Posted on 08/23/2010 9:55:34 AM PDT by justsaynomore
The liberals tried to keep it secret, but thanks to Politico, they are busted! The Health Care Deform legislation has bombed with even their liberal constituency. And now they are trying to spin - as in distract, deceive and lie – their way to public acceptance of bad legislation.
As expected, the mainstream media is providing plenty of distractions so people will not focus on this critical story, and cause Democrats to get “beat up” again during the August recess as they did in 2009. If they have the nerve to even face their constituency, they may as well get ready for another whupping.
Distractions such as the president’s vacations, the proposed mosque in New York City, slow processing of damage claims from the BP oil disaster, a special session of Congress to spend more money we do not have, a research project paid for by taxpayers to determine the effects of cocaine on monkeys, speculation that Hillary Clinton might be Obama’s running mate in 2012, the president’s low approval ratings and many more stories might be interesting. But not critical.
National security, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, our stalled economy, tax increases on January 1, 2011, Social Security and Medicare, an exploding national debt and the impact of the health care legislation are critical stories we ought to hear about in the news every day. But we don’t.
We should hear stories everyday telling us that:
The Politico.com article reports (emphasis mine):
“The confidential presentation (prepared by Senate Democrats, senior staff and an official with the White House) provided to POLITICO by a source on the call, suggests that Democrats are acknowledging the failure of their predictions that the health care legislation would grow more popular after its passage, as its benefits became clear and rhetoric cooled. Instead, the presentation is designed to win over a skeptical public and to defend the legislation — in particular, the individual mandate — from a push for repeal.”
The health care legislation has not grown more popular because a growing number of people are not as stupid as the president and the Democrats think we are. In fact, it was clear that a majority of voters did not agree with the legislation before it was passed, but the president and the Democrats forced passage anyway. And now, they are trying to put lipstick on that pig!
Repealing the health care legislation is more than just a push. A majority of voters polled firmly believe the health care legislation should be repealed. Representative Michelle Bachman (R-Minnesota) has already introduced repeal legislation, even though it will go nowhere with this Congress and this president.
Thus, we have one more big reason to remember in November.
The last page of the secret presentation encourages Democrats to barrage voters with a long list of benefits, use complex language or insider jargon, and say the law will reduce costs and deficit.
In other words, distract, deceive and lie.
Now that's what I'm talking about!
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The Democrats LOVE THAT message.
Hope and Change only more so.
The fact that they fudged the numbers to show that it would save money(when everyone knows it wont), in order to get passed it having a sunset clause in the law, really gets my goat.
So they can lie about it saving money in order to make it permanent.
We have evil doers in congress and I would like to see justice rendered on them.
Have Nancy come on TV and explain to Americans how Muslims are excluded from Obamacare. No wait. that wont help them.
The dems are scrambled!.....
It is really galling when you think that ‘Obamacare’ will only be possible by a further tax on the very Americans who up to this point, have funded ALL the other gov’t assistance programs which have proved SO criminally mismanaged and devoid of accountability that they must be remedied by new and even more ill-defined TAXES bearing the IDENTICAL guarantee of improper management, corruption and waste!!! I used the word 'galling' because I can't think of any other reaction to the whole 'Obamacare' farce.
Eliminate all social programs and affirmative action legislation now on the books, it would save trillions.....
ANYTHING, so utterly and consistently mismanaged to the point of insolvency, ought to be discontinued.... whether it is going on in your own personal finances OR at the level of the federal government.
PERIOD!
At least the Dems are consistent.
They blew $1.7T on Stimulus and TARP, with nothing to show for it but our children’s money in the pockets of their supporters.
They blew their popularity with the people by blatantly ignoring the expressed will of the vast majority of Americans on health care, with nothing to show for it but a bill that even their supporters agree is a fiasco.
They blew a winning position in Afghanistan and are now trying to regain enough momentum that they can run away in a year and pretend that they have peace with honor.
They blew a won position in Iraq by walking away too soon and giving the opposition one more shot at destabilizing Iraq.
Since Pelosi took power in January of 2007, the Dems haven’t done a single good thing for America, and even with media complicity the voters have caught on.
The nice thing is that the MSM have blown their credibility, which will reduce the effectiveness of this year’s October Surprise.
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