Amazing, absolutely amazing. I knew, but still dreaded what was an eventual outcome this past sunday as the Democrates snuck in healthcare. I hoped for another Scott Brown like moment that would delay or finally derail this damn thing, but knew there was little to no hope as the Dems made their intentions clear for the previous month.
After thinking about it for a bit, the first thing that comes to my mind is the incredible amount of arrogance and disconnect with America it took for Obama, Pelosi, and Reid to continue to push for this bill. Obama ran his presidential campaign on a policy of being open with the American people and responding to their needs as he believed he was elected to do. Coming into office one of Obama's first priorities was to take advantage of his mega majorities in Congress and to pass national healthcare reform. He was convinced with his popularity coming into office that he could push for this change and gain the support of the American people. When the expected outcries of conservatives and the Republicans came about he was confident that he and the house democrates could neutralize it enough to force the Republicans into an awkward situation of voting in mass against a policy that presumably the American public would support only... of only President zero explained how important it was.
This did not work for a few reasons. First being the failure of the stimulus that Obama pushed Congress to pass in January 2009. Obama stressed that without the stimulus that unemployment could go above 8% and so it must be passed right away. After it was passed unemployment not only went past 8%, but then 10%. Later Obama displeased the public by weighing in on . This along with other incidents such as Sotomayor's nomination to the supremem court and the rediculous "beer summit" and of course a President that seems to prefer constant campaigning to actual governing has soured a public and so his message on healthcare increasingly viewed in a negative light.
Still though, even with the public increasingly against this and tea party rallies increasing across the country Obama and the democrates knew they had the numbers in Congress and through a side show production could easily pass what they wanted in healthcare reform by Christmas 2009. Enter Scott Brown. His election to fill Ted Kennedy's seat made amending the Senate bill in the house untennable because the Republicans now could and certainly would fillibuster the process. No worries thinks Obama and Pelosi, we can pass the Senate bill and tell others that we can change it afterwards. All this done again while taking the case to the American people who again and again tell them, we hear you and we don't want this.
What kind of ignorance and arrogance it must take to fail on all these levels to sell your policy to the opposition and to the American people and yet pass it under assumption that "they'll take us later." Even after signing the bill into law the President has stated he will hit the road again to tell us how great it is. For having such a great education this guy is about as clueless as Mr. Magoo. He's campaigned over and over and over and over on this same damn thing and now thinks somehow doing the same thing will change it? When he sees an angry public he will simply pat himself on the back and tell himself that "this is the way it must be, but give it time they will agree with me." November can't come soon enough. Every single one of this fucking dems needs to get tossed out on their ass where they will be forced to sit and watch as we repair or attempt to repair this unprecedented damage that has been done to our country.
Eh, kind of a bad write up, but dawg gone it I'm ticked about this and needed to type something.
-Zach
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