Posted on 09/10/2009 3:54:58 AM PDT by tcg
...Before he addressed the so called “public option”, the President spoke of what he called “bogus claims” from radio and TV hosts and some politicians. He summarily dismissed the idea that there would be “panels of bureaucrats” with the power to deny coverage to seniors. He insisted that illegal immigrants would not be covered under his plan. Finally he insisted there would be “…no Federal dollars… used to fund abortions” and that “Federal conscience laws will stay in place.” As to the last claim, the Pro-Life community has already begun to expose the misinformation it contains. As to concern over rationing, recent news from the UK and Canada does not help alleviate them. The “assurances” in his speech will not suffice and must not go unchallenged.
The speech proceeded to the hotly contested issue, the so called “Public Option.” It is here where Pro-life Americans are most concerned. Contrary to some earlier speculation he would drop it, he supported a “Public” or “Government” Option. He tried to lessen the impact by proposing that it would be run by a “not for profit” entity. That was apparently to imply that such an approach would cure defects. However, one has only to remember that Planned Parenthood is a not for profit organization. He analogized this approach to the presence of public colleges competing with private colleges. He claimed that the funding for such a “public option” plan would come from premiums and that savings would result from a lower overhead. Without a doubt, this is the area of the President’s speech which will draw the most reaction going forward...
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Nothing worse than a pesky insurance salesman who will not go away and leave you alone.
How about math games?
If my numbers are right, given that zer0 now only claims 30 million uninsured, his number of 900 million for the plan works out to $30,000 per new person insured.
Can’t we just buy them all some Blue Cross or something for 1/5 of the cost, open up competition across borders and be done with it?
If not, why not???
We must call out 0bama’s lies.
YOU LIE!
When Bill Clinton hit the scene I thought I’d seen the biggest liar ever... Until now.
I don’t see the religion tag on this, so... It’s the Kennedy Health Care Bill!
Long live Mary Jo.
Like Harry said, Kennedy’s death will help us pass this.
Hey Harry, pass THIS !
He’s not lying, that’s what the telepromter said!
I agree with him on that time for games has passed. It is time for us to fish or cut bait. Things are about to get very nasty for us.
Obama has been caught in many lies so I cannot trust what he says.
He summarily dismissed the idea that there would be “panels of bureaucrats” with the power to deny coverage to seniors
Just as must Americans now summarily dismiss anything that Obama says...
Obamas speech proved one thing to me. He really does look down on American Citizens and really does believe that we are all stupid and in need of being taken care of and controlled by Mother Government..
I forced myself to watch part of the African-African's 'speech' and found it to be preachy as delivered by this 'great communicator' in his inimitable choppy, terse sentences. How some deluded ninnyhammers can say that this nut-case narcissist is an orator completely escapes me as I'm sure it does many others here.
Obomba must be kept on the defensive until he can be ushered out of office because the only thing that will be issued forth from his America-hating administration will be more nails in the coffin of our Constitution and our nation.
I will not support obama for any reason ever. He is evil and he is a liar and a thief and a cheat... and he is evil... did I mention that he is evil?
LLS
Last night, hussein butchered the English language almost as badly as he butchered the truth!
LLS
>>How some deluded ninnyhammers can say that this nut-case narcissist is an orator completely escapes me as I’m sure it does many others here.
His “oration” is just a delivery vehicle for the NLP commands he is giving to his base, all of which were ended by the demand: “Now!”
He butchers the language due to his attempt to deliver his short, choppy sentences like the pastor of a black church. He is preachy, boring and besides all this he’s a communist.
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