Obamacare: By Any Means Necessary
As the 2008 campaign got underway and we started learning about Barack Obama’s real record, not many people on the right believed the Democrat’s bromides that he was, as he claimed, some new kind of politician. We saw his record; he was just a regular ol’ Chicago pol who cut a far more impressive figure in public than most. He spoke well. He looked good. But, he always toed the party line.
Despite his claims about changing the way things were done in Washington, he had no record of changing the way things were done in Chicago or Springfield, his state’s capital.
And remember, the transparency he promised on health care? You know, deals negotiated in front of C-SPAN cameras. Some thought maybe he had turned a new leaf when he convened his summit last month in front of such cameras, but well, House Democrats just released a passel of fixes to the Senate bill–and none of them were crafted in front of C-SPAN cameras.
It seems that with each passing day, each hour really, we learn some new nugget about the arm-twisting, job-offering and deal-making still going on to squeeze out those last few votes in the House. Not just that, we keep hearing about the strategies that Obama campaign, er, team has been using to shift public opinion, strategies torn out of the playbook of old school Chicago politics, updated for the Internet era.
In a piece over at Big Journalism, Morgen Richmond and John Sexton detail how the president’s Organizing for America (OFA) is promoting an Astroturf letters-to-the-editor campaign, duping 72 local papers around the country “into publishing OFA talking points (some more than once).” They’ve even plagiarized their talking points.
Wondering at the lengths to which the Obami are going to deceive the American people, Richmond and Sexont ask “Is there any level to which the President and his supporters won’t stoop for a win?”
Indeed.
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The answer is simple….NO. What do I win?
Comment by spudds34 — March 19, 2010 @ 7:27 am - March 19, 2010
This is The Won’s epic struggle in pulling the camel of socialism completely inside the tent.
McCain refused to call Obama out for his state socialism. Even now, the Republicans are loathe to declare war on Obama’s war to “fundamentally transform America.” The TEA Party people can not make themselves any clearer. But all they get from most Republicans in Congress is a “good job, guys” mention.
Too many “opposition” professional politicians are sitting back and staying out of the line of fire.
Comment by heliotrope — March 19, 2010 @ 9:03 am - March 19, 2010
Umm–the Democrats won. They get to govern. If the American people didn’t want the Democrats to govern, they wouldn’t have given them the House, Senate, and White House. So, now the Democrats are doing what they said they were going to do–fix health care.
Stop whining about losing. If you want something different, then vote for different people next time.
Comment by Ashpenaz — March 19, 2010 @ 10:52 am - March 19, 2010
Ashpenaz, why do you support the Obama Party lying to America?
For example, Obama said he opposed abortion — but now is demanding that abortion be Federally funded and encouraged.
Why do you support unlimited abortion, Ash?
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — March 19, 2010 @ 11:09 am - March 19, 2010
I put in the interpolations to make the tendency or underlying logical and moral structure of Ash’s argument more clear. I.e., it’s the argument an authoritarian would make.
Comment by ILoveCapitalism — March 19, 2010 @ 11:18 am - March 19, 2010
P.S. To be clear, Ash is right about something: In leading us to the glorious socialist future, our Nazicrats *are* doing what they said they were going to do. The American people just didn’t hear it at the time, i.e. didn’t want to believe it.
My point (against Ash’s) is: the American people get to change their minds. They get to admit they were wrong. They get to object. They get to put a stop to evil.
Comment by ILoveCapitalism — March 19, 2010 @ 11:22 am - March 19, 2010
There is still no good answer to the question: If this bill is so hella-terrific, why are Democrats ashamed to vote for it directly?
Chairman Zero’s bumbling non-answer to that question was one of many embarrassments in his Bret Baier interview.
Comment by V the K — March 19, 2010 @ 12:24 pm - March 19, 2010
I’m not a big Obama fan. I just get tired of the perplexity and frustration about the health care issue–how could this happen?!? Well, it happened because more people voted for Democrats than Republicans. I didn’t vote for Obama, but I can handle the loss until the next election.
The Nazi comparison is so yesterday–can’t we come up with some original evil dictators to insult each other with? Pol Pot? Stalin? Mao? Joy Behar?
Comment by Ashpenaz — March 19, 2010 @ 2:09 pm - March 19, 2010
No. It isn’t. It’s highly relevant.
Comment by ILoveCapitalism — March 19, 2010 @ 2:40 pm - March 19, 2010
P.S. Ash, have I asked you lately to get your hand out of my pocket? (and everyone else’s)
Comment by ILoveCapitalism — March 19, 2010 @ 2:42 pm - March 19, 2010
Well according to Ash, not contributing to his risk pool is greedy and unfair.
Comment by The_Livewire — March 19, 2010 @ 3:37 pm - March 19, 2010
Same thing, only different.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — March 19, 2010 @ 4:34 pm - March 19, 2010
“Is there any level to which the President and his supporters won’t stoop for a win?”
No.
Comment by Tully — March 19, 2010 @ 5:50 pm - March 19, 2010
To be precise: not consenting to being forced to contribute to his risk pool is what I’ve seen him flag as greedy/unfair.
I will gladly contribute to his risk pool – on my own terms. It’s called charity. It’s a voluntary action, and I try to practice different little forms of it. But Ash wants the government to deploy its legalized physical force for the raping of my pocket and my life. (And yours.) And I don’t consent to that. It’s morally evil.
Comment by ILoveCapitalism — March 19, 2010 @ 7:01 pm - March 19, 2010
I agree that the mandate to feed the Corporate Communists, the Oligarchy of the Insurance Industry is obscene and that’s exactly why the Public Option is on the way. I’m always amused at the rapidity that you project your standards (or lack there of) onto anyone or anything that is opposed to the opinion you hold. Some of us in the reality based community understand that change is coming and it’s not Theocracy or pandering to the Oligarchy.
Comment by Kevin Andrews — March 19, 2010 @ 11:46 pm - March 19, 2010
Of course it is, “Kevin Andrews”. You proudly proclaim your allegiance to “Fascist America” on your blog and demand the abolishment of all businesses in this country.
Do you work? Do you actually have a job?
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — March 19, 2010 @ 11:58 pm - March 19, 2010
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North Dalls Thirty I do understand the inability to read and comprehend from the Texas Re-writing history commission. Perhaps if you watched the pretty pictures and shut your mouth long enough to hear what was being said you would grasp some of the information presented. I know; don’t confuse you with facts; your mind is made up. That was a very small task now, wasn’t it?
Comment by Kevin Andrews — March 20, 2010 @ 8:32 pm - March 20, 2010