09.27
Last week Michelle Obama officially joined the fray on behalf of her hubby to try and pitch the healthcare bill to all the middle-class soccer moms. This is actually great news, because every time she opens her mouth she ends up saying something stupid that the Axelrod machine has to scramble and cover for. There was nothing major this time around, but there was one thing that caught my ears. It was this statement:
And no, it won’t be easy, because there are always folks who are a little afraid of change. We all understand that. We talked about this all during the campaign. Change is hard. Sometimes the status quo, even if it isn’t right, feels comfortable because it’s what we know. So it is understandable that people are cautious about moving into a new place in this society. There will always be folks who will want things to stay just the way they are, to settle for the world as it is. We talked about that so much. This is one of those times.
Wait just one second. Haven’t we been told for months that if we like our current coverage and plans that we can keep them? So, what exactly is this “change” that’s going to be so “hard?” Somebody’s lying here. It’s either Michelle or Barack. They can’t both be singing the same tune if one says nothing will change and the other says change is hard. I’ll give you two guesses on which one it is that’s lying. It’s this type of blatant contradiction that’s killing his own health care legislation. He can’t keep a consistent message to the American public to save his life. And what’s making it worse is that it’s not the run of the mill type of Washington contradictions that we normally get. It’s not telling one group one thing and another group something different. No, these contradictions are of the fundamental type. He’s telling us he’s going to do one thing and then speaking about the results of those things that don’t at all fit logically with what he just said. I don’t know what you call that, but it’s creepy.
I’m going to tell you that quite frankly, the above paragraph from Michelle Obama’s speech chills me to the bone. What’s all this crap about “moving into a new place in society?” I don’t remember signing up for that. If I want to move into a new place in society I think I can handle that on my own Mrs. Obama. I don’t want or need your help. I can handle my own family and life. But, it’s the ease with which she makes that statement that creeps me out so much. She’s basically speaking about how they’re going to remake American society, and doing it with an air of casual nonchalance. As if the authority to do such a thing has ever been given to her.
But, there are so many contradictions coming out of politicians about healthcare “reform.” It’s my opinion that it’s these glaring contradictions that are the main reason the polling on the issue is so low. I’m not believing that all of the sudden the American public is growing tired of handouts from the government en’ masse. No, what’s making them so skeptical is the glaring inconsistency of the rhetoric. When Obama comes out and says he wants a public option to “keep the market honest” and provide competition, and then turns around and says that private insurers have nothing to worry about because government competition always stinks. “FedEx and UPS are fine. It’s the Post Office that’s always messing up”, he says. Well, which is it?
And just last week we found out that there’s not only a fine for not having insurance, there’s also jail time involved. This doesn’t jive with any of Obama’s claims so far that opposition to this is fearmongering. It’s for this reason that the poll numbers dive every time he starts making fresh speeches on healthcare. The more he tries to tell people that government-run healthcare really isn’t government-run healthcare, the more people are going to distrust the whole thing. As well they should. Nobody chooses the government over private enterprise for anything. Why in God’s name would we want the government running health insurance.
