The Audacity of Hype"

As it stands today, only 42% of likely American voters favor healthcare reform as proposed by the House. 52% strongly disapprove.

So why is Obama destroying the ozone layer by jetting around the country aboard Air Force One trying to shove this monstrosity up ………. No, erase that thought, down our throat?

One thing is clear to me and a growing number of people like me is that this push has little to do with healthcare and is all about government control. And that is surely anathema to the very soul of this Republic.

As a result, this battle has turned into something that Obama cannot win. Of course he and Pelosi and Reid can stuff it through the legislative process but, if they do, they will lose the House next year and the White House in 2012. Let’s see if they think it’s worth it?

Today, Salon.com proposed that the only way to prevail on this issue was to get Obama off the campaign stump and to get rid of Pelosi altogether. As a conservative, that would be disastrous to my cause. Let’s hope that egos and stupidity win out and they both keep on doing what clearly is not working for them.

I know that Obama broke his last teleprompter and for his sake, if not for mine, I hope another one is about to graduate from teleprompter boot camp because without that aide-memoire he’s lost.

Yesterday Obama conducted a Town Hall Meeting in New Hampshire. He spoke in rambling disarray and when it came to answering questions, it just got worse. We now know, via Drudge and others, that the deck was stacked. I’m shocked, stunned and amazed. The young girl who asked the question about the signs she had seen is the daughter of an Obama worker and Drudge also reports that she admitted being prepped. And yet, even so, his response was long, rambling, pathetic and devoid of content.

Some of the other “highlights” included a gem when he tried to draw a comparison between Fedex and UPS on one side and the United States Postal Service on the other. “The former”, he declared, “are doing just fine”. “The Post Office seems to have a problem”.

In terms of moving stuff from hither to thither, the Post Office is the “Public Option”. The other two are not. They are the product of peasant-grinding capitalists. And yet Obama, Reid and Pelosi want to hand over my healthcare to a “Public Option”.

The other “Oops” that the new teleprompter would never have permitted was his reference to the support from the AARP. Wrong again, O Anointed One. From late yesterday and through to this morning, that organization is running away so fast, it’s unreal, because they’ve heard from their members. And they don't just vote for the directors of AARP. No, they vote in droves in the major leagues.

Before I sign off I must comment on the latest Town Hall Meeting in Michigan by John Dingell. He delighted in reporting today that there was a black guy with a poster outside the venue inciting the venom that ensued later. The poster had a picture of Obama, morphing into Adolph Hitler and replete with swastikas. The only gotcha was that after, the same man had been seen letting Union goons in via the side door and he was also spotted handing out pro Obama/Dingell flyers.

Why the title to this post? Those who did not vote for our current experience recall it well. Those who did are trying so hard to forget.

Tough!!