Comments on: Obamacare in Retreat

By: steve risher

steve risher — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:04:11 +0000

If the GOP had used a strict PR system for electing delegates I doubt that McCain would have been nominated. It also might have returned the national convention to
something relevant and (gasp) even exciting.

By: Scott D

Scott D — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:23:31 +0000

The elites in Washington and the media sit around in a big circle telling themselves that the Yahoos in the hinterlands are just too stupid to care for themselves without the guidance of their betters. You do this long enough, and sooner or later you start to think you can get them to believe absolutely anything. Even this:

We can give 50 million more people access to free health care without any more doctors and it won’t cost the rest of you anything.

By: americangenie

americangenie — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:01:47 +0000

Excellent piece of work. Great read. Thank you.

God bless the Constitutional Republic of America!

By: Carrie M

Carrie M — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:14:47 +0000

I hate to say that it’s completely “defeated.” Rather, I worry that it’s yet another “say one thing, do the opposite”. After all, who knows what sorts of things they’ll try to sneak into any upcoming bill at 3am the day of the vote?!

He knows people aren’t happy, sure, but then all these beltway elites are the same ones who think THEY know best how to run OUR lives, spend OUR money, etc., etc. I still think the war on this is far from over, and this was only a minor acknowledgment of “public opinion.” It remains to be seen whether he and congress will ultimately back down (not to mention provide any semblance of actual transparency when it comes to the final version of whatever “reform” bill they eventually pass).