Comments on: Barack Obama’s Evil Genius

By: brandon

brandon — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:23:53 +0000

The opposition isn’t massively unpopular; 63 million people voted for McCain/Palin. However, He is a liberal and an opportunist and therefore has complete support from the media and most of his party.

Obama is likely just trying what any good negotiator would try: ask for the world and see what response you get.

If he fails it will be because he runs the economy or military into dire straights. Failure will mean one term only.

If he succeeds it will be because Republican strategy continues to be undermined by people who don’t really believe in liberty, unity (e pluribus unum), and God (in God we Trust): RHINOs, most libertarians, and other Republicans who really do buy into the Humanist Manifesto but haven’t worked it out to it’s final conclusions like liberal Democrats have. OR he won’t break anything too bad in term one that can’t be covered up by something else like the economy getting at least a little better than it is now.

By: tfr

tfr — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:11:33 +0000

Soon we may all be govt bureaucrats. There may be no other way to survive.

By: kevin

kevin — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:57:44 +0000

It is especially tragic after how much the Government shrunk under G W Bush…….oh wait, that is right, the last Republican administration grew the size, scope and intrusive of the Federal Government beyond even the wettest dreams of 20th century democrats. Now that Republicans have destroyed any credibility they once had as stewards of the public trust and the public purse, is it surprising that democrats are now lining up for their share?

By: regretbeingprudent

regretbeingprudent — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:26:01 +0000

Haven’t we all stood in line at a government agency wondering if we will ever get to the front?
Have any of you called the IRS (or any government office for that matter) and tried to get an accurate answer?
Didn’t we all see how FEMA handled the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina?
Haven’t we all read about our intelligence community’s incompetence leading up to 9/11?
Do I need to go on?
Why would we expect our healthcare to any different under a government-run system?

By: rev

rev — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:47:10 +0000

While your hypothesis is interesting and potentially credible, I find your lack of facts regarding the privatization of health care by Richard Nixon to be grossly negligent. Nixon allowed private companies (HMO’s) to inject themselves between doctors and patients, critically damaging a system that worked well on it’s own. The only reason Nixon did it was typical Republican greed; otherwise, he could have cared less about health care.

By: getaclue

getaclue — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:44:22 +0000

Yes, because government was formed for the rich, not the common good and general welfare.

Oh, wait. . .

By: steve

steve — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:35:25 +0000

As for big government vs. small government, you miss the point on health care. The American system of health care now massively fails. We have the highest rate of preventable death when compared to ALL of the European nations and Canada, the highest child mortality rate, the worst pre-natal care, and the most number of errors and misapplied treatments.

We have the highest number of uninsured as a percent of the population, and health care costs are the single biggest cause of bankruptcy in the United States. When you actually calculate what we spend on health care AND social programs, public and private monies combined, we spend several percent of GDP HIGHER than the European countries and Canada, without guaranteeing a minumum quality of care. So, we spend much more for much less.

For 38 years, we have tried private insurance, and the quality of care had been going down and the uninsured going up. Isn’t it time to look at the REAL results, and try something different?