For me it was never a close call. From the first time I learned anything about then Senator Barack Obama, I was convinced that he was a left wing (as opposed to liberal) politician. I read his book, “The Audacity of Hope.” It is an Orwellian work, in which Obama touts his moderate credentials while providing a big spending, big government solution to every problem known to man.
Then the presidential campaign started. We quickly learned about Obama’s participation in the Chicago Democratic machine, Rev. Jeremiah Wright and William Ayers. There is a good chance your mommy told you, “You will be judged by the company you keep.” And you know what? Looking at the company someone keeps is usually a pretty good indicator of who that person is.
We have recently learned that the President intends to push the stalled health care legislation through Congress using the “reconciliation” process, thereby avoiding the need to get 60 votes in the Senate. There is now only one reason to continue down this path: an undying commitment to government control of the largest single sector of the U.S. economy.
The people do not want this. Every credible poll shows a 15% to 20% disapproval gap. It is a budget buster. There is no chance to get Republican support and claim bipartisanship. Members of the President’s own party inside Congress don’t want this. It seems almost every Democratic analyst that isn’t on the White House payroll thinks this is a bad idea. Americans understand that the economy in general, and the unemployment rate in particular, is a much bigger priority. And you can’t even argue that Obama is looking at the pure politics of the situation. Forcing passage of the health care legislation will take a dreadful November outlook for Democrats and make it worse.
Forcing this through under these circumstances will once and for all demonstrate what many of us have known all along. This president is hell bent on a statist system in America. How on earth did “the land of the free and the home of the brave” come to this? It is beyond disturbing.
