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, its 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 Im working on a longer piece right now for tomorrows site about the ongoing fight against its provisions, which just got a lot harder. But as upset as I am, I cant 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. Its 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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George Soros and Moveon.org have engineered this since before George W. Bush was even sworn in the first time.
It was an act of God that put Bush in the White House and prevent Al Gore from doing what Obama has done to this country.
Blaming Bush is childish and disingenuous.
Excellent post!
A lot of GOP names created this crisis including Dole, Lott, Frist, & Newt, to name a few.
Blame me for everything ;>)
Indeed he did. ...so I suspect he and his RINO comrades will be thrilled about the next item on the Obama agenda.
Maybe. I voted for him, twice. But he did seem to suck up to Islamofacists in his second term, IMHO.
No they didn't. Those capable of critical thought understand it was just an orchestrated sham.
No, I blame McCain and those who got him nominated. Talk about a wolf in sheep’s clothing. He wasn’t a strong enough candidate to win the election, and that was the intent. He knew it, too, playing along like a dopey puppet.
McCain wasn’t someone I liked, but at least you knew he takes the nation’s security seriously...and without that we won’t have to worry about anything else.
This is sick ,stupid. and pathetic
He should have belted Obammy when he came to White House back in 2008.
>>Blame God for discovering Darwin.<<
Blame the Multiverse for creating God...
(not really, God is as Final as it gets...)
That would've just given ol' bammy some street creds.
This is the stupid voters fault thinking the Democrats were better than the Republicans!
Right on. Had Repubs been true conservatives during the Bush admin we wouldn’t have lost so many seats....
That’s exactly right. After years of the msm 24/7 BDS I found too many of my acquaintances had become anti Bush.
When asked why they could not give reasons. It just shows how effective constant brain washing can be.
Yes of course, moronic idiots, let’s blame Bush.....=.=
Republicans should again study and try to learn from what happened between Bush's win in 2004 and McCain's loss in 2008. Lost both houses of Congress and the presidency by sizable margins.
And the Bush/Rove, year-after-year attempt to ram amnesty for illegals down everyone's throat (constantly insulting all who disagreed along the way) was as demoralizing and damaging to the party as any one single thing. W's second term was a disaster for the party, and then about the weakest possible candidate won the nomination to succeed Bush.
would you rather have had gore in office on 9-11? not me. I am a GWB fan and nothing you can say will change my mind. That man had to deal with more than any 10 presidents put together. If you are such a right wing person that no one that doesn’t agree with you 100% is good enough, than YOU run for office!
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