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The Obama Watch
Ironed Out
What President Obama considers “details.”
Barack Obama said on Wednesday night that he “did not come here just to clean up crises.” True, he also came to create them. Even the dominant media noticed that the health care “crisis” had grown a little less severe by Wednesday night.
Previously, Obama had cited “46 million” uninsured in America. But in Wednesday’s speech the number of uninsured suddenly dropped by 16 million, as Alec MacGillis noted in the Washington Post.
“There are now more than 30 million American citizens who cannot get coverage,” Obama said. This casual change in his apocalyptic rhetoric once again illustrates that sorting through his gravely-cited numbers in the tedious back-and-forth of this debate is pointless: they usually disintegrate under close scrutiny.
Obama’s speech was only accidentally interesting in its propagandistic arrogance and revealing defensiveness. His anger at “lies” grows in proportion to their accuracy.
The dictatorial tone of this passage was particularly telling: “It’s worth noting that a strong majority of Americans still favor a public insurance option of the sort I’ve proposed tonight. But its impact shouldn’t be exaggerated — by the left, the right, or the media. It is only one part of my plan, and should not be used as a handy excuse for the usual Washington ideological battles.”
Imagine the reaction to a Republican president issuing a scolding like this on how political opponents and “the media” should weight a given proposal.
In his customarily controlling manner, Obama seeks to stunt the debate by setting up narrow propagandistic parameters for it: to reject the bill is “politics,” to “improve” it is statesmanship. “The time for games has passed. Now is the season for action,” he said. But the only sane response to a bad bill is flat opposition. Bitter experience has shown by now that “the risks” of an inactive federal government are well worth running.
Why Obama needed to hector “the media” on the proper interpretation of his propaganda wasn’t clear. They have worked overtime to disseminate it and regulate Republican criticisms. Journalists never fail to denounce the “death panel” objection to the original end-of-life-consultation provision in the House bill as a “myth” and “rumor.” Washington Post media critic Tom Shales, apparently a careful student of the proposals in between clicks of his remote, called it the “most preposterous” of objections.
But if it is so preposterous, why hasn’t the provision been restored to the proposals? Put it back in the bill if it is so harmless. That Obama and his allies protest this objection so much reveals one of the bill’s most basic weaknesses: a morally reckless and incompetent federal government is fundamentally untrustworthy in the eyes of the American people.
Of course, the federal government is not going to announce that it will pressure the elderly to choose euthanasia in the hopes of cutting costs, but if end-of-life consultations were enacted that’s exactly what would happen. Of course, Obama is going to say that he would never dream of subsidizing abortions in his plan. But he already does subsidize abortions, both at home and abroad, through his first executive orders.
To hear the Democrats in recent days talk reassuringly about the “Hyde Amendment” that banned the federal government from paying for most abortions, one would think they voted for it. They didn’t. And if a stronger version of the Hyde Amendment were now proposed, they would never support it.
Obama didn’t scream “you lie” at his opponents, but said the equivalent more sedately, even though each objection branded a lie is a reasonable interpretation of what the federal government has already undertaken or he has proposed previously. To Obama, these objections are just “details” to be “ironed out.” To millions of Americans, they are heedless proposals that could cost them their lives.
About the Author
George Neumayr, a contributing editor to The American Spectator, is co-author, with Phyllis Schlafly, of the new book, No Higher Power: Obama’s War on Religious Freedom.
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drudge ette obama| 9.11.09 @ 6:21AM
So 'bama didn't come to D.C. to fix crises? What planet did he come from? I guess he thought it would be nonstop Earth, Wind & Fire concerts in the Green Room. What a whiner and excuse maker. Come back at ya,'bama, twice as hard.
And this Tom Shales guy? Have they done a DNA test on him yet? Does he run? Put some lipstick on him and he'd look like a bargain shopper at the Dollar Store.
And just because I thought it, does anyone else out there think David Axelrod looks like Hitler?
