In the midst of today’s “egg” on our conservative faces from the Obama student speech – deemed by the glorious MSM, of course (even though the dang thing went through several drafts and iterations), we are faced with yet another speech tomorrow night. Another one. I know. GAWD.
This one, I assume, will be much like that dude trying to sell me a really crappy car at a used car lot. It’s the “go in for the kill” speech.
Of course, for Obama, everything in his Presidency has required a crisis. This is no different, apparently. Stephen Wayne, a professor of government at Georgetown University in Washington said, “You do need a crisis to generate movement in Congress and to help build a consensus.”
But according to Rahmalamadingdong Rahm Emanuel, “We’re not there yet, and this speech is intended to finish the job.”
Ah yes. The salesmen’s mantra – Always Be Closing…
Now, with the spendiddlydimulus, Bo used the whole “unless we do X right now, and X is pretty painful and pretty expensive, there is a serious danger in the next few weeks that the entire financial system will come crashing down” crisis speech. But, as we can see, the stimulus isn’t really working all that well. Go figure.
With healthcare, I wonder what it will be. Swine flu pandemic, perhaps? According to former Congressman and House Majority Leader Dick Armey, “In September or October there will be a hyped up outbreak of the swine flu which they’ll say is as bad as the bubonic plague to scare the bed-wetters to vote for healthcare reform. That is the only way they can push something on to the American people that the American people don’t want.”
Except for the minority of Americans (and illegal immigrants) who don’t have insurance, there is no freakin’ crisis here. Around eighty-five percent of us kind of like our healthcare. Do we think there could be some reform to the existing system? Perhaps. But a crisis situation? Not so much, Mr. President. Anything that’s used as one will, in my opinion, be a lame and desperate attempt at saving his own ego at this point.
It’ll be interesting to see what rabbit is pulled out of the hat tomorrow night, in addition to what individual tear-jerking stories will be exploited. Again.
When it all comes down to the wire, I personally just want the freakin’ TRUTH already. I want him to cut out all the B.S. and say what his intentions really are. Quit blowing a bunch of rhetorical sunshine up America’s butt. I want to know EXACTLY how he plans to pay for this overhaul. SPECIFICALLY. And, I don’t think this is too much to ask, seeing as how I’m one of the people flipping the bill…
Counting those pesky military people’s votes? Why on earth would we give a crap about that, right? I mean, they’re just overseas working their asses off while we enjoy our warm, cozy homes back here in the States. No biggie. 
