Everytime I see this ad, I start screaming at the TV.

First of all, take a look for yourself at this campaign ad.

Are you screaming too?

If you are wealthy and your $150 per month healthcare premiums are just peanuts because that's what you spend on shoes every month anyway, well, then, good for you. And when you can afford to access any and all healthcare services under the sun because most of them are even cheaper than your vacation home on the beach, well then, good for you. You and I are on two different wavelengths.

For the rest of us, here is why I nearly jump out of my skin with rage when I see this ad featuring Scott Walker's running mate, Rebecca "Crazy Eyes" Kleefisch:

Crazy Eyes Kleefisch says: "[America has] the highest quality healthcare system in the world..."

Let's look at some facts, shall we? I know, I know. Politicians HATE facts. But let's do it anyway, for shits and giggles!

1. According to the most recent Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) report on the Maternal Mortality Rate, the United States ranked 39th in the entire world for maternal death.
2. The United States is 33rd in the world for infant mortality, according to the United Nations Population Division (and no, Crazy Eyes, that's not including abortions).
3. We're ranked 38th in the entire world for overall life expectancy, according to The United Nations.

If we indeed have the HIGHEST QUALITY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN THE WORLD (her words), how can you explain this? Something as simple and natural as childbirth and we rank 39th in the WORLD? Can you guess what the top 10 MMR countries have in common? Give up? They provide healthcare for every citizen. And my guess is that if you researched the other statistics, you'd find the same result.

Crazy Eyes Kleefisch says: "[A Government run health] plan would increase costs..."

But what are the real costs associated with privatized healthcare? Yes, the emergency room has to treat you if you are having a medical emergency. But what happens if you have no insurance and can't pay your bill, because your bill is likely to be in the range of $5,000-$100,000?

"Increasingly, hospitals are shifting costs to those who can pay," said Wynn Bailey, partner and health care expert with consulting firm AT Kearney. "That's the government, private insurers and the self-insured." Bailey said hospitals are negotiating higher treatment rates with insurance companies to offset the bad debt. In turn, commercial insurance providers are charging higher premiums to their clients, both businesses and individuals, to cover their cost increases. As businesses struggle with their employee health care costs, they are shifting a higher percentage of overall premiums to their workers. --CNN.com, "Underinsured Americans: Cost to you", March 2009.

And how about the fact that well over half of all bankrupcies filed in the US are as a result of health care costs...and, of those, over 75% had some form of health insurance!

Not to mention the fact that people DIE in this country from lack of health care at rate of about 1 death every 11 minutes. According to a Harvard study, somewhere in the neighborhood of 45,000 deaths annually can be attributed to lack of health care. And that figure will rise, since in 2010 the number of uninsured Americans increased by 4.3 million. Are we counting that as a cost, Crazy Eyes?

Crazy Eyes Kleefisch says: "[Tom Barrett wants to] put government in charge of our healthcare choices."

WHAT CHOICES? Really. What "low cost, world's greatest" choices are available for the average American making less that 6 figures without health care? 50.7 MILLION Americans do not have health insurance. That's 16.7% of us.

This witch is so out of touch it's frightening. Really, really frightening.