Posted on 11/27/2013 1:25:47 PM PST by InvisibleChurch
Im not sure just which president it wasmost folks point to Ronald Reaganwho earned the term Teflon President. Whoever it was, hes been royally upstaged over the last few years by Barack Obama. To the perpetual dismay of his political opponents, our current presidents approval ratings have seemed impervious to his blunders with the IRS, his Department of Justice, his foreign policy (including Benghazi in Libya), and other stumbles.
Until now.
I too have marveled over Obamas remarkable ability to shake off even the most serious missteps. But I want to propose here that the up-front failures of Obamacare almost certainly represent a bridge too far for this arrogant and overreaching man. If he recovers at all, he will be a badly diminished president.
Until now, Obama has always had the opportunity, standing at his bully pulpit, to contradict, deny, or reshape the facts that seemed so obvious. Did he leave his ambassador in Benghazi vulnerable and helpless? The evidence seemed damning. But then he found witnesses who claimed the evidence was ambiguous. Did the White House order the IRS to make things hard for conservatives? The evidence seemed damning. But then he found witnesses who said the evidence was ambiguous. And on and on; the scenario always played out the same frustrating way. No matter how bad his blunder, the incredible magician escaped again.
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Its the very specificity of all those factors that makes the current crisis different from what has gone before. Its easy to forget what happened at Benghazi; most of us had never heard of it before the attack. The sneaky IRS subterfuge, illegal and shameful as it was, fades into the background.
But when those monthly bills keep coming, they serve as never-ending reminders that Obamacare was a tricky ruse. This one just doesnt sink into the sunset. When you find that Uncle Sam, for all Obamas promises, has indeed forced you to shift to another doctor, youre not inclined simply to say, Well, I dont understand it, but I guess it will all be OK.
Thats what Obama and his fellow sponsors of this terrible measure face nowa constant drumbeat of anger while millions of Americans are reminded incessantly how they were deceived and duped into inferior coverage and care at significantly heightened costs. It wont just go away.
None of this will require the active opposition of Obamacares opponents. Were talking instead about a built-in drip-drip-drip of Chinese water torture that, by its very nature, wont let the issue go away. Every day, every week, every month of every year, millions of frustrated citizens will be reminded a few more times of what a bum deal theyve inherited.
And dont think for a minute that Obamacares website is its main problem. Whats dawning on folks around the country is that the plan itself is terribly flawedthat the federal effort to control the healthcare decisions of millions of people just isnt smart or able enough to carry off such an assignment.
All of which is why voters in Virginia started running scared in the early November gubernatorial election, almost defying the polls that had ignored the effect of Obamacare on that race. Its also why Democratic officeholders across the nation have been begging Obama to do something to reassure voters that this isnt as bad as everyone says.
It is that bad, thoughand maybe even worse. Try really hard for the next 60 seconds, the old psychological game challenged us, not to think about pink elephants. The Obama team has a much harder assignment: Try really hard, theyre telling us, not to think about the coverage, the co-pays, and the doctor you used to have. Try not to think about the presidents repeated reassurances that if you liked what you had before, you can keep it. Period.
Try really hard, for the next 60 seconds, not to think about that
Obama would be the “melanin president”, because that’s the chemical that insulates him from criticism.
“None of this will require the active opposition of Obamacares opponents. Were talking instead about a built-in drip-drip-drip of Chinese water torture that, by its very nature, wont let the issue go away. Every day, every week, every month of every year, millions of frustrated citizens will be reminded a few more times of what a bum deal theyve inherited.”
When the Demoncrats passed obozocare I wondered why they thought what would happen would be good or even manageable. I couldn’t fathom what the hell they were thinking. They delayed implementation 3 years! So they KNEW at some level that it would anger voters...and THEN what? Welcome to “then”.
In the matter of the “Teflon” Mr. Reagan: As I recall that was a name applied to him in anger by a press that printed “revelation” after “revelation” and yet couldn’t bring him down. The revelations however were meaningful only in the fevered imaginations of hate-filled Leftists.
The big difference between now and 30 years ago, is that the people of today, as a whole, are remarkable more ignorant. They still see Obama as their savior and the driveby media reinforce that. None of these eye opening experiences will alter the perception of the over 50% that support Obama. We are outnumbered, pure and simple. I hate to say it, but Obama and his “team” have achieved what Hitler, Stalin, Mao and countless other progressives have been trying to achieve over the last 100 years or more.
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