Where's all the compassionate Moonbats now? Where is Lil'MarxistMoonbatTommyTomTomForNews not on this story, and why isn't he screaming from the rooftops about how evil ObamaCare is?
On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]>wrote: > Obamacare at two > > http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/03/obamacare-at-two.php > > > Democrats observed the second anniversary of Obamacare in silence > yesterday. Obamacare must really be a problem for them, because they’re > yakking nonstop about everything else with a lower than usual ratio of > veracity to baloney. Charles Krauthammer provides a reckoning in his weekly > column, reminding us of a a few basic and important facts about Obamacare. > Krauthammer concludes: “Rarely has one law so exemplified the worst of the > Leviathan state — grotesque cost, questionable constitutionality and > arbitrary bureaucratic coerciveness.” With the regulations implementing the > law being written and promulgated every day, it’s getting worse all the > time. The 2012 elections provide a possible cure. We are going to have to > rescue ourselves from this nightmare. > > Rush Limbaugh performed a public service this week by turning attention > back to one of the great moments in Obama’s promotion of his signature > achievement. Just about everything Obama ever said to promote the law was a > falsehood of the Big Lie variety, but during the ABC Townhall on June 23, > 2009 (transcript at the link), he blurted out something like the essence of > Obamacare. Citizen Jane humbly asked her president: > > JANE STURM: My mother is now over 105. But at 100, the doctors said to > her, “I can’t do anything more unless you have a pacemaker.” I said, “Go > for it.” She said, “Go for it.” But the specialist said, “No, she’s too > old.” > > But when the other specialist saw her and saw her joy of life, he said, > “I’m going for it.” That was over five years ago. … Outside the medical > criteria for prolonging life for somebody who is elderly, is there any > consideration that can be given for a certain spirit, a certain joy of > living, a quality of life, or is it just a medical cutoff at a certain age? > > In case you missed it back in 2009, here is how the president ruled: > > OBAMA: I don’t think that we can make judgments based on people’s > “spirit.” Uh, that’d be, uh, a pretty subjective decision to be making. I > think we have to have rules that say that we are gonna provide good quality > care for all people. End-of-life care is one of the most difficult sets of > decisions that we’re gonna have to make. But understand that those > decisions are already being made in one way or the other. If they’re not > being made under Medicare and Medicaid, they’re being made by private > insurers. At least we can let doctors, you know — and your mom know — that, > you know what, maybe this isn’t gonna help. Maybe you’re better off not > having the surgery but, uh, taking the painkiller. > > Well, that’s a little blunt. Rush nevertheless provided a useful > translation: “Hey, Mom, I just talked to the president. He said no on the > pacemaker. But I’m to tell you that you’re probably better off not getting > the pacemaker. Here, just take the Percocet.” He also concisely commented: > “I don’t know, folks. This is not the country in which I grew up. It just > isn’t.” > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=U-dQfb8WQvo > -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
