Ever notice how when people don't understand a phenomenon they put some unrealistic label on it?
Osama? Socialist? Savior?
yeah, just like bush and cheny were labled Hitler, etc.... Dems are even better at it than conservatives, because they get the media to quote and repeat their mantra...
Clearly you don't understand what is going on here. Our country has a number of very large issues that it needs to deal with. Health Care costs, Education, Energy policy, and the national debt to name a few. For the last several presidencies these issues have been ignored. Obama has stated a clear intent to address these issues. That is the appeal. No doubt it will be done imperfectly, but he is willing to try.
and he's done NOTHING on these issues, except to say he's against earmarks while signing a bill with billions of earmarks... The road to HELL is paved with good intentions...
The electorate doesn't believe that Obama is any sort of "savior" and the electorate doesn't want "socialism" (despite for some very backwards opportunists, there is zero reason to question his faith). The case has been made that we have problems to address and opportunities to pursue. The electorate agrees with this case.
He was elected by black americans by a margin not much greater than george bush by the way. Bush's election was called "stolen", Obama's a "mandate" by the media... hmm.. can we say the media are in the hot-tub with Obama???
I am amazed at how effectively Reagan pulled the wool over the conservatives eyes.
Reagan is given credit for ending the cold war, when it was effectively over before he took office.
I call bullshit. Prove what you say or go home. Yes, russia was collapsing, but only because conservatives in the senate - even during Carter's crappy reign - kept up defense spending and kept Europe fortified...
Reagan started the policy of raiding the SS trust fund
False. You obviously have less understanding of the constitution than a gnat has of the meaning of life. CONGRESS (all democrats, back then...) raided social security to pay for their socialist programs in spite of the budget cuts that Regan wanted...
Reagan oversaw the sale of arm to our enemies (and got to duck the charge because he either lied or was so unfit for office that he no longer remembered what he did from day to day --take your pick)
Um, the Contra's fought AGAINST the communist Sandinistas...
Be very careful if you want to criticize Americas healthcare system. I grew up in Austria and experienced their system which is pretty close to the UKs from what I understand.And I assure you its terrible compared to ours.
TRUTH! Thank you for speaking the TRUTH! For every person who says a great thing about 'government run healthcare', I'm sure there are 5 who had a bad one...
He's Godzilla to America's Tokyo, romping and stomping as fast as he can before the mind-warped public finally catches on -- and he's betting everything on that being too late for him to be stopped.
Love that analogy.
He's Godzilla, and our CONSTITUTION is tokyo... He's ignoring it as much as possible... Putting verbiage in a bill that makes it "repeal proof"?? Really? Can you say "not constitutional" to even consider such a provision??
Agreed. We need a 3rd, or even 4th party. Or abandon the parties altogether, and be all independents.
I consider myself a Constitutional Libertarian.
I support organizations like:
Nobody said healthcare is cheap. It's one of the UK government's biggest budgets. I'm not advocating the USA uses the UK model (the USA is too big to afford it) but I am saying that you need to do better for the poor and downtrodden in your society. (Not the the lazy of your society before you flame me). It could be done by having compulsory insurance for the employed and extending medicare to people on welfare. That will not destroy your business model - which I do understand is needed for investment in new medicines etc.
Disabled and unable to care for themselves = yes, deserving of charity.
Everyone else? **** off. Get your damn hand out of my wallet.
Er...no. Where did that come from?
Kind of what I have been saying elsewhere.
What are these "Death Panels" you speak of? Maybe that did happen in the communist Soviet Union - I don't know - but this I do know: nothing like that exists in the UK.
You sure as shit have them in UK... Committees that say how much can be spent to save a persons life at a certain age... They exist, and they determine that, if you get sick at 70, good luck with that.