The Madness Continues...

Last week President Obama, the Republicans and the Democrats all got together for the dog and pony show on healthcare. Out of this came absolutely no progress at all. Truth be told, nobody really expected any progress to result from this meeting of the minds. It was symbolism in it's finest form. Obama used it as an opportunity to make himself look magnanimous mainly by inviting the Republicans and basically stating that he liked four, count them, only four of the proposals put forth by the GOP for healthcare reform. He also had this session planned in order to be able to say to the American people, "I tried, but the Republicans refuse to work with us." and paint the GOP as an obstructionist party. The Democrats were there to toe the party line and side with their liberal leader and the Republicans showed up wih the extremely thin hope that the Democrats might actually listen to what they have to say. In the end though, when the Republicans wouldn't bend to his feigned grace and generosity, Obama became "civilly surly" and commented that it needed to be put to a vote by the American people.
That however is not what is happening as Obama has been trying desperately to rally house and senate democrats to his side. In doing so, the Associated Press reports he urged them to focus on the positives rather than their deep disappointment with parts of the bill. Obama assured them the legislation was merely the first step and he promised to work with them in the future to improve it's provisions.
So here's my take on this. First let me say that I and so, so many others have the distinct view of Obama as being a bully! Yes, I said a bully! He wants his way no matter what the cost and he is not above doing whatever he needs to do to get it done his way. He is not willing to let the American people vote on this healthcare fiasco but instead is determined to drive it through by any means necessary......regardless of the fact that the vast majority of citizens in this country have made it perfectly clear that they don't want this healthcare bill!!!! In this regard, Obama is so completely out of touch that it's disgusting. Let's keep in mind here why he is so driven to do this. Is it because he really cares about the health and well-being of the American people? No, because if that were the case, he would be listening and not pushing this bill that is so laden with problems and debt. Let's be clear here. Obama wants this because above anything else, he wants to be able to say that HE, Barack Obama was the first president in decades that was successful in over-hauling the healthcare system in this country!!! He wants to go down in history as "The president that fixed healthcare when nobody else could!"
The other side of this falls to the very liberal side of Obama's political views. He believes in socialized medicine and socialism in general. He denies this but his actions show the real content of his character. He has worked to nationalize parts of the auto manufacturing industry (to include forcing the CEO of a PRIVATE company to resign) and the banking industry and now seeks to do the same to the healthcare industry. Why? Because it is a move for more power and this leads to a very fundamental difference between liberals and conservatives. Liberals want more and more government. They want the citizenry to be increasingly dependent on the government because it is a simple and well-founded fact that the more a countries' citizens depend on the government for every aspect of their lives, the more freedoms and liberties the government can take away thereby increasing their power over the populace. One only needs to read history (providing it hasn't been handily revised to remove these truths) to see the validity of this. Conservatives desire just the opposite!
Lastly here, if the leaders of this country are going to spend TRILLIONS of our dollars.......shouldn't it be done right the first time so it doesn't need improvement??? I mean, if they're are going to spend a thousand dollars then fine.....do it and make improvements. But for heaven's sake, if trillions of our hard-earned dollars are going to be spent.....and spent on a worse healthcare system than we have now....then the least they could do is take their time, do it right and get the backing of the people it is going to affect!!! By the way, keep in mind that whatever the politicians pass for healthcare, they will ensure they will not be held to the same system or standards.