Well, the Democrats, pioneers of the circular firing squad, have done it again. The Senate Democrats and President Obama have managed to simultaneously alienate the progressive wing of their own party, Republicans, and the American people. Liberals from Howard Dean to Keith Olberman to the liberal blog the Daily KOS have demanded the plug be pulled on the health care reform initiative.
The White House and other Democrats have in turn thrown haymakers in Dean's direction. Someone needs to provide parental supervision.
The compromised pile of ashes that remains of the Senate bill is an insult. President Obama has shown that he has no principles that he is willing to fight for. All he wants is a deal so that he can declare victory in the upcoming State of the Union address. Forget the fancy speeches and empty promises. He is nothing more or less than a cheap South Side Chicago politician.
Remember Obama’s promise about how he wasn’t going to raise taxes on anyone earning less than $250,000 a year? Well, if the bill that’s in the Senate gets passed, many Americans will be forced to buy health care insurance that could run as high as 17% of their income, or alternatively pay a fine for not doing so. You can spin it anyway you want to, but when the government is forcibly extracting money from my wallet, it’s a tax.
If the Democrats continue with this flawless impersonation of lemmings walking off a cliff and actually pass this pile of junk, I believe that they are going to get their heads ripped off in the 2010 mid-term elections. All of the major polls indicate that Democratic voters are disinterested, and it’s the Republicans and independents who are up in arms and who intend to vote. As leaderless and rudderless as the Republican party currently is, if the Dems continue on this course, all the Republicans will have to do is show up. It may not be as bad as the 1994 rout, but Obama will be crippled and vulnerable in 2012.
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