Nope. History will record this singular, glib utterance as his downfall. Even the ponytailed and Birkenstocked stoner faithful had their moment of extreme clarity on this one. The result:
You guys are missing the message here. (And I am serious when I post the explanation below.)
To liberals, the statement that BHO made does not mean what it means to us.
To us, his statement highlights the inefficiency of government enterprise: we should not allow government to take over such a critical industry, in light of the failures of other government enterprises to function efficiently or to remain solvent without massive taxpayer subsidies (e.g., Amtrak, GM, etc.).
To a liberal, his statement highlights the greed of private enterprise: UPS and FedEx are doing well because they put profit above people. What they took from his statement is that the Post Office is doing poorly because the government always tries to be fair by putting the needs of the people first, even if that means losing gobs of money.
You guys think that BHO just sank his plan. To the contrary, he just shored up support of government-run health care with the 41% that support his plan. He just stiffened the resolve of those who believe that private insurance will screw everyone to make a buck. Therefore, they will fight even harder to ensure that we “put people first” by enacting universal health care.
Things are about to get even MORE interesting....