Last week we were treated to that special form of Presidential Kabuki Theater that stands out as the one thing that this White House and its little man child President seems adept at. Was there ever any doubt in anybody’s mind that 7 Million Obamacare Enrollees would be the number magically reached? Somehow, as if by divine providence, and after only a cool $684 Million of your taxes allocated on the single most obnoxious advertising campaign ever inflicted upon the public at large, Barack Obama got to spike that number reached football of his, and declare once again that all debate on the issue is now over. It’s a good thing that we’ve talked about this whole myth of Seven Million thing once before. For only in the woozy dream like alternate Unicorn infested Universe inhabited by Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid, would a figure that sees a mere 15% of those mandated by law to sign up for product touted as free by our government actually do so, would such a farce be considered a success. Next week, April 15th will be rolling on by, and last year’s portion of your pay check owed to the federal behemoth will officially be due. My guess is that a vast majority of Americans who are mandated by law to pay that bill will have done so. Does that mean that a majority of Americans love paying their taxes? What would be the result if 85% of the people who owed a tax bill, refused to pay it, or even file? Balanced Budget Amendment inflicted sir, next question please.
As luck would have it, Rasmussen has provided us with a glimpse into the grade the American People have given Obamacare thus far. Here’s a spoiler alert, success is not a word I’d use to describe the mood of the American People now saddled with a $2.7 Trillion bill on something sold to them for the low low cost of $984 Billion. Couple that with the small fact that somewhere in the neighborhood of 6 Million of them who used to have access to health care, no longer can make that claim, thanks to the very act that promised them affordable care would be had by all.
From the TownHall article linked to above:
Just one week after President Obama bragged about a mere 7.1 million Obamacare “enrollees” from the Rose Garden (after asking for a prime time television slot and being denied by all networks), a new poll from Rasmussen shows just 23 percent of Americans believe Obamacare is working.
Few voters consider the new national health care law a success, and most think repeal of the law is likely if Republicans take over Congress in November.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 23% of Likely U.S. Voters view Obamacare as a success so far. Twice as many (46%) describe the health care law as a failure. For 29%, it’s somewhere in between the two.
Now, here’s the bad news. So far, we’ve only been treated to the small potatoes. That’s right my fellow inhabitants of the worker’s paradise formerly known as the land of the free, the loss of coverage, doctors, the increases in premiums, and the hiking of deductibles to a level so high, you’ll never finish paying out of pocket, is not the big bomb this sucker has to drop upon us at all. That mandate was postponed for one more year, and will not officially go into effect until a day after the 2014 midterm elections.
So far, that rumbling you’ve heard was only associated with the individual mandate, and only affected those who did not get their insurance through their employer. This next bomb will be roughly 10 times that size and scope, and at that time, roughly 70% of all Americans, those who still have their same doctor, plan, and access to health care, will suffer the same disruption experienced by 6 Million people this year. My bold prediction, based on the grumbling heard this year, is that anyone stupid enough to spike that Obamacare football at that time will find himself or herself escorted from town via torch and pitchfork.
You may be thinking to yourself that no one would be stupid enough in this environment, and with what we know is going to happen next, to be telling people that they were proud of doing this to us in the first place, and you’d be wrong. Behold my fellow future inhabitants of the reeducation camps, I give you Nancy Pelosi, and her conversation with the ever incompetent and obnoxious Candy Crowley.
Please bear in mind when you listen to Nancy’s math, that our population totals over 400 Million people, and all those not included in her numbers are now well and truly screwed.
Also, pay close attention to the first 10 seconds of Nancy’s pontification, as those seconds are telling.
There was something said by San Fran Nan in that clip which I did find interesting. Beyond her promise that Democrats would plant their flag on Mt. Obamacare for 2014 and beyond, despite the empirical evidence to the contrary, she’s also noticed that Robert Gibbs, the former Press Secretary replaced by Jay Carney, who’s also decided to leave, has predicted another delay of the coming employer mandate. Mr. Gibbs it would seem, believes that our President, filled with a political courage not seen since Neville Chamberlain, might be inclined to put off for one more year, telling 280 Million Americans officially that they can not keep their plans, doctors, ability to seek treatment, or even find adequate replacements for the same. Nancy also took the opportunity to speculate as to why a once trusted ally would dare to speak such treason. Her diagnosis? Yep, he’s been paid off by the Koch Brothers. Astounding is a word that comes to mind. I’m blown away by such an astute analysis, and even more blown away by the fact that CNN’s barely sentient hostess decided not to question the theory in the slightest. Now, that’s objective reporting! I can surely see why Fox is so thoroughly trashed by the political left as being Faux News. With hard hitting reporting like that, I am forced to conclude that there’s nothing to see here, or anywhere.
I don’t know what worries me more, that CNN a supposed member of our watch dog media has accepted the premise that any who dare to speak out against this monstrosity must have been a paid stooge, or the fact that in 7 months time, 280 Million more Americans will lose any hope of seeking medical services, as mandated by law, and they have failed to ask one single question of the woman most responsible for seeing this through as to how this would in any way be helpful while she was sitting in their hot seat.
Now, I can understand that Nancy Pelosi is who would be representative of the people of San Francisco. There’s precious little beyond mutant hippies living there anymore. But our story doesn’t exactly end there, does it? After all, the rest of the Democrats in the House have made this bubble headed zombie their queen, and any who believe in the mythical creature called the conservative Democrat should take a good look. You’ll have a better chance of finding a Bigfoot or a Chupacabra. Just ask Bart Stupak’s former constituents. (Those of you from West Virginia should be regretting Joe Manchin just about now.)
Cross Posted from Musings of a Mad Conservative.
Tags: Employer Manate, Eugenics, Obamacare