Nick| 9.11.09 @ 6:52AM
drudge ette obama,
I don't know about Hitler, but have you ever noticed that Howard Dean looks like a computer aged picture of Lee Harvey Oswald?
drudge ette obama| 9.11.09 @ 7:13AM
Nick,
If Howard Dean was a conservative, the progressives would say he looked like a trust fund frat boy. Howard Dean needs some hippie sandals. He doesn't match his rhetoric.
Are you thinking that maybe Howard Dean is Lee Harvey Oswald's offspring? Maybe?
Nick| 9.11.09 @ 7:25AM
drudge ette obama,
If I was still a conspiracy nut, I would probably give serious consideration that he WAS Oswald.
You know there were at least 3 running around Dallas in '63, right? Just ask Oliver Stone!
Big J| 9.11.09 @ 7:50AM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but there was a mechanism built into the "Hyde Amendment" that requires it to expire and be voted on each year.
The fear of taxpayer funding of abortions could be easily dismissed by making this legislation permanent, but it will never happen. That would be a slap in the face to dear leader.
The same holds true for coverage of illegal aliens. Twice amendments have submitted, twice they have been shot down.
And the president wonders why everyone is all "wee-weed up".
Big J| 9.11.09 @ 7:50AM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but there was a mechanism built into the "Hyde Amendment" that requires it to expire and be voted on each year.
The fear of taxpayer funding of abortions could be easily dismissed by making this legislation permanent, but it will never happen. That would be a slap in the face to dear leader.
The same holds true for coverage of illegal aliens. Twice amendments have submitted, twice they have been shot down.
And the president wonders why everyone is all "wee-weed up".
Big J| 9.11.09 @ 7:58AM
Sorry for the double post.
Need....More....Coffee!
jack| 9.11.09 @ 8:15AM
when the smoke clears the media and Dems will blame death panel lies for the bills failure,it will go down with other liberal myths like Swiftboats,Bush stole the election in Fl,and Willie Horton,or my favorite George Bush sr. flying in a supersonic fighter jet to iran days before Reagans victory over Carter to stop Iran from releasing hostages before election.
This health bill will die because everyone with half a brain knows government can not run anything
Michael L. Hauschild| 9.11.09 @ 8:35AM
Jack,
"This health bill will die because everyone with half a brain knows government can not run anything."
How could you possibly rely on such wishful thinking from the electorate that put Obama in the WH?
1. No veto possible
2. Blue state election safe majority in house.
3. Fifty one vote reparation in the Senate.
If this fails the only firing squad will be circular. Only massive public outcry will prevent this, beltway dissent by the RINO will evaporate and any representative with stones will be simply labeled "obstructionist."
Ken (Old Texican)| 9.11.09 @ 9:41AM
If the jerks pass it, WE can repeal it! """If"""
The forty million voters who sat on their hineys last November go to the polls next time!
First though, we need to identify the correct people to represent us ...nominate them...and elect them.
If any of you folks from around the country know a splendid candidate, please e-mail
kbjudgeroybean06@gmail.com
Thank you
Tim| 9.11.09 @ 9:47AM
He's so appealing when he does that Il Duce thing with his head. How can you deny him?
All he wants is all you've got...
Shamus| 9.11.09 @ 9:49AM
My guess is that something will be passed this year, perhaps in the form of two bills, one of which goes the reconciliation route. Obama will be able to claim victory. However, the economy will still be a shambles. Obama may be able to spin the health debate but he can't spin job losses.
Nonbeliever| 9.11.09 @ 9:54AM
After reading an op-ed piece in the WSJ that summarily calls out Obama as a bald- faced 'liar', I am truly amazed that any serious person with an IQ above 60 pays the Prez a minute of their attention. He has burned my ears enough to warrant almost instant rejection of anything he says every time he opens his yap. Here's a suggestion, the next speech he gives, the audience, in mass, get up and walk out. Right on Brother!!!!
Tim| 9.11.09 @ 10:02AM
"Of course, the federal government is not going to announce that it will pressure the elderly to choose euthanasia in the hopes of cutting costs, but if end-of-life consultations were enacted that's exactly what would happen. Of course, Obama is going to say that he would never dream of subsidizing abortions in his plan. But he already does subsidize abortions, both at home and abroad, through his first executive orders."
