There was a build up to yesterday’s health summit….the Prez and Dems and Repubs were to meet and discuss the possibility of finding ways to have a bi-partisan bill on health reform….did the adults take over the health reform conversation?
HA! Not a chance! This was a prime opportunity for the Repubs and Dems to find common ground and they bombed badly….I am sorry to pick on the Repubs so much but in this case they deserve all the credit for looking like 4 year old on a play ground….
Americans were led to believe that the goal was finding common ground on getting health insurance to tens of millions of Americans who don’t have it and containing skyrocketing costs that threaten the nation’s fiscal well-being.
Obama dominated the conversation, barely contained his impatience with GOP statements and at times mocked them for trotting out visual effects (thick stacks of Democratic health care legislation) and talking points. Republicans complained about the time disparity and lectured the president about his policies.
Stagecraft trumped statesmanship.
Obama hoped to convince gridlock-weary voters who might be watching at home that he was sincere in seeking common ground with Republicans. He repeatedly asked GOP lawmakers to focus on fixes that both parties might agree upon.
(Thanx to the AP for above account)
The Repubs were well rehearsed they got their talking points in “start over”, was the most used….nowhere did these guys and gals ever act like a group of people concerned with the plight of the American people……sad that once again, politics triumph over the people….and you wonder why the US is the laughing stock of the world…the health summit was a prime example of the stupidity in Washington….
OKay…here is an idea….F*CK THE REPUBS!…….do whatever it takes to get American people health care…I am sorry to my conserv friends, but the people have been waiting for 70+ years for these dinks to do something constructive and so far all we have got is a playground brawl….it is time for us voters to flip off these people and replace them with apes….at least they could do NO worse…..
Yeah… the apes idea is probably a very good one – not only would they do no worse, they would do little HARM and cost a whole lot less.
I would have thought that everone would have realised by now that these people are simply playing a game – the game of “politics” – and that is an end in itself to them. The very LAST thing it is about is people, ANY people, except themselves of course.
Apparently, this was NEVER meant to be a real dialog….it was just an attempt to try and show the people that the GOP were obstructionists……these dickheads cannot act like adults….this was a prime opportunity for dialog and instead we got the same tired, lame talking points…hopefully more Americans watched the soap opera…and will remember it when the proper time comes…..I can hope…..
You can indeed hope, but I wouldn’t try holding your breath waiting for a good result though 😆
You right…turning blue is NOT my best color….
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