Another Health Care speech and my take.........

I just put the television and couldn't believe my eyes that Obama is on LIVE again this morning rehashing the speech from last night. Perhaps he was up all night reviewing the polls with Axelrod and Rahm and they've figured out what went over well and so he's hammering those points...again.

This morning, I'm struck again by what I felt last night during the short minutes I could stand to watch (it was hard with Pelosi right behind him). What struck me was this president's subtle and sometimes not so subtle but constant belittlement of PROFIT and COMPANIES. "Try to make the insurance companies honest..." he repeats this morning... "they who make profit......." as if his lip should snarl and say "they who pass typhoid to your children". Has another American, capitalist President ever said PROFIT and COMPANIES with such belittling disdain? It feels almost like he's joking as it goes so against American values. No PROFIT? No private COMPANIES? IS that the goal? Then, how could he have encouraged our children to do well in school and get good jobs in Tuesday's speech? No profit? No companies? Will they be forced to work for government, have their hard-won successes redistributed? "Details...details..."
As for SC Representative Joe Wilson's outburst "YOU LIE!", Politico's Glenn Thrush says this: “A little-known South Carolina Republican may have done more than the president’s combative speech to unify besieged Democrats around health care reform." Well put, Mr. Thrush. But, the BIGGER STORY here is that I still can't find any media sources digging to see if Wilson was right or not about Obama wanting to cover illegals. What I feel is that Wilson was not right in yelling what he did, I thought it was bad manners. But, I find it even more scary now because the media's concentrating on THAT and not that Obama still isn't quite truthful and still not completely forthcoming about the bill. Mr. Wilson gave Obama a wonderful 'out'.
Regarding illegal coverage, Obama said this in late July ""First of all, I'd like to create a situation where we're dealing with illegal immigration, so that we don't have illegal immigrants," he said. "And we've got legal residents or citizens who are eligible for the plan. And I want a comprehensive immigration plan that creates a pathway to achieve that." First of all, Mr. Obama, WHAT DID YOU SAY? Then, AHA, so the way you get around not paying for the health care of those who haven't in any way earned it and aren't even citizens is MAKE THEM CITIZENS! good one, Mr. Obama.......you silver tongued devil. Hey, Maybe Wilson was right...but it took me digging around to find the truth, the media won't do the work the American people deserve. Finally, HERE is something I found that exposes quite a bit.

Then Obama said this: "The one exception that I think has to be discussed is how are we treating children," he continued. "Partly because if you've got children who may be here illegally but are still in playgrounds or at schools, and potentially are passing on illnesses and communicable diseases, that aren't getting vaccinated, that I think is a situation where you may have to make an exception."

And, I SEE...illegal CHILDREN should get free health care because they might pass things on to legal children. Well, that's an excellent point, scares parents to death, and maybe you scored a point for your team. But............is that not ILLEGALS GETTING HEALTHCARE? Couldn't you have delineated that in your speech or are you still afraid too much of the truth will get out?

Here are important parts from Politico's piece on Obama's speech to Congress last night:
"What we have also seen in these last months is the same partisan spectacle that only hardens the disdain many Americans have toward their own government," Obama said. "Too many have used this as an opportunity to score short-term political points, even if it robs the country of our opportunity to solve a long-term challenge. And out of this blizzard of charges and counter-charges, confusion has reigned." I'm wondering if he even realizes that presidents don't talk like this? People have used the health care bill to "score short-term political points"? And you, Mr. Obama, use the health care bill to score long-term financial devastation for America. Which is worse? Who do you suppose he means by "people?". Maybe they're, in reality, just trying to point out problems with the bill? Why the name calling, why the awful belittlement to the whole half of the Congress he apparently holds in such disdain. PRETEND you represent us all, Mr. President; PRETEND there is some dignity and maybe you should take back these and other comments as willingly and quickly as SC's Joe Wilson did after his outburst? I think so. A PRESIDENT should not speak like this. Ever.

Apparently, Republicans scanned their BlackBerrys during the speech. I found that wrong, too, but then I got to thinking "Well, Obama does that to them every day, not paying attention, ignoring.." When the Republicans were holding up copies of GOP bills during the speech, I cheered. Pelosi, Reid, Axelrod, Rahm, Linda Douglass, Obama and more Democrats have all gone on record saying that the Republicans have done nothing but obstruct, but there are some very good ideas the Republicans have tried to promote and they've been shut down; The best idea they've had, in my opinion is "WHAT IS THE BIG HURRY? This is a huge bill, a terribly costly bill, and we need to stop and THINK, we can't be railroaded because the far left wants this NOW!! Birpartisanship has never been deader and yet this president talks like it's alive and well.

“No president has ever been treated like that. Ever,” said White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. And no president has ever tried to railroad a country into a huge bill that needs more time, either. And no president has ever belittled average Americans for their thoughts, opinions, and ideas he might not find to his liking. By the way...does Hillary always applaud with that little vigor?

And, of course, AP is at it again HERE............no nuance, no truth about WHO is uncovered and WHY?
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