The President's Case

It's not so much that he's making a case for government health care anymore as it is him blaming conservatives for all the world's ills. His argument, perhaps to weakest political argument ever made, is that opponents of the plan are "bogeymen" who spread "misinformation" through Rush Limbaugh and Fox News. As I noted in my previous post, the opponents have very specific concerns derived directly from the language of the bill, but Bama and his cronies refuse to answer those concerns - because they are unanswerable - instead desperately hoping their reverse scare campaign works.

I'm sure Bama was one of history's worst lawyers, given his total inability to construct a logical counter-argument using fact. Your average high school Mock Trial lawyer would eat him for lunch and ask for seconds. It's no wonder he had to find work as a community organizer where his emotional appeal could be utilized with similarly weak-minded people. The people who filled the room in New Hampshire fit this mold - the mindless automatons who hang on his every word without subjecting those words to any kind of reason. I can guarantee he gets the same reception wherever he goes - the event handlers will go to all means to make sure he's got a partisan crowd that loves him to make it look like everyone still loves Bama and supports his great ideas. Don't be fooled - the majority of the country holds the opposite opinion of the obfuscator-in-chief.

Rest assured, things do not look good for Bama and the Dems. AARP recently reversed their support of the bill and congressmen continue to get drowned out by legitimate concerns across the country, all the while the Democrat leadership attacks instead of explains the bill. Nancy Pelosi is the biggest ally the opposition could ask for - her total disregard for anyone else's point of view and complete lack of social etiquette - inferring that protesters are nazis and attacking them in an Op-ed in USA Today - just makes her seem detached from reality and certainly the public, so if she's supporting the plan it must be full of crazy garbage.

While I was certain a month ago that the Dems would push this thing through regardless of public opinion, today I'm not so sure, and I have our inept President to thank. Without his total bungling of this issue America wouldn't have had a chance to speak. We finally have hope.