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The President's Speech
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sunspotbaby
SoWal Insider
The chatter I am hearing is that the SC Congressman's timing was rather poor, but statement was spot on.
The NAACP is calling it racist. :roll:
Miss Kitty
Meow
Can we throw out the racist and bible cards, sort of like the high and low scores in competitions? Please???
Lynnie
SoWal Insider
Now, tossing a shoe at him would be racist.
Other chatter: Bush handled his heckling with a smile, not a glare.
Here4Good
Beach Fanatic
Now, tossing a shoe at him would be racist.
Other chatter: Bush handled his heckling with a smile, not a glare.
Bush handled everything with a smile, even when it was inappropriate. You could tell, when he was giving a big speech, that he'd been coached not to smile at the end of every sentence.
Lake View Too
SoWal Insider
I beg to differ...Bush handled everything (including the Iraq war and the economic meltdown) with a smirk.
Smiling JOe
SoWal Expert
I just hope no one throws a shoe at Obama's teleprompter.
Smiling JOe
SoWal Expert
So, did anyone ever find out why the language about the enforcement of the health care being for citizens and LEGAL residents, was deleted from the bill?
Also, Obama says that the $500 billion in current waste from Medicare will pay for the cost of this new health care bill. Can anyone explain to me why the federal government knowingly wastes $500 Billion in Medicare, and yet we think the federal government (which runs Medicare) should be trusted to run the proposed health care in a better manner? That is worse than ridiculous. Why not just start with proving that they can free up the $500 Billion in current waste in this particular program? Basically, I hear this as, "We screwed this one up big-time, but give us a shot and trying the same thing on a larger scale. (Too big to fail comes to mind. If they pass the bill and the health care fails, we are stuck with it because it will be too big to stop it.)
One last thing, Obama on 60 Minutes, said that this bill is on his shoulders. If it fails, he will have to answer for it (in the election). He plans to be at this job (President) for a long time. The only problem with this rhetoric is that the health care bill, if passed, wouldn't start until 2013. Now my math may be fuzzy like George Bush's, but if Obama serves his term from 2009-2013, and this program doesn't start until 2013, how the hell does he think that he has to answer to it? It won't even start until after the next election is decided, and then if implemented and it fails, he wouldn't be eligible to run another Presidential election, so we (American voters) would not be able to hold him accountable at the voting polls. Can someone clear my fuzzy math?
Also, Obama says that the $500 billion in current waste from Medicare will pay for the cost of this new health care bill. Can anyone explain to me why the federal government knowingly wastes $500 Billion in Medicare, and yet we think the federal government (which runs Medicare) should be trusted to run the proposed health care in a better manner? That is worse than ridiculous. Why not just start with proving that they can free up the $500 Billion in current waste in this particular program? Basically, I hear this as, "We screwed this one up big-time, but give us a shot and trying the same thing on a larger scale. (Too big to fail comes to mind. If they pass the bill and the health care fails, we are stuck with it because it will be too big to stop it.)
One last thing, Obama on 60 Minutes, said that this bill is on his shoulders. If it fails, he will have to answer for it (in the election). He plans to be at this job (President) for a long time. The only problem with this rhetoric is that the health care bill, if passed, wouldn't start until 2013. Now my math may be fuzzy like George Bush's, but if Obama serves his term from 2009-2013, and this program doesn't start until 2013, how the hell does he think that he has to answer to it? It won't even start until after the next election is decided, and then if implemented and it fails, he wouldn't be eligible to run another Presidential election, so we (American voters) would not be able to hold him accountable at the voting polls. Can someone clear my fuzzy math?
BeachSiO2
Beach Fanatic
I believe your math is accurate and is even more interesting when placed against the discussion of how this must be done NOW. I see it taking a couple of years to ramp up, but four years is a long time in even federal government standards.