Remember all the way back in 2008 when Barack Obama promised ‘no more politics as usual’? Today, the president plans to nuke that promise. President Obama is going to pursue the nuclear option (so derided by Democrats when they were in the minority) on health care (which would require 51 votes in the Senate as opposed to 60). His reasoning? Everyone does it! Guess who Obama is going to blame for this one….. you nailed it! None other than George W. Bush. It’s so nice to be living in the era of hope and change, with the new politics of Obamalot. The man of hope, who was going to end the practice of ‘politics as usual’ is using ‘politics as usual’ as his justification to ram through a bill anywhere between 58% and 52% of Americans do not want.
How else does The One plan on ramming this bill through? If you guessed scare tactics you’re today’s lucky winner. President Obama plans on painting a picture of the world where health care premiums skyrocket and everyone is at the mercy of evil insurance companies, unless his health care plan is nuked through the Senate immediately. Where else have we heard this chicken-little story that if a bill is not passed immediately the sky is going to fall? The o so necessary TARP and Porkulus bills. How have those two gems worked out? Everything is an emergency. Everything needs to be passed NOW! before anyone can read it. If legislation is not passed we’re always supposed to believe that the sky in fact will fall. 
The President and his Congress have an ever expanding credibility gap. They make promises they have no intention of keeping and they are trying to enact some of the most unpopular legislation in American history. The American people do not want government-run health care, which is what any Democrat health care bill will lead to. Not now, not ever
I disagree with Obama on pretty much everything…but is it fair to call him a liar? I don’t think he’s intentionally trying to destroy the country or screw Americans…I think he’s just sorely misguided in his socialism. I dunno…what do you think?
I think he’s more of a hypocrite than he is a liar, Rebekah. It’s not just limited to him, however, but to the entire left. They subscribe to a different set of principles than those that they wish to apply to the rest of the world. He’s an elitist masquerading as a part of the “grassroots.” Most importantly, he refuses to cooperate with the other side, only giving them ultimatums and whining when they don’t accept them.
The Bamster is a liar. He campaigned on specific promises about openness and transparency which he has broken every step of the way in the health care debate. (Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPMf6kW_1Nw is a video of President Obama promising that C-SPAN would be able to televise all health care debates – one of a number of promises broken – lies.)
Moreover, on the question of is he trying to destroy the country, it depends what you mean. Obama wants to create a permanent class of dependents who do not pay taxes and receive welfare from the government. These people will have no interest in smaller government or lower taxes. In addition, they will be indebted to the Democrats who have “spread the wealth around” to them. Already nearly half of the country fits into the categories of net even or net recipients of government largess. In my view that is intentionally destroying the country.
I thought they were going go use reconciliation? Or is that the same thing as the Nuclear option?
“Nuclear Option” is what the Dems called reconciliation when President Bush wanted to use it (only, Bush was correct to demand it on judge, as I will write about tomorrow).
I wouldn’t be surprised if he started pulling a Clinton and start vetoing everything that the Republicans push through to be his petty self.