[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Feeling Sympathetic

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Feeling Sympathetic
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1248831097.shtml


   As I listen to President Obama stumbling and stammering in defense of
   his health care initiative, and he is definitely on defense, I'm
   starting to feel some sympathy for the Congressional Democrats. To the
   last man and woman, they want European-style state run health care,
   even if they won't admit that's what they want. The 2008 elections
   plus Al Franken have their Party firmly in control in Washington. The
   polls were all on their side to "fix" health care. And yet, the whole
   thing is starting to run down their leg, enough to even make them
   rethink 2010. What happened?
   Obama happened. As I said, the President has offered an initiative,
   nothing more, not a plan, not even an outline for a plan, certainly
   not a bill. Such detail work is below his pay grade, and always has
   been it appears. As I posted before the election, Obama has no
   executive experience. As I suspected, we now see why. He has no
   visible executive ability. He cannot plan, execute, and follow
   through. At least he's honest enough to not even try.
   Meanwhile, back at the Capitol, the Congressional Democrats are trying
   to craft a bill, but their own leadership isn't providing any
   direction, either. All they can do is cobble and patch, not write and
   legislate.
   And just when they think they're getting their arms around it, Obama
   goes and nails another platitude up on the wall, like "if you like
   your current plan, you can keep it." Only their bill says otherwise
   and even CNN is catching on.
   Soon they'll recess, and they'll get an earful from the majority who
   aren't fooled, and the minority who will ask what's holding up their
   free lunch.
   I'm a little sympathetic as I said, but it's what they signed up for
   as Democrats, the mathematically certain dead end called Liberalism.