  They were in the living room while I was in the kitchen.  I walked into the living room and my grandpa looked up at me and said jokingly, “Well, they want to get rid of us.  We’ve lived too long.  The government doesn’t want us around anymore.”  I laughed but had to tell them that there was nothing about health care reform that would harm them or any other seniors and that people trying to kill the reform effort were lying to seniors to scare them.  I think they were persuaded by my rebuttal, but it was insightful to see firsthand how the rumors and lies that are being spread on television are worrying senior citizens in particular.