| By wvblueguy The sheeple of the United States are being taken in again by a combination of the media and the right wing noise machine. The press has made it clear that the Democratic Party can't hang together on health care and problems with what is referred to as the high cost to taxpayers. Just take a quick look at this article from Reuters that illustrates the negative effect that opponents to the "cornerstone" of President Obama's platform have achieved. The article can be read by clicking here. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Public support for President Barack Obama's strategy to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system appeared to waver as Republicans stepped up attacks on Monday on a plan they say is costly and unworkable. Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele called Obama's efforts to push healthcare legislation through Congress before the August recess "a reckless experiment." "The president is rushing this experiment through Congress so fast, so soon, that we haven't had a moment to think if it would work -- or worse, to think about the consequences to our nation, our economy and our families' economic future if it doesn't," he said at the National Press Club.
The real truth about the CBO's estimates regarding the cost of the President's plan can be read here. In reality the program is deficit neutral! We didn't learn when Hillary and Bill took a shot at it, and it appears we can't control the frame now. How do you get the message out when even your own party can't and won't support you. The President is getting more aggressive in taking on his own party members. He must name those like Max Baucus and John Kerry that are taking huge money from the Militant Health Industrial Complex. Note that the compliant press that rarely if ever spoke out about the recklessness of the Bush years now has no problem taking on Barack Obama with impunity. Check out the diary at Crooks and Liars regarding John King on CNN and his attacks on Democrats attacking Democrats by clicking here. King: So Donna, what is happening? You know, we had an election in November. What we thought we got was united government, a Democrat in the White House, a Democratic House and a Democratic Senate. Instead it seems that we just have a different kind of divided government. You have a Democratic President that's fighting with wings of his own party in congress, including, this is from Democracy for America. It's an email. It's a liberal organization. It is now sending an email to its supporters essentially saying send us money so that we can "run tough ads pressuring Democratic Senators who've taken millions of dollars from the health and insurance interests while standing in the way of one of President Obama's top priorities".
I support the Blue America PAC in running ads against the Blue Dogs and others that are not supporting the Public Option, and have given my fair share. We all need to get on board and let Congress and the press know that health care for all is the answer not the crap we are being fed now. Learn more from Howie Klein by clicking here. Continuing with the same old BS health care in our country will only result in what is now the most expensive health care system in the world dropping even further down the ladder relative to the health of our citizens. |