What an irony: the boomers embraced abortion in the tens of millions. Now their surviving children will embrace euthanasia for the tens of millions of aging Boomers. The circle closes, the harvest is complete.
"Another war was indeed waged before the final destruction: but the destruction was final. Only men digging in its deep foundations centuries after found a heap of hundreds of little skeletons, the holy relics of that religion. For Carthage fell because she was faithful to her own philosophy and had followed out to its logical conclusion her own vision of the universe. Moloch had eaten his children. "
-GK Chesterton
http://www.worldinvisible.com/.....art1c7.htm
Northern Rebel| 9.11.09 @ 10:12AM
Whether abortion is legal or illegal, it is the Godless liberals that choose to kill their babies.
Perhaps they will kill themselves off in time to save America, and do so before it's my turn in front of the death panel.
Louis Jenkins| 9.11.09 @ 10:51AM
"Previously, Obama had cited "46 million" uninsured in America. But in Wednesday's speech the number of uninsured suddenly dropped by 16 million, as Alec MacGillis noted in the Washington Post. "
Just two more speeches and the Health Care-Insurance crisis will go away!! Can you hack it? All this fuss over a bill, and an idea, that's not even empowered by the Constitution. What if our illustrious leaders were only concerned with powers delegated to them by that Document? Wouldn't government be more efficient, get more business done, and be a friend to the citizens?
Tx Patriot| 9.11.09 @ 11:16AM
The forty million voters who sat on their hineys last November go to the polls next time!
I appeal to these voters that stayed home not only in this last election but in the 04 election as well. all those principled conservatives who were outraged at the profligate spending of the Bush congress (rightly so) who wanted to "teach the Republicans a lesson" by voting them out of power and giving said power to people who's very existance Depends on tax and spend. Are you happy now? Now that the deficit is measured in Trillions, are we sufficiently "punished"?
To all those millions who stayed home rather than suffer the indignity of pulling the lever for a RINO
over an obvious Marxist, there really is such a thing as the lessor of two evils.
To all those millions of squishy middle of the road Independents who bought the "Hope and Change" lie, is this the change you were hoping for?
I prey that Conservatives and right thinking Independents and indeed fiscally conservative Democrats awaken and root out the monsterous evil in our congress nest November and send them packing. Thanks but NO THANKS!
Faffnir| 9.11.09 @ 12:07PM
Bill J: I recommend Jacobs Kroenungs Kaffee, available from Germandeli.com or better markets.
Nonbeliever: I suggest a better course of action in the crowd taking up the chant of "Bull! Shit! Barry!!" I think the sight of our feckless leader being shouted down might have a salutory effect on him and his minions.
We can always reserve the option of giving them a .38 caliber attitude adjustment. But don't mind me, I have a bad attitude.
Skinny| 9.11.09 @ 12:27PM
Let Obama make two more speeches, each with an equal drop in the uninsured number, and voila!; the crisis is gone!
Dixie Pixie| 9.11.09 @ 1:19PM
Is it just me or has anyone else noticed Obama has still not submitted a Heath-Care Bill to Congress. The “Plan” of which President Obama recently gave a speech to Congress was a vague list of dubious assertions not a submittable Bill to Congress.
The Health-Care Bills under discussion originated in the House and apparently unknown by Obama and his minions. The Health-Care Bill was created by Pelosi's minions so is it surprising Obama's assertions are untouched by reality. Is it I am the only person who noticed Obama gave a speech about a alternate reality known only to him and only believed in by his minions. Could it be Obama is so witless Obama does not understand he has to submit a fully conceived bill to Congress to claim credit for a Congressional Bill. Could it be Obama is so delusional he believes to say it so makes it so.
Al Adab| 9.11.09 @ 1:42PM
If it's only 30MM what's the big deal? That represents 10% of the population. I wonder how many are under 25 and just what they would choose for themselves.
