Obama Healthcare Theatre

Tomorrow, Obama is going to hold a televised “summit” with Republicans on healthcare.  At least, they’re billing it as a “summit.”  It would be closer to the truth to call it theatre.

What Obama is attempting to do is get a bounce in the polls like he did the last time he had a televised meeting with the Republicans, and then use it to pass his disaster of a health care bill.  I’ve read more than a bit of speculation about the Republicans bungling this at the 11th hour, and I can’t say I blame anyone for thinking so.  They’ve taken failure to the level of a profession in the past.

This is not one of those times they should consider doing it again.

This legislation transcends “bad.”  It is utterly disastrous.  Everyone will pay through the nose for inferior health care, and our country would be well on the way to bankruptcy.  The fact the Democrats are willing to accept a wipeout in 2010 to get it through should tell you about its real intent, and it’s not the health and well-being of America.

Seeing as how Republicans are primarily motivated by fear, here’s some they should consider.  This is the bill that could end their party.  All of their cushy establishment seniority won’t mean a thing if no one will vote for them due to one bit of bad judgment too many.  So they should resist the urge to blow it, keep the RINOs on a leash, and make the Democrats own this disaster should we all have the misfortune to see it made law.

We’ve all been screaming it for a year now.  NO to Obamacare.  No other answer is acceptable, especially if it’s “bipartisanship” or “compromise.”  There is no legitimate compromise with a cynical power grab, and that is all this is.

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