All the blogs are linking to Paul Ryan (Representative from Wisconsin) giving Dear Leader a little lecture on ObamaCare-onomics. Enjoy the pained look on Obama's face and Joe Biden burying his head in his hands at the link as someone who actually has a clue tells them what their plan is about.
A telegenic guy (that's a non-gay way of calling him handsome) speaking truth to power with lots of facts. I like it. I wish those words could come out of Sarah's mouth, but, so be it.
I thought it was fun seeing President Obama getting pissed off. Especially at Mccain. I saw the last twenty minutes and some clips of the other parts. The last part was reveling. From this last part of the summit and what I have heard in the news, it looks like the left is planning on using reconciliation to pass their health care bill; but according to Reid there has been no talk of this. Anything that passes will lead to the collapse of the private sector health care system over time and the government taking it over in the future. It is yet to be seen if anything will pass.
ReplyDeleteAnother interesting point I heard was on the fox news panel on special report the one guy stated that the republicans did not oppose the health care bill on priniciple at one point, but they used the scare tactic on the older population by saying that medicare or one of those programs will be reduced under Obama's bill. Kind of points to the fact that Republicans are at the core not that different than the democrats.
Where America is going or headed is basically set in stone. It can be slowed downed and the ride made smoother, but in the end America will be a dramatically different country in the future.
It wonder what Palin's future will be in politics?
I have been listening while working or driving to some podcast and I tunes u from the Mises institute. Some of them are good especially the one about Theodore Roosevelt and Wilson. Shows through the economic prism where, when and how America started heading towards more state control.
"but they used the scare tactic on the older population by saying that medicare or one of those programs will be reduced under Obama's bill." - I agree that this is one logic flaw for Republicans. Though it is a true statement: the Dems' plan does gut Medicare, true Small Government Republicans should not be upset with the gutting of Medicare, in and of itself.
ReplyDeleteI'm willing to overlook it at present as their main objections to the plan are right-on for small government Republicans.
I was merely touching on a point that I made in the "something to cheer for" post. I have been reading about the left and right and the fact that their policies seem to be taking the country to the same place. At the core, the two parties are not that different. Doesn't mean that I won't support the right as there is no alternative that would be successful in elections.
ReplyDeleteGood clip. I understood 1/10th of it. But I could tell he was drilling the president. He seemed pretty respectfull about it too. Well spoken.
ReplyDeleteI think it was Ace who called Obama's sullen look "a Nixonian glower". Exactly right.
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