“So after I signed the bill, I looked around,” Mr. Obama said. “I looked up in the sky to see if asteroids were coming. I looked at the ground to see if cracks had opened up in the earth. But you know what? It turned out to be a pretty nice day. Birds were still chirping. Folks were strolling down the street. Nobody had lost their doctor. Nobody had pulled the plug on Granny. Nobody was being dragged away and forced into some government-run health care.”
Mr. Obama laughed as he continued his sarcasm, noting that headlines since the program passed have described continuing division in the polls. “Well, yeah,” he said in mocking tone. “It’s just happened last week. It’s only been a week.”
Egged on by an appreciative crowd, Mr. Obama ad-libbed more: “Can you imagine if some of these reporters were working on a farm, had planted some seeds and came out the next day and looked, ‘Nothing’s happened! There’s no crop! We’re going to starve! Oh no! It’s a disaster!’
“It’s been a week, folks,” he said. “So before we find out if people like health care reform, we should wait to see what happens when we actually put it into place.”If you're trying to figure out why what you just read didn't make any sense, it's pretty simple-- it doesn't.
Master of rhetoric? This guy is an amateur. He contradicts himself nearly every time he opens his mouth. I am amazed people don't notice that this is the sign of a manipulative, confused and dishonest man, because it is.
You know what else didn't happen after BO signed the bill, which he fails to mention? Healthcare didn't suddenly become more affordable. It didn't suddenly become more accessible. It didn't suddenly become anything better or more beneficial than it was before the bill was signed. Somehow this is proof of the patient wisdom of his decision, given that the feared aspects of the bill have yet to materialize as well.
I know politicians love to adopt a wait-and-see attitude but what is the need? Presumably, Congress passed and BO signed a bill into law that they all together believe will lead to many great things. They were so sure of this that they were not at all apprehensive about taking such a step and even were adamant about the callous and ignorant personalities standing opposed to it.
Yet, now that the bill is passed, everybody is supposed to sit around and wait to see if a healthcare tree grows in BOs garden or not, like it's some big mystery.
