Posted on 08/08/2009 2:18:56 PM PDT by bareford101
Obama and Public Debate George Joyce At a town hall meeting in Chester, Va. back in August last year candidate Obama had this to say about the important value of public debate regarding health care:
"People say, 'Well, you have this great health care plan, but how are you going to pass it? You know, it failed in '93,' And what I've said is, I'm going to have all the negotiations around a big table. We'll have doctors and nurses and hospital administrators. Insurance companies, drug companies — they'll get a seat at the table, they just won't be able to buy every chair. But what we will do is, we'll have the negotiations televised on C-SPAN, so that people can see who is making arguments on behalf of their constituents, and who are making arguments on behalf of the drug companies or the insurance companies. And so, that approach, I think is what is going to allow people to stay involved in this process."
Just a couple of days ago, at a town hall occasion – again in Virginia - Mr. Obama had the following to say about value of public debate regarding his plan for the nation’s economy:
"I don't want the folks who created the mess to do a lot of talking. I want them to get out of the way so we can clean up the mess.”
Well, for some reason the health care negotiations never made it to C-SPAN, and Mr. Obama seems determined to eliminate some healthy debate on America’s economic recovery. In light of our proximity to economic catastrophe maybe there just isn’t enough time for these sorts of civic luxuries.
While Candidate Obama sounds like a truly committed servant of the people, President Obama sounds, well, like something else entirely. Strange.
That is what happens when you become a dictator.
Obama: Strange? No, just Evil
I think there’s 2 of’em
I loathe this president, or as Mark Levin says: El Presidente!
and, the thing is, one is one to many IMO!!
You know, he doesn’t even have the same easy-going cadence he had during the campaign. He looks sweaty and nervous now, like a rat trying to guard his precious cheese.
that is exactly what I was thinking.... like a james cagney movie with almost a snarl sometimes and just mean looks... that one time when he flashed a big smile I would bet some minion gave the signal to show the teeth... to me it looked like a biting dog who wags his tail..
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