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February 7, 2010
Bill Passing Fever! Catch it! Part 6
President Obama is getting tough on healthcare. Yesterday at the DNC:
"The easiest thing to do right now would be to just say, 'Oh, this is too hard. You know, let's just regroup and, you know, lick our wounds, try to hang on,'" the president told the party officials and activists. "We've had a long and difficult debate on health care, and there are some, maybe even the majority in this town, who say perhaps it's time to walk away."But here's the thing, Democrats -- if we walk away, we know what will happen. We know that premiums and out-of-pocket expenses will skyrocket this decade and the decade after that and a decade after that just as they did in the past decade. More small businesses will be priced out of coverage. More big businesses will be unable to compete internationally. More workers will take home less pay and fewer raises. We know that millions more Americans will lose their coverage. We know that our deficits will inexorably continue to grow -- because health care costs are the single biggest driver.
"So just in case there's any confusion out there, let me be clear: I am not going to walk away from health insurance reform. I'm not going to walk away from the American people. I'm not going to walk away on this challenge.
"I'm not going to walk away on any challenge. We're moving forward. We are moving forward. Sometimes, we may be moving forward against the prevailing winds. Sometimes it may be against a blizzard! But we're going to live up to our responsibility to lead."
Bill passing fever! Catch it!
Pass the damn bill, Congress!
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Posted By Bob Cesca | February 7, 2010 1:09 PM
Comments
I paraphrased his speech yesterday as:
"You want me to fucking lead? I'll fucking lead. Now get the FUCK behind me!"
Jennifer
Posted by: jhw22 ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.bobcesca.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at February 7, 2010 2:15 PM
And tomorrow some blogger or reporter will pull one sentence out of that entire speech and question Obama's commitment to HCR - then it will spread throughout the Liberal blogosphere and have everyone pissing their pants - AGAIN.
Posted by: Allonfla at February 7, 2010 4:13 PM
FINALLY! The President gets the catch phrase right -- this has to be sold as "health INSURANCE reform," not as "health care reform" -- even if it has health care components, what people in this country are fundamentally upset about is the cost and hellishness of dealing with the insurance industry, but generally don't want their "care" changed (unless they don't have any, in which case the bill on the table, plus reconciliation fix, will get them some). But all along the Democratic Party has messed up by calling this a "health care reform" plan when they should have been consistently messaging it as a "health insurance reform" plan.
But it's not too late, and I've got bill passing fever! Will call Wyden and Merkley tomorrow!!
Posted by: West of the Cascades at February 7, 2010 4:16 PM
