Incredible Arrogance of Obama: Ignored Research Reporting Americans Would Hate Obamacare

WSJ/The Lid ^ | 9/3/09 | The Lid

[Shellybenoit]

What if I told you that less than four years ago, and alliance of Liberal-Medical Groups, Unions and Progressive organizations did a study about how to shape a universal healthcare plan and that many of those organizations are deeply involved in Obama's health care initiative today?

What if that study reported that Americans worried that such a plan would boost costs, or reduce care, for those who were already insured and that any fancy verbiage the researchers used to allay those fears were grossly unsuccessful?

Would you call this scenario a fantasy? Would you say that even Barack Obama isn't arrogant enough to think that he could turn around such deep-seeded distrust of a government health plan?

The scenario is not a fantasy, and the Alliance described above is called the Herndon Alliance, its membership includes most of the groups supporting Obamacare. The study was conducted, and the results were ignored by the Arrogant-in-Chief:

[Maelstorm]

He is that arrogant and foolish. He believed his own hype.

[sassy steel magnolia]

vanity and ignorance are never good qualities in a leader! Remember what Nero did to Rome...

[freespirited]

President Obama is using so much political capital on a program that he knew went against the vision of health reform acceptable to the American people

IMO he doesn't care about what is acceptable to the American people. He wants to redistribute health care dollars.

[The Pack Knight]

The Democrats may want a “big assist” from Obama, but Obama is quickly running out of the political capital he needs to assist anyone.

Obama was half right when he spoke to an “unnamed” Democrat earlier this year. His Presidency will be broken, but by himself, not by Congress.

[Dick Bachert]

[Brad from Tennessee]

Obama is one of the more polished products of a big-city political machine. Because constituents in one-party environments rally, applaud and vote in lockstep their politicians may in time feel “gifted.” Obama is learning that Chicago and Main street are not the same.

[GloriaJane]

I think he plans on pushing his death care come h e double l or high water. I think he’s a cold fish with no soul and I really don’t think he cares what we think. He’s going to do what he wants to us.