February 21, 2010
CHARLIE COOK: Health Care Is Obama’s Iraq.
RELIAPUNDIT 7 MONTHS AGO:
AND AGAIN 4 MONTHS AGO:Monday, September 21, 2009
IS OBAMACARE OBAMA'S IRAQ WAR?
Obama got elected because he is tall and has a great smile, outspent McCain 8-1, lied in a lovely warm baritone about being a centrist, and . . . BECAUSE THE ECONOMY TANKED!
Upon taking office he signed a $787 BILLION dollar "stimulus" bill which no one read and hasn't been spent. (I have previously argued it's really Rahm's and Axelrod's War Chest, a political "stimulus" package meant to stimulate support for Obama.)
Since passing the "stimulus" Obama has focuseD almost exclusively ion OBAMACARE.
Not the economy.
OBAMA HAS TAKEN HIS EYE OFF THE BALL - OFF THE BIGGEST DOMESTIC ISSUE OF OUR DAY: THE ECONOMY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH.
I think this is commensurate with the Left's constant charge from 2004-2008 that the Iraq War was DISTRACTION from the "real war" begun on 9/11 - "the good war" - the war in Afghanistan.
BUT IT'S WORSE!
Obama has not only taken his eye off the main DOMESTIC issue, he has also ignored Afghanistan - the place he swore he he was gonna focus on and get right.
It actually seems more and more like Obama is getting ready to do to Afghanistan what his comrades on the Left - the doves of the Democrats - did to South Vietnam in 1975: abandon them. Like they dd to the Shah a few years later.
It would be keeping with his character to do so.
Or should I say LACK of character.
WORST. PRESIDENT. EVER.
In record time.
Dissent Accordingly.
Posted by Reliapundit @ 11:26 AM ; Permalink
REGULAR READERS KNOW I BEAT THE BIGGIES WITH INCISIVE ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY ALL THE FREAKIN' TIME.Wednesday, December 23, 2009
COMPARING TWO UNPOPULAR CAUSES CHAMPIONED PRESIDENTS: THE SURGE VERSUS OBAMACARE
In 2007, everyone accepted that the status quo in Iraq was untenable. The choices were change strategy or withdraw. Bush courageously decided that a Surge in Iraq was necessary to secure the victory. It was an unpopular move, but as Commander in Chief he could do it despite its unpopularity.
It worked. Its success took Iraq out of the equation for the 2008 Presidential race.
And people look back and agree it was the RIGHT thing to do.
Obama and the Left have decided that totally redesigning the health care and the health care insurance industries - 1/6th of our economy - is necessary, despite the fact that most Americans are happy with their current health care and the fact that government run health care systems - Medicare and Medicaid are run poorly, with huge fraud and massive deficits.
The bills in the House and the Senate do not even satisfy a majority of Democrats, let alone voters.
Yet, the Democrats feel that once a bill is signed into law, that its effects will somehow match the effects of the Surge, and people will look back and agree it was the right thing to do. Before the 2010 election.
This is insane.
Any positive effects Obamacare MIGHT have, (and I don't think there will be any at any time, but if there are any, they) can't possibly be felt until 2012-14. But its negative effects will start AT ONCE: taxes will go up, and plans will change immediately.
So, the Democrats are wrong: unlike the unpopular Surge, Obamacare will not have a political payoff for the Democrats.
Posted by Reliapundit @ 9:32 AM ; Permalink
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