Barney Frank kills health care zombies with logic

BOSTON--Democratic supporters of health care reform have finally discovered a way to kill the ravenous zombie opponents who swarm around town hall meetings--by applying the time-tested principals of logic.

Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) unveiled the new strategy (in consultation with Centers for Disease Control scientists) a few hours ago when he approached a woman holding a poster of President Obama with a Hitler mustache drawn in with a Sparpie pen.

"On what planet do you spend most of your time?" Frank asked the woman, who had stepped up to the podium at a southeastern Massachusetts senior center to ask why Frank supports what she called a Nazi policy.

"Ma'am, trying to have a conversation with you would be like trying to argue with a dining room table. I have no interest in doing it," Frank replied.

He continued by saying her ability to deface an image of the president and express her views "is a tribute to the First Amendment that this kind of vile, contemptible nonsense is so freely propagated."

In previous encounters with zombies, Congressional representatives have appeared overwhelmed by the large number of health care opponents, some of whom appear to be out of work actors and homeless persons looking for cash to buy fortified wine. Unable to reason with the infected protesters, legislators backed down in the face of the onslaught.

Barney Frank appears to have pierced the veil of the insurance industry scam to stop health care reform at all costs. In zombie movies, the infected can only be killed by piercing the brain with a blunt instrument or bullet. These zombies, believed infected with an insurance industry-created form of mad cow disease can similarly be killed by piercing the brain with logic. Hopefully, other health care reformers will take up Mr. Frank's approach to this very serious problem.