We are beginning to see that this "crisis" is, like so many others, manufactured in order to further some other agenda item. All these actions merge together to create an America vastly different from the Liberty loving nation we suppose it to be.
Andy| 9.11.09 @ 2:05PM
Pass 2 bills, one for liberals and the 30 million uninsured. The Libs can pay for it. The Other bill is no action for the rest of us
John II| 9.11.09 @ 2:08PM
Dixie: A quick thought before I get back to watching old Bullwinkle cartoons. Professor Obama, like most of the people I work with, is neither witless nor delusional. He is fairly bright and he knows exactly what he wants, regardless of whether what he wants is good for the rest of us.
I think Mona Charen had her hand on the man's ideological pulse some weeks back when, in a passing comment on the asinine Professor Gates contretemps and Professor Obama's too-sudden public response, she said: "Mr. Obama adopts his positions before knowing what he is talking about." Whence his absurd blather on "health care."
The really significant thing about the advent of the Obamanation, I believe, is that it represents a sea change in the character of governance. It used to be, not too many years ago, that academia was the only place in America where people who don't know what they're talking about enjoy praise and material advancement for talking. That condition has now been extended to the federal government at the highest levels.
In academia one could always assure oneself that a principal service provided by the modern university to the larger culture is to keep a potentially dangerous class of people busy and off the streets--in short, the university has evolved into a relatively humane asylum whose inmates can do little harm to the "real world."
The advent of the Obamanation indicates that the walls of the asylum have collapsed.
Bill| 9.11.09 @ 2:30PM
Drudgeette and Nick I love your look-a-likes, but are you missing the most obvious. Is Eric Holder really Steadman. Someone should ask Oprah
Oldefarte| 9.11.09 @ 3:25PM
Let me just 'cut to the chase', 'get to the point',etc--------he's FULL OF 'BS' !!!!!
Dixie Pixie| 9.11.09 @ 5:29PM
To John II
Sir, You may have missed my point. The President has been claiming he has submitted a Health-Care bill with defined language in it. However the bills in Congress has a very different wording in the bills. The point is the Health-Care bill the President describes does not match the House bill. In fact, I can not recall if the President did submit a bill to Congress. I have not seen or heard which Representative member submitted the bill to what subcommittee. In short I do not believe the President created or submitted the bill he describes to Congress.
If I am correct this will explain why the President Obama seems so delusional about his own Health-Care Bill. In short Obama is talking about a fictional bill which exists only in his mind while Congress is working on the real legislation.
Conrad Spiracy| 9.11.09 @ 5:44PM
The other day, Rush said he kept screaming the same thing Joe Wilson did during Dear Leader's "oratory." LIAR!
For the record, I only listened to about the last 4-5 minutes of it - I turned on the radio thinking it would be over by then. I'll bet I screamed the same thing about 8 or 9 times in those last few minutes, only more basely.
F**k you, a$$hole!
Con Spiracy
P.S. I have to admit, I did find amusement in the chuckles of the replays I heard in response to his note that (paraphrased), "Obviously, some details remain to be worked out." DUH?!?
jr| 9.11.09 @ 5:58PM
Dixie Pixie, he say it was his plan. There is no proposed legislation that fits exactly with what he said but I suspect will be shortly - from one of the several committees. Why it takes so many groups to draw up a piece of legislation, I will never appreciate it. All of his speeches over the past months was based on his fictional legislation. This was the first time he ever came close to telling the public what he wanted. He did not want to say that he wanted "XX" if it were not going to be enacted - that would be a turndown and that is not in his making. He does not make mistakes! I think that there will be a health care law, but doubt that he will get a public option at the start. There will be a trigger. At this point his plan is fiction but it will take wings and something will pass and only a couple-to-few Repubs voting for it. Maybe McShame will vote for it since he got some face time at the Big Wingding and took a bow for helping Obama.
John II| 9.11.09 @ 7:17PM
Dixie. I didn't miss your point; I took exception to the language you used to speculate about Professor Obama's condition of mind. It is, no doubt, a kinder guess to suppose that Professor Obama is "delusional"--that he's mentally unhinged in some way. But I don't think his trouble is mental; I think it is moral. He is not delusional; he is a liar.
