It’s clear that the opponents of the president’s approach to health care reform are being heard, even without shouting. President Obama has backed away from his previous demand that a health care reform bill include a new government insurance program. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., can take some of the credit.
Angry outbursts at public meetings on health care have been labeled “un-American” by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Cal., while Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., coined the awkward phrase “evil mongers” to describe people who disagree with him on health care.
Health care is a vital issue and a public debate is warranted. And a healthy contrast to name-calling took place Monday at the Daniel Island Club, where a large crowd gathered to hear Sen. DeMint talk about the hazards of extending government-run health care.
Stacey Lindbergh, president of the Daniel Island Neighborhood Association, told them, “No shouting, profanity or other inappropriate or uncivil behavior will be tolerated.” The prohibitions were heeded and the scattered protests were silent. And the audience got to hear the senator’s arguments against the proposals now before Congress.
The reason it was so sedate is the DeMint’s constituents know he’s going to vote in accordance with their wishes and against the imposition of a lumbering, incompetent, unconstitutional federal health collective. Legislators insisting on imposing this system on America are getting an earful because they are acting against their constituents’ wishes and interests and in the interests of their Party. It’s really that simple.
I suspect the Democrats are going to find out the hard way just how evil the mongers are going to be on the next election day.
Shouting and protesting was necessary to get the attention of the Obama worshipping congress and State Run Media. If there had been no shouting and protesting, bills would have sailed through both houses of congress and been signed by the president before the end of July.
That said, if an approach to reform can be undertaken with substantive business reforms, removal of anti-trust exemptions for insurance companies, and unshackling of the free market entreprenures then civil dialog to make that happen is needed.
But if the administration and Pelosi and Reed try to ram something else down our throats, what they saw in August will look like a tea party (no pun intended) by comparison.
You mean the NO “Cash for Codgers” plan isn’t playing well in Peoria or the AARP or the Boomers?
Another shock, I tell you!
60,000 seasoned citizens cancelled their AARP membership the week after Obama announced that the AARP was supporting the Health Care bill.
Rep. Tom Price on the bill, from July:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD_YOlUBoIk