The will of the......people?

It appears some of our leaders in Washington are on the verge of passing health care reform literally like a thief in the night, but why has it been so difficult for them? How is it that legislation aimed at literally insuring millions, and practically advertised and campaigned for by the main stream media is still having so much difficulty passing? It would take pages and hours of typing to go into this topic and depth, but for starters, let me be bold enough to say that the reason is simply that Americans know it just doesn't add up. I can't think of a single person with half a soul that doesn't want every American insured. Yes, even heartless conservatives care deeply about this problem, but I believe the average citizen knows deep down that a government with such an abysmal record of inefficiency, so massively in debt, and so severely bound by special interests probably can't possibly deliver better, cheaper health care than the free market (especially a free market that's truly free of all of it's current ridiculous regulation shackles).

The American people are pretty clear. They didn't want Hillary Care, and they're not that much more thrilled with Obama care either. A Rasmussen national telephone survey from a few days ago finds that 62% are opposed to a single-payer system and another 12% are undecided. Most Democrats (54%) favor this type of system, though 37% are opposed. Most Republicans (87%) and voters not affiliated with either party (64%) are opposed to the idea. That last tidbit should be a big wake up call for Obama and Congress: It isn't just "hearltess right-wingers" opposing this; Independents oppose it by almost 2 to 1. Oh, and for those that say this bill is only to introduce competition into the market, and it's not about replacing the private market with a single-payer system........uhh yeah. That's like saying I only drove a little drunk, or she sort of consented....either the private market delivers health care or the government takes it over. That's it. One way is constitutional and the reason we enjoy the hight quality care that we do, and the other way involves the government stepping in to fix every little problem, which inevitably makes every little problem into an even bigger problem. Don't be fooled by the middle ground...there is none. The president and other liberals in key positions have one agenda in mind: universal health care.

But while our president isn't letting that annoying little thing called the will of the people get in the way of his agenda, some Senators are. Even many Democrats are actually trying this crazy thing called "listening to their consituents" and Obama & friends are having to resort to less than ideal tactics to get their way. In order to even bring the health care bill to debate on the senate floor, Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu was bribed to the tune of $100 million of federal money for her state in exchange for her vote. And Senator Reid has been going off on tirades that make Howard Dean look like Mother Theresa claiming that those opposed to this health care bill were akin to those opposed to the civil rights movement.
These tactics are nothing less than disgusting, and they will NOT go unnoticed. Congress' and Obama think they'll be vindicated in the end by ramming this leglislation through by whatever means necessary. If there's one theme over the last year, it's "the end justifies the means." In the end, if this bill passes, it will lead more to buyer's remorse than vindication. This may give them a short term boost, but long term it will not be the cure to their abysmal approval rating. For the first time in history, the majority of Americans (55%), rate members of Congress as having low or very low integrity. And while Obama is technically still in the "not bad" range at 47%, every President enjoys a honeymoon period after being elected. To dip down this low in less than 1 year is the fastest decline since Harry Truman.

Translation: Washington, we don't trust you. You cannot continue to give the perverbial finger to the American people and the Constitution and expect it to end well. And that advice won't even cost you any money, which i'm sure you'll need more of in the days ahead as some Senators may need some more "convincing". JRD