Posted on 07/25/2009 7:07:59 PM PDT by RobinMasters
If President Obama thought fighting Republicans was tough, he’s learning real fast that battling with his own party isn’t exactly a good time. As many of his former colleagues in the US Senate and the House voice outrage and opposition to his push for universal healthcare, the man once deemed “untouchable” currently finds himself in the political battle of his life.
And he’s losing. His own party is running ads to press Democratic senators from Arkansas, Indiana, Florida, Louisiana, North Dakota, Nebraska and Ohio. If Obama cannot get socialized medicine passed with a filibuster proof majority in the Senate, his political capital will tank and he’ll look extremely flaccid. Congress won’t have any reason to listen to him going forward and he’ll risk being perceived as a lame duck. He'll be relegated to policy proposals like school uniforms and midnight basketball.
Say what you want about George Bush, the guy got things done in his first term and lead. From education reform to Medicare Part D to his tax cuts, Bush signed his agenda into law despite congressional gridlock. Agree or disagree, that’s not a weak Commander-in-Chief.
Obama is just the opposite.
The President has showcased an appalling lack of leadership. He has sent no bill to the Hill. He takes no specific positions on the five bills in the House and Senate. All he has done thus far is give flowery calls to action. Either he thinks he is still a Senator or he is Chauncey Gardner.
(Excerpt) Read more at andreatantaros.com ...
Rrrrr.... and a ripe little pudding she is, too!
This man is so far in over his head. I can imagine him alone in the shower crying that he just wants to quit and make it all go away.
Yup!
People are seeing through these constant “crisis”.
Even to the dumbest Demoncrat out there it makes no sense to passing universal scare care without reading the legislation. People are getting pissed. This is not at all the “change” they voted for.
People up for re-election will not be so easily strong armed by Pelosi and fellow demons to vote for it. I've also seen some GOOD ads about the looming health scare on TV.
I just love it when he speaks out of turn and shows the RACIST he truly is. And also the black thug lilt in his voice when he gets excited. He's thin skinned and easily irritated. The press is doubting him too. You know he's in trouble when the NYT highlights there were NO CUTS and these imaginary “cuts’ WERE SHCEDULED RO GO AWAY UNDER BUSH'S LEGISLATION.
Which will give me damn little satisfaction, since we will never get rid of this Frankenstein once it is passed.
We're six months in, and Zero still hasn't got half his cabinet positions filled. He's had time for a party on the WH lawn, a trip to Africa, Russia, Europe and the ME, plus the occasional trip to NYC.
His leadership in health care has been to say, "Ya'll write a health care bill." I strongly suspect that a lot of the daily paperwork of running the WH isn't happening.
Why don’t the Repubs invite the Blue Dogs over to their side? Guaranteed no choking.
Boy wouldn’t that be a great campaign song when Sarah beats 0 in 2012?
My, she is easy on the eyes, plus she speaks 3 languages. I thought I was reasonably well informed but I have never heard of her before. Btw, what was her column about?
Hellooooooo Ms.Tantaros....
YEP...however, he’s the FRONT MAN.....he thought he’d only have to do the speaking and convincing...NOT ALL THIS HARD WORK....
I don't have a problem with that...AT ALL.
In fact, that would be best for the future of our country...
“Why don’t the Repubs invite the Blue Dogs over to their side? Guaranteed no choking.”
They don’t have to.
The Blue Dog BASE is pissed.
It id SELF PRESERVATION, politically speaking, that will bring them together.
I want to ask a question that I can’t believe I don’t know the answer to: Have ANY of the large insurance providers piped in about Obamacare? Has Blue Cross/Blue shield made a statement? How about the HMO’S..how about KAISER? How would this effect all of them?
I think as a homage to his mentor Frank Marshall Davis, a member of the Communist Party USA with a dash of the radicalism of Bill Ayers, his neighbor as well as the teachings of Saul Alinsky that he picked up on the way and then with his Muslim roommates in college as well as Rev. Jeremiah (the USofKKKofA, hate, hate,hate) Wright preaching to him for twenty years, yes he despises everything this country has done, even allowing him to become who he is, he despises it. His sole mission is to transform it in to a Communist paradise led by him forever (watch for his minions to be combing the Constitution to allow for more than two terms, he has all of Clintons’ lawyers on staff and they were doing everything they could to come up with a way to keep Bill Clinton in office for more than two terms but he blew it with his blow jobs. The same people are back in full force attempting to STAY IN OFFICE and lead this country as Putin leads the USSR.!!!
Disciplining insurance companies
While his tone and demeanor were as calm as ever, the president responded sternly to the health insurance industry, which had sent him a warning only hours earlier. The industry’s two largest trade groups said his proposed government insurance plan would have unfair advantages and would likely dismantle the employer-supplied coverage that millions of Americans have relied on for a half-century.
Obama disagreed, sharply.
“The public plan, I think, is an important tool to discipline insurance companies,” he said. “Too often, insurance companies have been spending more time thinking about how to take premiums and then avoid providing people coverage than they have been thinking about ‘How can we make sure that insurance is there, health care is there, when families need it?’”
Obama discredits public opinion
He went so far as to suggest that Americans don’t know their own minds when they praise their insurance providers. Some polls show that up to 80 percent of people “are satisfied with the health insurance that they currently have,” Obama said. “The only problem is that premiums have been doubling every nine years, going up three times faster than wages.”
Please people, if you have not read all pages of this “Death Care Plan”, at least read the synopsis and pass it on to every single person you know. This is a “DEATH” plan, NOT a care plan. It has nothing to do with care and everything to do with YOUR DYING!!!
Blue Cross takes on Obama
RALEIGH (WTVD) — According to a report in the Washington Post, North Carolina insurance giant Blue Cross Blue Shield plans to take on Barack Obama.
It’s putting together a media campaign criticizing a White House proposal that calls for a government sponsored health insurance option for Americans.
Blue Cross said it’s wary of too much government involvement.
“We believe the government does need to play a role - to assist Americans who cannot afford insurance on the private market. However, we think that private sector health insurance can bring innovation and quality improvements to healthcare more quickly than government,” said Borman. “Dealing with rising health care costs is central to health reform. We see three key strategies to lowering costs: improving the quality and effectiveness of care, promoting health through preventive care and lifestyle changes, and continuing to lead in paying for better care, not just more care.”
Blue Cross has hired a media firm to produce the videos and plans to post them on a new website to be unveiled later this year.
Not the media - the subversive radical underground orchestrating the massive takeover of America and the destruction of her economy.
The media are merely propaganda peons using talking points.
Look at George Soros, and any that would gain if America were weakened. Follow the corruption giants, follow the forces wanting the wealth of America fed into their pockets.
They are at work.
Just my opinion. Something far more sinister is going on.
Does he still have cabinet levels positions “open”?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.