The New (Old) Government Option; the Old (New) Shell Game
The so-called “public option” is now out; it finally became clear even to Senate Majority Leader Harry “Pinky” Reid (D-Caesar’s Palace, 75%) that there was no way in Hades that the public option could get the 60 votes needed to proceed on the Senate version of ObamaCare.
So he has swapped in a ringer: In [...]
Stupid Mistakes
That’s a Democrat’s opinion on the the White House’s phony numbers for those jobs “created or saved” it touts from a government-run website:
A powerful House Democrat used unusually harsh terms to blast the Obama administration’s manipulation of stimulus data Monday night, and demanded an honest accounting of results from the $787 billion government program.
Rep. Dave [...]
WSJ: Obama’s Medicare Contradictions Worthy Of The Marx Brothers
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board examined some of Barack Obama’s statements pertaining to Medicare today, and found that his contradictions were so egregious they came across like an old Marx Brothers routine:
[...] The thing about the bully pulpit is that Presidents can make the most fantastic claims and it takes days to sort [...]
For Democrats confused about the nature of the opposition to their plans
The White House and the Democrats in Congress would do well to read Doctor Zero’s excellent piece on just who, we the opposition, are, and what we stand for.
There seems to be a bit of confusion among Democrats about the nature of the opposition to their plans. Maybe I can help clear things up, by [...]
Kennedy: Let’s Ration Health Care
Newsweek Managing Editor Daniel Klaidman explains that his magazine decided to ask Sen. Ted Kennedy to author a cover piece on health care, because “his absence during this historic debate had been so palpable, yet here was a way for this respected voice on health care to weigh in and be part of the national [...]
