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Friday, September 4, 2009

Going His Own Way?

Posted by on Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 3:13 PM

There's already a House plan for health insurance reform. Though it's taken forever, there may soon be a Senate plan for health insurance reform. But if that doesn't happen, CNN is reporting, President Barack Obama will put together his own damn health insurance reform bill and drop it on Congress.

 

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spoiler alert 1
is anyone else worried that an obama plan will be a watered down, pansy-ass, "bi-partisan" piece of crap that gets us nowhere? this whole thing makes me sad.
Posted by spoiler alert on September 4, 2009 at 3:24 PM
heywhatsit!? 2
@1 Yes.
Posted by heywhatsit!? on September 4, 2009 at 3:30 PM
3
loving you

isn't the right thing to do
Posted by Swearengen on September 4, 2009 at 3:32 PM
4
too little
too late
Posted by you snooze you lose on September 4, 2009 at 3:32 PM
Will in Seattle 5
I say go for the Third Option and do single payer national health care.

The Talibangelist Birther Tin Hat Brigade will whine anyway, and it's not like he was going to get any votes from the America-hating Republic party.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on September 4, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Vince 6
He tired of herding cats. He can't just keep delegating every task to congress.
Posted by Vince on September 4, 2009 at 4:13 PM
danindowntown 7
This is what he should have done from the beginning. The president can present a bill to Congress without being heavy handed. Obama has been afraid to repeat the mistakes of Clinton's attempts at health care reform and as a result has under reached, in a big way. Hopefully he can pull it out, but if he can't, he needs to try again and demonstrate meaningful leadership from the get go in 2010.
Posted by danindowntown on September 4, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Lord Basil 8
My disgust with the Obama administration grows deeper on a daily basis. But it is more than disgust - it is anger. I have a very difficult time bringing myself to write about the daily stunts propagated by the Obamites, as it leaves a bitter taste in my mouth and puts me in a horrid mood. My personality is one that must vent when in such a mood, and so I will.

I am angry.

I am angry at the so-called “leader of the free world” who cares more about kissing up to dictators and leaders of nations that are our enemies, rather than cooperating with and supporting our friends - a “man” who truly does “pal around with terrorists”…a man who would fly the flag of a Communist country on the front lawn of the freaking White House!
I am angry at the liar-in-chief who has proposed the systematic socialization of the nation’s healthcare system and who has lied at every turn about the ramifications of the proposals on how this will happen, including lies about single-payer, lies about “death panels,” lies about keeping our existing insurance, lies about health care rationing. The man lies like a cheap hallway floor mat.
I am angry about how the Constitution has been trampled by the appointment of legions of “czars” - more czars than the Romanov dynasty. Czars who are conspiracy theorists and race-baiters, czars who are eugenicists, czars for tearing apart the healthcare system, czars who are charged with ensuring the breakdown of the free enterprise system….all of these so-called “czars” that have had no Congressional oversight or confirmation and who are not elected by the citizens of the United States.

I am angry about the attempted indoctrination of my children by the Socialist-in-Chief and the efforts to brainwash them into following their Dear Leader and becoming co-conspirators in his attempts to break down the values of the nation.
I am angry that this “community organizer” has decided that it is necessary to decimate the economy by spending us into oblivion on a “recovery” plan that was/is nothing more than a liberal ideological wish list.
I am angry that the citizens of the United States do not receive an unbiased view of the destruction of the free enterprise system; rather, they are witnesses to a massively leftist biased media populated by Obama administration sycophants who have no interest in anything but supporting their man-god.
I am angry that Obama (remember, he’s not a Muslim!!!!11!!!1!) would ignore the National Day of Prayer yet spend our hard-earned tax money to deliver a special message to Muslims for Ramadan.
I am angry that the Leftists in DC are in the process of instituting the largest tax increase in history under the guise of preventing “climate change”…that they are willing to play chicken with the economic future of the nation.
I am angry that this spineless coward who is unwilling to take ownership of the problems that have been brought on by his incompetent policies would have the audacity to claim that he is interested in reducing the federal deficit after single-handedly quadrupling the deficits of the previous administrations.
I am angry that the voters who elected this abomination of a “President” refuse to note his hypocrisy in opposing the war in Iraq, yet promoting precisely the same scenario in Afghanistan.
I am angry at the borderline criminal behavior of this man who conspired to remove the Inspector General of Americorps so he could promote his own socialist policies via that organization with no oversight.
I am angry that my nation would turn citizen against citizen in an attempt to “rat out” dissenters who dare to question the policies of The One.
I am angry at the liberal Democrats and their cronies who pull the race card at every turn in a feeble attempt to cover up for Obama’s failures and inadequacies. It is inconceivable to them that anyone would dare question their Messiah without racial overtones.
But most of all, I am angry that this nation would be so hoodwinked as to elect this Marxist/Fascist/Socialist nightmare in the first place. How an entire nation could be so misled and fooled by a man such as Barack Obama is an indictment on the intelligence - or at least the attention span - of 53% of the United States electorate.

I am hoping for some catharsis here. But something tells me that tomorrow will bring nothing more than another Obama abomination and in another nine months I’ll have another litany of offenses to list. Or perhaps in 2010, there will be a “revolt of the masses,” as described by Daniel Henninger in today’s WSJ and my anger will be quelled.

In short…I am mad. But, I also want YOU to get mad! I want everyone to respond as activists who will do everything within their power to help Barack Obama fail. I want to see him out of office, and the sooner the better. I want you to be as mad as hell!
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Posted by Lord Basil http://lordbasil.blogspot.com/ on September 4, 2009 at 10:32 PM
undead ayn rand 9
"I am angry at the so-called “leader of the free world” who cares more about kissing up to dictators and leaders of nations that are our enemies, rather than cooperating with and supporting our friends"

And been infinitely more successful at international diplomacy than Bush.

"In short…I am mad. But, I also want YOU to get mad!"

We ARE mad! But mostly that Obama listens to people like you more than people like us, who actually want fixes for societal problems rather than keeping the status quo.
Posted by undead ayn rand on September 5, 2009 at 6:06 PM

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