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Five Silver Linings of ObamaCare
Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 08:59Now that we are seven months removed from the fight over the single largest expansion of government in US history, it’s a good time to take stock and point out some silver linings.
In a perverse sort of way, ObamaCare may be the best thing that could have come out of Obama’s first term as President. Had he and the Democrat leadership opted to push a more limited program that only extended to those who couldn’t afford health insurance, Americans may have gone for it, thus locking in yet another entitlement program that would metastasize beyond its original scope. But by overreaching they made the water so hot that the frog of public opinion can’t wait to leap out.
#1: It will eventually result in real conservative health care reform
Americans not buying Obama's health care snake oil
Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 20:54
The current debate over health care reminds me of that scene in the movie Outlaw Josey Wales where the snake oil peddling carpetbagger tries to sell a bottle of his tonic to an Indian, only to be asked about what was in it. After saying he didn’t know, the Indian said, “You drink it”.
Obama and the Democrats are selling snake oil. And the American people aren’t buying.
But after a full year of debate, speeches, emails and town halls promoting his health care agenda it has come down to this: an all out, last ditch effort to ram a bill through Congress that a majority of Americans don’t want. Public opinion be damned. “Change” is coming.
Obama's hunt for a bipartisan fig leaf on health care
Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 15:49
Over the course of 2009 conservatives and Republicans have done a far better job than anyone would have thought possible when it came to blocking ObamaCare from becoming law. Everyone thought it was a fait accompli, but it ran into the brick wall of public opinion.
In light of the recent elections in Virginia, New Jersey and Massachusetts, as well as his own falling poll numbers, Obama wants Republicans to come together with Democrats for a grand health care “summit” to search for a bipartisan compromise. In other words, he wants some cover.
Obama using the CIA to re-shuffle the political deck
Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Tue, 09/01/2009 - 10:46
It’s time for some honesty in the current debate over the CIA’s interrogation methods of terrorists. The argument isn’t really over whether we were too harsh, given that even Obama has said we would continue turning terrorists over to other governments, knowing full well that those guys play rougher than we do.It’s all about politics.
Soon after his inauguration as President, Obama stated that he didn’t want to re-open an investigation into CIA interrogations of terrorists because he knew that it would become a tremendous, political distraction – which is exactly why he’s changed his mind.
Normally, the last thing a guy with Obama’s messianic ambition would want is for all of Washington to become sidetracked with such a divisive issue, much less one that exposes the political weaknesses of his own party.
I'm from the government and I'm here to help
Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Thu, 08/20/2009 - 11:57
Despite all the ruckus concerning town-halls lately, most of which is the ruckus made by liberals upset that conservatives are attending and expressing their opposition to Obamacare, we have been treated to some important, if accidental, moments of honesty and clarity.
For example, while conducting a recent town-hall meeting, Missouri Democrat Senator Claire McCaskill attempted to calm constituents upset over the proposed “reform” by asking “Don’t you trust me?” The resounding “no’s” reverberated throughout the room, along with many boos, which provides us with our moment of honesty.
Health care reform devil is in the details
Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Wed, 08/05/2009 - 09:45When it comes to legislation, there’s a general rule of thumb that the number of details someone doesn’t want you to see is directly related to how quickly they try to pass it. The so-called health care “reform” bill is a text-book example.
The reason Obama and liberal Democrats are pushing so fast and furious is because the details, (where the Devil usually hides), are beginning to get out. And as the details start to sink in, they’re cutting through all of the “yes we can” rhetoric and leading more Americans to say “no you don’t”.
So what’s getting them worked up? Let’s take a look at some of the details of this “reform”.
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