"The time for bickering is over. The time for games has passed. Now is the season for action," Obama said. "Now is when we must bring the best ideas of both parties together ... Now is the time to deliver on health care."
Apparently the Political Process or debate and compromise is childishness to our Savior... I mean President. Bickering? GAMES??!! You condescending pain in America's collective butt! When you were in the Senate you debated against the conservatives... but NOW that they disagree with you it is bickering? I am disgusted.
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Debate and Obstruction are two entirely different things.
ReplyDeleteWhats sad is that the bill would have been much better if the GOP put forth some ideas and compromises in good faith. I do admire the irony that the evil filibuster, once demonized as an antiqued clause, is now the GOP's best friend.
Just goes to show you the nonsensical whims of a party stuck in the woods, that has no will to govern; just be elected.
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ReplyDeleteI think you are missing the point here. The GOP didn't put forth a plethora of ideas or compromises because the majority of them don't want universal/socialized health care in ANY form. Much of the debate, in Washington, in Town meetings, and in homes and classrooms across America, was whether to have one or not, not which parts to have. THOSE were the problems many Liberals who balked had. But many conservatives didn't want the bill in any form. Obama's statement implied the opposite. He implied that it was a foregone conclusion that Healthcare was right and was going to pass. It was arrogant, stupid, and downright insulting--like most of the crap that comes out of his mouth.
Don't be obtuse, my incognito friend. Both sides cry foul when the other side is partisan in any way, and then they go and do it themselves. Obama, in his own book, describes the justification for partisan politics by the minority, and decries the practice of bemoaning partisan politics by the majority party. Then he gets elected, along with the liberals retaining a majority, and he charges the conservatives with using partisan tactics. As always, Obama is the embodiment of hypocrisy, as are MOST politicians on EITHER side. (Anyone who tries to imply that one side has the market cornered on political shenanigans is a fool, which you seem to be proving yourself to be.) Filibuster is a necessary part of the process, and either side should be ashamed of condemning it.
As for your final statement, "no will to govern; just be elected" you certainly ARE a bloody fool. You just described a large percentage of virtually every governing body this world has ever known. But, the conservatives are NOT championing policies that will make the people ever more dependent on a growing, overreaching government. You want to talk about "will to govern" or being power-hungry, you are pointing in the wrong direction.
Back when The Colonies were crying about "taxation without representation" Benjamin Franklin cautioned against thumping that point too much because then Parliament might just give the Colonies a representative or two, and then they'd be easily outvoted so We'd have nothing to complain about, we'd have representation, and Britain would get its own way anyway. IF the Conservatives had offered ideas "in good faith" as you said, then some changes would have been made and there'd be no reason not to vote in a bill they adamantly were opposed to.
ReplyDeleteThe American People did not want this. The liberals pushed on anyway. These next elections will reflect the true will of the people.