For a fuller explanation without my grumpy cynicism, please check Tom Sowell's piece in today's NRO. And now back to Bullwinkle.
Nick| 9.11.09 @ 7:26PM
Bill,
Thanks!!
To me, Holder looks like an older version of Carlton Banks from "The Fresh Prince".
And to use Holder's own words, "Eric Holder is a piece of crap!"
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drudge ette obama| 9.12.09 @ 3:56AM
Bill,
Your gift is recognizing what others just think about. I see it exactly. Eric Holder is Steadman and that is why Oprah (similar sounding to Obama) moved to Georgetown.)
Nick, can we invite Bill to join the club?
Michael L. Hauschild| 9.12.09 @ 8:35AM
The RINO fix is in. Drudge has reported this morning that the WH has decided to include language in the health care legislation that excludes illegal aliens. (After all we must fix the border first) Now the Republican capitulators will cave, pass some form of legislation (which will be amended in joint session to remove that language and therefore INCLUDE “undocumented workers). A chorus of “You lie” shouts will occur but those oak doors where the blue state election perpetual office holders in the smoke filled rooms are sound proof.
THIS IS NOT OVER.
Oh, and kudos to Glen Beck for his over ruling the staffing criteria of the Census Bureau. Sadly that "change" will be moot for the same reason; the job application will not contain the question, "Did you, have you, or will you in the future work for ACORN.
drudge ette obama| 9.12.09 @ 9:06AM
Michael Hauschild:
You see the writing on the wall. Why does Olympis Snowe come to mind here? Or John McCain? This is plan two.
Where can I get a bumper sticker that says, "You Lie"?
Ruth| 9.12.09 @ 9:51AM
Death squad ideas come from Ezekiel Emanuel's work. Read it online. This is O's health "advisor." Also, for giggles, but scary too, read Cass Sunstein's ideas. Animals should be able to sue us, hunting abolished, etc... These are the types of people O surrounds himself with because these are his ideas. Birds of a feather, etc...
rover | 9.12.09 @ 11:31AM
The most important and relevant speech in the history of our nation consists of one word.
"LIAR" Finally someone with gonads!
Marc Jeric| 9.12.09 @ 12:16PM
Some call our President Emperor Hussein but I prefer the name Abu Hussein from Kenya, our Community Organizer-in-Chief. Well - his only "working" experience was as a) community organizer; b) lawyer for community organizers; and c) law instructor for future lawyers for community organizers. As a former refugee from a communist country I am familiar with community organizations - except there they were called local soviets or block committees.
Also about ACORN brownshirts who "sold" about 500,000 houses to welfare recipients (you know, "underserved minorities") and are now the proud recipients of $8.5 billion in "stimulus" money. They committed voter fraud in all 50 states but were caught in only 14; these 14 "investigations" will all be squashed by the AG Holder as without basis. They will also be reistated as the group responsible for the 2010 census after they fire perhaps 6 "irresponsible" members.
As for the 33 so-called czars in the White House - to me and other refugees from communism they were better known as komissars. The place of the Green komissar is temporarily vacant, but will shortly be filled by another eco-nazi. Of course, as soon as we get this government takeover of health care insurance industry we will get still another komissar there. OK - the picture of our future is becoming somewhat clearer, you will admit?
Carolyn Luke| 9.12.09 @ 6:20PM
"You Lie!" bumber stickers available at WND .
Nick| 9.12.09 @ 11:09PM
drudge ette obama,
Sure Bill can join. The more the merrier!
Who do you think Michelle Obama looks like?
She reminds me of Kim Wayans of "In Living Color" doing Grace Jones!
Jim O'Brien| 9.13.09 @ 8:52AM
I hear that the Democrats want to cut Medicare by $500 billion. Obviously, this would have an extremely negative impact on senior citizens. It is outrageous and totally unacceptable. Similarly, Obama wants to eliminate Medicare Advantage plans administered by private insurers, even though they work very well.
