Posted by
"Mind and Morals" Michael Coyne on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 8:45:00 PM
So apparently, everyone who asks a tough question of one of
our elected Congressional Democrats is a part of some vast right-wing
conspiracy. Yeah. Sure. Haven’t we been on this ride before?
What amazes me is that the Dems seem intent on claiming that
those who are critical of the Obamacare proposals are right-wing nut jobs that
think that the President wasn’t really born in America. Don’t see the
connection? Me neither. But that doesn’t stop Liberals from calling opponents
of the healthcare bill “loons” or from both sides alternating calling each
other “fascists.” Constructive, no?
Here are the points I want to make:
1 – The purpose of a town hall-style meeting is for
congressmen and senators to listen to the people. So how does this fit? We’ve
got congressmen shouting down anyone who voices opposition at these meetings:
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=8364201
2 – When the Dems try to draw a line connecting the town
hall dissenters and the dopes that doubt the President’s citizenship, do they
really think that they’re accomplishing anything? True: 25% of the GOP doubts
that President Obama is a natural-born US citizen. But the following is also
true: 33% of Democrats believe that George W. Bush had a hand in plotting 9/11.
Seriously, folks: there are crazies on both sides. Let it go. These are the
people who live in their own little world and would not listen to reason if
their lives depended on it. Debate the rational people, and let the crazies
twist in the wind. I’m a college student from Chicago; I know better than most
that there exists a multitude of ignoramuses who will not listen to anything
anyone says unless it fits their ideology.
I have a plan for the Republican Party. This is wild; you’re
going to love it. Are you ready for this: we all shut up about healthcare.
Seriously. Let the Dems drive themselves into the ground. They will pass a
healthcare bill. With such a grotesque majority in Washington, it’s
unavoidable. Americans know that Republicans hate this bill with visceral
passion, as does most of America. When the Democrats spend every bit of their
political capital on this bill, then we will take back America. We won’t see
the Obamacare machine exist for long. It will flop within a couple of months
and Democrats themselves will dismantle the machine, effectively saying, “Republicans
were right.” When that happens, we will have no shortage of people shouting, “I
told you so!”
So, in summary: the bill (or some version of it) will pass.
But America will not live under Obamacare for any substantive length of time.