Folks,
I have run out of words and thoughts that would attempt to explain the thinking of the left. As the posts by Birdman, Steve and myself discuss, we are each unable to reconcile the high desire of self preservation that every elected official has with the “CHARGE” mentality of forging ahead with placebocare.
In an attempt to create a mental picture of what I’m seeing, imagine that the look out on the Titanic had just spotted the iceberg while it was still about two miles off. Most of us would expect that upon notification, the Captain would tell the helmsman to slow down and steer a course to avoid the iceberg. If Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid were that Captain, I’d see them responding by telling the helmsman to set a course directly for the iceberg and yell loudly for the engines to be increased to “full speed ahead.” They would do this because while they know there will be casualties, they’re OK with those casualties.
The latest evidence of Pelosi and Reid giving the American people the middle finger comes from Rasmussen. Amongst their latest findings:
- Seventy-eight percent (78%) of voters nationwide say it’s at least somewhat likely that the health care reform legislation working its way through Congress will cost more than projected.
- Eighty-one percent (81%) also think passage of the legislation is at least somewhat likely to lead to higher middle-class taxes.
- The survey finds that 68% believe the legislation will increase the federal budget deficit.
No more is it sufficient to say that the American people are not in favor of placebocare. With the latest Rasmussen results, we are now able to say that up to 81% of the American people believe that both Houses of Congress AND President Obama are lying to them about the implications of this legislation!
Stop for a moment…………………………………………..Just sit still………………………………………Sip your coffee…………………….breath deeply………………………………………consider that last statement…………………
Up to 81% of the American people believe that both Houses of Congress AND President Obama are lying to them about the implications of this legislation!
And yet, they proceed!
Speculate with me…….
Likely a bunch of the (D) folk know that the bill is un-constitutional (take your pick–5th, 10th Amendments plus “mandate”, wherever that fits.)
So they can vote “yes,” knowing full well that the bill will be squashed by the Courts.
But they also make the nutroots happy, and QueenNancy/Harry/Barry, all at the same time.
Well, I seem to remember Pres. Bush saying he would sign McCain Feingold, expecting it to be overturned by the courts. That didn’t work out so well than and I doubt it would this time either. That said, I’m open to all options.
But remember, we’ve got a republic, so our elected reps and leaders can do what’s “best for us” – not what the masses would vote to do (in a direct democracy.) Sometimes, being a republic is frustrating, much as I praise the concept for most cases!
No doubt. However, if they voted for what their states wanted, I’d be willing to bet the bill wouldn’t have gotten more than 20 votes! Clearly people like Ben Nelson, Jim Webb, Mary Landrieu, Evan Bayh and others, are not voting the way their constituents want them to. Heck, even in leftest MN, Placebocare is not favored. That puts two of the hardest core leftests, Klobuchar and Franken, on the wrong side of the vote!