Posted on 03/21/2010 9:19:43 PM PDT by ejdrapes
Mad About Obamacare? Blame Bush They did it. Despite an overwhelming public backlash and the likely political ramifications, Democrats cut deals and twisted arms and got the votes they needed, winning by a 219 to 212 margin. While the reconciliation process still remains, it’s a sideshow at this point. The United States is a presidential signature away from having national health care. Suffice it to say, as somebody who has spent the past year working to expose the devastating consequences of this legislation and who values individual liberty, this is a sad day. And I’m working on a longer piece right now for tomorrow’s site about the ongoing fight against its provisions, which just got a lot harder. But as upset as I am, I can’t pin the blame entirely on Democrats. The reason is that by passing this bill, liberal Democrats were just doing what liberal Democrats do – raising taxes and expanding the role of government in our lives. Liberals have been working for decades to impose national health care on America. It’s been their Holy Grail. It should have been apparent to everybody that once they took over Congress and the presidency that it would be their top domestic priority. All of the leading Democratic presidential candidates proposed health care plans roughly along the lines of what passed today. The question conservatives should be asking though, is how did we get in this position in the first place? How come, over the course of two elections, Democrats were able to take back the White House and amass substantial majorities in both chambers of Congress, allowing them to enact this sweeping legislation with no Republican votes – and huge defections in their own party?
By Philip Klein on 3.21.10 @ 11:27PM
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Blame Canada.
WTF??
Let’s blame Aristotle.
Blame “Bed Time for Bozo” giving Reagan publicity.
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Blame the Academy for not giving Reagan the deserved Oscar for that film. Made him try politics.
Blame Governor Romney for RomneyCare, the “demonstration project” for ObamaCare.
I’d vote for W again.
If it wasn't for the GOP squandering the gift Reagan gave them, those dumbasses wouldn't have had the power to elect anyone. Some of us remember when the Democrats were gasping for air and had no idea how to keep up with the "party of ideas". It turned out the Democrats didn't have to do a thing. The Republicans under the leadership of the Bush dynasty closed the gap for them.
“Even Rush calls it state media. Idiot Americans subscribing to cable and sat TV are enpowering our enemies.”
America has been going down the tube for over 10 years now.
It reached the “Peter Principle”.
It is why I left in 2005, never to return.
I really feel for those that are too young to retire, or
do not have the means to get out of the new USSA.
“Parent’s that don’t want to be parent’s “
Who were educated by public education, and liberal morons.
Democrats and Al Quida play hardball... We don’t so we lose...
A little too late, but the repubs gave them hell today. This is what they should have been about for years.
I'm not buying that. There were very few conservatives who really stayed home. Most all of them voted for McCain. However, when talking to an uninformed voter what could anyone say, other than that he's not Obama, in order to convince them to vote for McCain? That does not win elections. Conservatives are not to blame for this Maoist regime. Obama won because Republicans did not govern with principle and McCain was a weak establishment candidate.
By the way, reminding your idiot neighbors that they put this tyrant in office is not helpful either. We need to nominate dynamic conservatives and fight like hell to get them elected.
Against the massive PR campaign the Administration is launching, to sell the new bill, and to save the democrats this November. We shouldn't allow that to happen uncontested.
Blame the author and those like him that voted for Abortion to get even with the Bush Family.
May the Lord God hold him, them and their families responsible for many generations to come.
Bush’s legacy? Obama.
Democrats legacy? USSA.
Difficult to disagree with the above. HW's and W's "compassionate conservatism" was/is virtually indistinguishable from "progressivism." The direction the GOP has taken since Reagan left office has proved to be disastrous, and has paved the way for an Arabist/socialist like Obama to become President.
Without that loss of pride and national vigor, Mexico would never have been lost.
I agree with every word.
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