It seems the Democrats are going to do to the American people what they did to their colleagues in congress. Shut us out.
Reacting to the constant barrage of informed tax-payers questioning the socialist leaning government take over of the our health care, the so called "Town Hall" meetings are being replaced with conference calls or one-on-one calls with supporters. If they are not replaced, they are completely eliminated. The great state of Michigan only had one opportunity for questions when John Dingell refused to answer why a mans wheel-chair bound son would not be able to get medical help under the government plan. John Dingell's answer was that there are many bills in congress. Theres only one bill that is being sought passage for congressman. It's the one you admit to having not read entirely. And your one of the authors of it!
While I do get most of my editorial briefings from FOX news and Rush Limbaugh, I do keep an eye and ear to what the other side is saying. Then, as an equal opportunity voter, I look at the evidence. And here are the most obvious facts that put the Democrats in a light of questionable character:
If this plan is so important for America then why are they not quoting it verbatim as the brilliant savior of the health and welfare of America they claim it is? Why hasn't one Democrat said "I have read the bill and I am thoroughly satisfied with it's content"? Instead, we here "I don't have the time to read all 1,000 plus pages". It's your recess congressman. Sounds like a good time to get caught up on your reading.
If they truly want this to be "Bi-partisan", then why don't they hold bi-partisan town hall meetings? One Democrat member of congress and one opposing Republican. It would certainly maintain a little order. Instead, these meetings are filled with local UAW members holding tax-payer printed placards saying "We All Need Health care" before the doors to the general public even open. Many who go to these meetings are not allowed in. If the meeting is so important, then why don't the people holding these meeting go out and at least meet the overflow crowds?
Why do they feel they must rush this to a vote? According to the bill it won't take effect until 2013. It won't give anyone health care coverage any faster if it's delayed a couple of months to allow congress and the voters enough time to study it. To me, the rush appears to be an attempt to get this passed quick enough to be forgotten by the 2010 elections. That way they can say "We passed a health care plan and nobody was hurt" (...because we wouldn't see the damage until AFTER Obama was re-elected)
I certainly hope my congresswoman holds a town hall meeting because I would like to attend. I might even send a bill for my attendance to the health insurance companies that Nancy Pelosi is claiming to be paying us troublemakers. She doesn't mention that the drug companies are investing $200 million to pass this legislation as it will payoff in their return with tax dollars and members of congress to lobby.(If you an I were supporting the plan at the town halls they would call us community activists.)
History constantly repeats itself when we don't learn from it. The Democrats, it seems, didn't learn from their actions in the first two years of Bill Clinton's term when Democrats still maintained their 40 year hold on congress. The media was shocked at the outcome of the 1994 elections. And they sound very similar today with their constant comments about the Republicans being "disorganized", "without a leader" and "out of touch". It will amaze them how organized and in touch the Republican party will be when the American voter lines up behind the rallying cry of anti-socialized medicine, anti-suppression of free speech and anti-Orwellian tactics of dis-information.
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