Wow, the Associated Press actually does a pretty good job here breaking down Obama's talking points during his speech to a joint session of Congress. They missed a few points but for a main stream media article that's not too bad since they still have a slobbering love affair with Obama. All President Obama could do was reitterate the same old, tired talking points from his left wing nutroots base. He accomplished nothing with his address to the joint session of Congress except for making himself look more and more like the jackass he is and has always been. Only now it is really out there for the world to see.
I think the two most accurate comments by lawmakers came from Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and Sen. Bob Corker
(R-Tenn.). Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) one of Obama's most consistent critics, saw some room for compromise. "It was a good speech, the problem is that what he wants and what they've written are two totally different things," said Coburn, an OB-GYN. “I'm willing to compromise to get things fixed. But I'm not willing to put the government in charge because we don't have a good track record."
Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said it best when he commented after the speech: "I sat there tonight wondering what the purpose of this evening was. I was hoping to hear the president flesh out a middle ground, but instead we heard platitudes and campaign rhetoric."
Also, the outburst from Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) as he shouted "You lie!" when Obama claimed his plan wouldn't offer free care to illegal immigrants, although bad in form, was dead on.
You lie! to President Obama. Rep. Joe Wilson R-(SC)Democrats Boo Bush During 2005 SOTU
At least Rep. Joe Wilson R-(SC) has the balls to say what most Americans are thinking and say it in a forum that will be heard and not squashed by the Main Stream Media - who bury any bad news for Obama, and put on the front page any good news no matter how erroneous it may be just because they love Obama so much.
Joe Wilson was speaking out for millions of Americans who are sick and tired of having ILLEGAL immigrants ruining our healthcare system. ObamaCare is just another way to sneak them into the system, so that when the immigration reform issue comes up he can say that we already have them in our health care system, therefore, why should we not allow them to become citizens? Well Mr. President, let me put it bluntly - BECAUSE THEY BROKE THE LAW COMING HERE, THEY SUCK UP ALL OF OUR BENEFITS (which are supposed to be for AMERICAN CITIZENS!), AND THEY DO NOT PAY TAXES OR HELP OUR COUNTRY IN ANYWAY. GET THEM OUT OF AMERICA NOW!
... And now a taste of Democrat hypocrasy:
Republicans to Obama: Here Are Our Health Plans - Political News - FOXNews.com
Via FoxNews ...Republicans have an offer -- or 35 -- for President Obama if he is serious about wanting to listen to alternative proposals. And now says the Republicans do not have any solutions or plans for healthcare? Oh yeah that is barak Obama, but wait, not so fast...
"You've got the House working group -- solutions working group on health care; you've got a proposal there. You've got H.R. 3400. Or you could go to healthcare.gop.gov and you can see all of the proposals -- all of them. They're right there," House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, told reporters on Thursday.And so you look at the multitude of different proposals that the Republicans have offered and they are all sensible, and cost virtually nothing to execute aside from the paper they are written on. Yet we constantly hear President Barak Obama and Democrats who keep saying that Republicans are not offering any alternatives. Lies, all lies! As you can see in the following article by the Washington Examiner.
"The thing that's killing me is that those very members on the
Republican side have over the course of the last five months offered
some 800 amendments and individual pieces of legislation to the -- to
the president and to (House Speaker) Nancy (Pelosi) and Harry Reid, to
say, 'Hey, this is our contribution.' Every last piece has been
rejected," said Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele.
"So all of this, you know, 'We want to work with you, kumbaya; let's
all get along,' in my view is just blue smoke and mirrors," Steele told
FOX News. "It's typical Washington stuff to say that, and then to do
what we've seen, to have Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid run the tables on
the kind of health care that they want to put in place, and then look
at Republicans and point the finger and go, 'Well, you guys aren't
playing fair or nice with us.'"
Democrats stifle Republican health care plans | Washington Examiner
This is just a snippet of the article but it drives the point home over who is telling the truth and who is lying when they say Republicans - or in Obama straw man speak 'other other side,' or 'some people.'
Rep. Tom Price, the Georgia Republican who heads the House GOP Study
Committee, came to President Obama's speech Wednesday night itching to
make a point. Price, who also happens to be an orthopedic surgeon, has
often heard the president accuse Republicans of criticizing Democratic
health care proposals while having no plans of their own. He expected
Obama to do the same Wednesday night."We knew the president would at some point say something like, 'and
the other side has no ideas,' " Price says. So Price and his Republican
colleagues brought with them copies of the more than 30 health care
reform bills they have proposed in the House this year.Obama didn't directly accuse Republicans of not having a plan. But
he did say he would welcome "serious" health care proposals. "My door
is always open," Obama said.That's when Price held up the sheaf of papers he was carrying -- a
copy of H.R. 3400, the Empowering Patients First Act, which Price and
the Republican Study Committee proposed in July. Other GOP lawmakers
held up their own bills. Some raised a list of all the health care
bills -- there are more than 30 -- proposed by members of the Study
Committee.Why use the props? "To say in a quiet and respectful way, 'Here are
our ideas,' " Price says. "To say to the president, 'You're not being
honest with the American people when you say that there haven't been
ideas put forward, and that you've listened to them, because you
haven't.' "
If you're on the fence wondering if the Democrats' heath care proposal a.k.a ObamaCare will raise taxes on the middle class then you're not going to like this.
It's not every day that you hear a Democratic senator charge that a
fellow Democrat is proposing to raise taxes on the middle class, but
that is what happened on Tuesday when Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va.,
ripped into the health-care bill developed by Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mt.,
the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.
Referring to Baucus, Rockefeller said, "He should understand that (his
proposal) means that virtually every single coal miner is going to have
a big, big tax put on them because the tax will be put on the company
and the company will immediately pass it down and lower benefits
because they are self insured, most of them, because they are larger.
They will pass it down, lower benefits, and probably this will mean
higher premiums for coal miners who are getting very good health care
benefits for a very good reason. That is, like steelworkers and others,
they are doing about the most dangerous job that can be done in
America."
"So that’s not really a smart idea," Rockefeller
continued. "In fact, it’s a very dangerous idea, and I’m not even sure
the coal miners in West Virginia are aware that this is what is waiting
if this bill passes."
President Obama keeps saying that doctors all around the country, as a majority support ObamaCare - BULLSHIT!
What are you going to do when 45% Of Doctors Would Consider Quitting If Congress Passes Health Care Overhaul?
Two of every three practicing physicians oppose the medical overhaulvia Investors Business Daily
plan under consideration in Washington, and hundreds of thousands would
think about shutting down their practices or retiring early if it were
adopted, a new IBD/TIPP Poll has found.The poll contradicts the claims of not only the White House, but
also doctors' own lobby — the powerful American Medical Association —
both of which suggest the medical profession is behind the proposed
overhaul.It also calls into question whether an overhaul is even doable; 72%
of the doctors polled disagree with the administration's claim that the
government can cover 47 million more people with better-quality care at
lower cost.
Transparency You can believe in? Obama's 'facts' coming apart at the seams.
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