Picture an interview a year from now. The November 2010 mid-term elections over, ObamaCare solidly locked into law, the post ObamaCare ego-messaging, sycophantic, gushing media praise replaced by undeniable public outcry and disillusionment that is fully reflected in the polls. The reality of what was done finally staring to sink it, and the question “was it all worth it” needs to be asked answered.
A future question to the 220 individuals who voted yes for ObamaCare in the House:
Was it all worth it?
• Was losing the democratic super-majority in congress worth it?
• Was tainting the democratic reputation in Washington, possibly for years to come, worth it?
• Was painfully passing a horrendous bill by unorthodox and unethical means worth it?
• Was deepening the American discord with “Washington-politics-as-usual” worth it?
• Was the fallout of health insurance companies being forced to RAISE rates as a consequence of this bill – even after you PROMISED your bill would lower rates worth it?
• Was burying 16% of the nation’s economy in more red-tape, bureaucracy, regulation, and government programs – further deepening American’s forced dependence on government worth it?
• Was presenting the nonsensical notion that a trillion dollar price tag would reduce the deficit by 1.3 billion over ten years worth it?
• Was labeling the opposition to your bill as stupid and uninformed worth it?
• Was sidestepping accountability for an extremely unpopular and unwanted bill worth it?
• Was taxing citizens immediately for elements that they will not see for three more years worth it?
• Was lying to the American People worth it?
Unfortunately for America, the answer from any far leftist focused on the ideological premise of altering America into a more socialized, Marxist-looking country will be a quite emphatic: Yes!
President Obama made multiple references to not caring about the political fallout of passing his administration’s party-line health care reform bill. Astoundingly, he even made reference to not really caring how procedure was handled in passing the bill. Shocking! The President of the United States – a former professor of constitutional law – doesn’t care how the biggest change to the American political and cultural landscape since FDR’s New Deal came to be law. The most insulting aspect of Obama’s apathy to America’s disapproval of ObamaCare is how he had the audacity to claim during his interview with Fox News Correspondent Bret Baier on 3/17/10 that the American people don’t really care how the bill gets passed anyway.
What a day we live in! We elected a president who ran a campaign under the hope of changing Washington, and he has the ignorant nerve to say we don’t care how comprehensive, sweeping, trillion-dollar legislation gets passed! Is that the "hope" and "change" he was referring to?
Remember how low Bush’s approval numbers had been in the end? How could any campaign that promised the exact opposite of the Bush years possibly lose? We were promised no more politics-as-usual under the Obama administration. We were promised a lot of wonderfully sounding stuff that was read with conviction from a teleprompter, but the bottom line is: We were lied to.
Anyone who can’t see that by now is a staunch left-leaning ideologue, or just a good old fashion moron. Either that, or you are willingly ignorant and just don’t give a crap. I’ll take the morons or the willingly ignorant any day; at least they are typically more likeable…
The president and his administration not only took Washington-politics-as-usual to horrendously new lows with the passage of ObamaCare, they scoffed at the overwhelming American disapproval of the bill, and knowing full-well what the negative political ramifications were going to be – forced it on the People anyway.
All name-calling and venting aside, I am hopeful that this will be a wake-up call for Americans. We cannot hit the snooze button anymore and hope our elected officials will do what is best for the country. We have to take our country back. We cannot sit idly by while our country is altered into a Marxist nanny-state with the federal government at the helm of virtually every aspect of our lives. Who else is going to stop the out-of-control government spending of our money (and money that doesn’t even exist yet), the growing of government bigger and bigger, and the weakening of American strength and position in the world?
They already forced themselves deep into the banking, automobile, and health care industries. They want to take over education. With the passage of Obamacare, they just helped themselves to absolute control over student loans.
They aren’t done!
They still want to give amnesty to illegal persons living in our country, completely infiltrate and destroy Wall Street, "reform" the entire banking and financial industry, and render as many citizens as possible dependant on the federal government with even more entitlements.
Unemployment benefits right now are costing us $10 billion a month. Apparently, in America one can live off of the government (working citizens tax dollars) for over two years as long as they claim they are “looking” for a job. I remember when Obama would use the $10 billion per month figure as an atrocity when making a talking point in ending the war. Well, financial accountability or responsibility under his administration is the joke of the generation. Nobody will ever refer to the Obama administration and financial responsibility together unless it is to show they are the antitheses of one another. Yet, Obama consistently makes references to how we need to be more fiscally responsible. I can’t decide if he is on drugs or just so deceived through the intoxication of his own power that he really believes the crap that comes out of his mouth.
Obama: the face of economic recklessness – the face of liberalism – the face of change for America:
Change from a strong, independent, wealthy, secure nation, to a mediocre, dependent, struggling, and second-rate nation.
This is supposed to be a government of the people by the people for the people. This means: We the people are the government.
American’s have a duty and civic responsibility to keep our government in check and bring balance back to where balance has been lost.
God may have decided America is not worth His grace and favor anymore, and truthfully, I think it is more like America decided God is not worth her time or effort anymore; however, America is still our home and we have to do the best with what we have. Americans looking for a good way to start rebuilding American strength and prosperity, preserving individual liberty and personal freedom should at the least consider the following:
Stop voting Democrat!
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