Who would be the beneficiary of all these Medicare cuts? Answer: illegal aliens and millions of citizens who are still working, who Obama plans to force into government-run medical insurance. The best thing the House and the Senate can do right now is Nothing. The proposed legislation, which seems to change every few hours, is loaded with features that would reduce the quality of medical care in the United States. Despite all the noise, the fact is that we have the best medical care in the world. We don't need more socialism; we have too much already.
Representative Joe Wilson is correct: Obama is a liar. He is also a socialist who would like to destroy all private medical care, the Constitution, my freedom, and my life. I sent Congressman Wilson a thank you note, and a check.
Scott| 9.13.09 @ 10:16AM
Absolutely!
The creation of crises so that they can be "solved" via the growth of government is the most obvious sort of path for the Marxist to take in America, a la "Embrace the Marxist Rebellion Against God? YES! WE! CAN!" at http://firebreathingchristian......es-we-can/
I was very encouraged to see the marchers out in such force yesterday. There is hope...
Renascent| 9.13.09 @ 3:41PM
Here is a critical element of the Obama speech. Aside from waste, fraud and abuse, he says:
"Much of the rest would be paid for with revenues from the very same drug and insurance companies that stand to benefit from tens of millions of new customers. And this reform will charge insurance companies a fee for their most expensive policies, which will encourage them to provide greater value for the money — an idea which has the support of Democratic and Republican experts. And according to these same experts, this modest change could help hold down the cost of health care for all of us in the long run."
So how should we interpret this carefully phrased passage? Will PPO policies subsidize HMO policies? Will those with pre-existing conditions subsidize those without? It is time to bring the hidden assumptions into view!
Dixie Pixie| 9.13.09 @ 5:29PM
To John II
I am sorry to interrupt your study of the Rocky and Bullwinkle show. I can understand your interest as Snidely Whiplash is rumored to be the next “Czar of Nonexistence Death Panels” and Obama is modeling his administrative role on “Fearless Leader”. The original “Fearless Leader” not the Robert De Niro version.
Over the summer the health-care debate has centered around HR3200 and its provisions. Then Obama gave his speech to both Houses of Congress. During the speech I was surprised that Obama was ignoring the entire summers debate by giving much the same speech he was giving during the campaign. Then it hit me, Obama never did submit a Obama-Care Bill to Congress. Obama was not talking about HR3200 or any other House or Senate Bill. Obama's Health Care Bill exists only in Obama's mind as no one else has seen his Bill. This is truly delusional behavior to ignore the political opposition points and HR3200 as written. It is even more delusional behavior to keep referring to something no one else can see. Maybe Obama does not want any one to see his Health Care Bill for political reasons. It is still delusional behavior to keep referring to a Bill when no one else can see it.
Consider the following, Obama emphatically stated “Death Panels” was a lie. Yet it has been widely documented when, how, why and to who the panels would apply. To deny a documented fact that has all ready occurred is truly delusional. I refer to the lady in Oregon which was denied cancer treatment and was offered euthanasia instead.
I was truly surprised that Obama did not realize by cutting Medicaid and placing cost caps on Health Care would mean patients would be denied medical care due to cost reasons. Cooper Green Hospital in Jefferson County Alabama dumped patients onto the street when the Jefferson County Commission pulled money out of the hospital funding accounts. Obama or his staff must have known about the incident as he referred to Alabama during the speech to Congress. To deny an obvious and public occurrence is delusional behavior at the extreme.
Let me submit your position is only a slice of my position. Obama passionately believes in Liberalism despite the obvious divergence from reality. You claim Obama is simply a liar. I claim he is by reason of his delusional belief system. I submit Liberalism is a madness camouflaged as a political philosophy. Obama is acting out his belief system no matter how amoral / delusional it is.
The sad fact is Obama has no clue how delusional he is. Certainly the Washington Bubble people will not inform him. I foresee a massive policy crash in Obama's future as when one drives policy with ideologically distorted glasses a collision with reality is certain.
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