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September 09, 2009
Obama's Reading of the Teleprompter ~ Socialized Medicine Speech
"I am not the first President to take up this cause, but I am determined to be the last. It has now been nearly a century since Theodore Roosevelt first called for health care reform. And ever since, nearly every President and Congress, whether Democrat or Republican, has attempted to meet this challenge in some way. A bill for comprehensive health reform was first introduced by John Dingell Sr. in 1943. Sixty-five years later, his son continues to introduce that same bill at the beginning of each session.
Our collective failure to meet this challenge – year after year, decade after decade – has led us to a breaking point. Everyone understands the extraordinary hardships that are placed on the uninsured, who live every day just one accident or illness away from bankruptcy. These are not primarily people on welfare. These are middle-class Americans. Some can’t get insurance on the job. Others are self-employed, and can’t afford it, since buying insurance on your own costs you three times as much as the coverage you get from your employer. Many other Americans who are willing and able to pay are still denied insurance due to previous illnesses or conditions that insurance companies decide are too risky or expensive to cover."
I am not the first president to take up this cause. But I will be the last.
It will be your Waterloo
“Our collective failure”
Obama has no clue how he comes off, he is already saying we are worse than any other civilized nation on earth. SHUT UP.
30 million citizens "can not get coverage".
Not 50 anymore I see.
Note to Obama .......
We are not a Democracy. The United States of America is a Republic!!!!
He thinks he is righteous tonight!
We are the only advanced democracy that allows such hardship for 30 million citizens who can not get coverage! Every day 14 thousand americans lose their coverage.
14,000 lose health ins. every day ... is he saying 420,000 Americans are losing their jobs a month? I thought he just said he fixed that!
Doom and Gloom Doom and Gloom
How can he say “more and more Americans” are wanting Obamacare everyday? HOW CAN HE SAY THAT?
Nancy Pelosi is sucking on candy or gum - an observation.
And when throws out statistics and numbers. It’s all made up stuff.
Scare tactics up next... Americans will DIE if we don’t act...
Sorry to say they will die faster if govt takes over their Freedom of choice.
“The time for bickering is over.”
Instead of honest debate we have scare tactics.
Yeah. Your party is the biggest offender.
Gosh, Pelosi looks like she just swallowed an unmentionable or something. LOL oops sorry, I could not help thinking that but it did look like it.
“nothing requires you to change”
ya ya ya...we heard that before. Saying it twice doesn’t make it true
He’s says he’s giving “details” .... rehash of previous talking points.... NO DETAILS so far....
"Nothing in this legistlation will make you change your doctor"
Translation: don't believe your lying eyes what the bill says.
Someone just hollered out “lie!” Friggin’ awesome!
He is rambling-—promising everything that working taxpayers already have.
And the zombies in the congress applaud this bizarre spectacle?!!!
Teleprompter to the left
Teleprompter to the right
Stand up set down
Fight Fight Fight
He’s telling us what it means to be “responsible”.
Now calling Republicans “LIARS”...Death panels are a “lie, plain and simple,” he said.
Individuals will be required to carry coverage like car insurance?
Holy shit. He just proposed marxism. From each according to his works, to each according to his needs.
You will ALL be responsible citizens and everyone will buy into this plan. Period.
It irresponsible and you will be compelled and will be a partner, period.
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Obama had just said that illegal immigrants would not be covered under his health care plan:
it is toward the end around 1: 17 or so. OMG this is sooo great that someone did this.
Someone just shouted lie again! When he was talking about illegals not going to be coverd! LOL and booed too.
It ticked him off too! awesome...yell it again! LIE
OMG it was a congressman that just called Obama a LIAR?!!! Nancy Pelosi just gave him the evil eye from hell. IT'S THE FOX NEWS
Adding this after I found out who it was that yelled LIE.....SC Rep. Joe Wilson heckled the commie Obama.
BIG hug for Joe!!
South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson shouted "You lie!" after Obama had talked about illegal immigrants.
It wasn't the only interruption during Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress in the House of Representatives. Earlier, Republicans laughed when Obama acknowledged that there are still significant details to be worked out before a health overhaul can be passed.
Wilson's outburst caused Obama to pause briefly before he went on with his speech. Overhead in the visitors' gallery, first Lady Michelle Obama shook her head from side to side.
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“If you can’t find affordable coverage, we will provide you with a choice.”
Several Republicans took copies of plans they had and were holding them up so when Obama said Republicans had NO plan they waved the hard copies of paper with their plans on it that Obama has been ignoring.
God bless them for doing this to obama while he spoke. heh heh
“I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits now or in the future.”
LOL what a LIE
I “PROMISE” that no government bureaucrat will come between you and your health care”....
HE REALLY SAID THAT!!!
Lecturing private companies about “excessive administrative cost”....
...as opposed to GOVERNMENT!!!!!!
Now he’s lying to the seniors about that 500 BILLION dollars he’s going to steal from medicare/medicaid—ack!
Now he’s attacking ‘tax cuts for the rich’ and the Iraq War. This guy still thinks he’s on the campaign trail.
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He has twice dissed Palin (without mentioning her name). He is scared to death of her. He is already campaigning against her. lol
He says he wants to talk directly to seniors.. and then does his windshield wiper look. He couldn’t even memorize a single phrase to say directly into the camera.
Showing Pelosi again.....LOL Pelosi looks like she needs another face stretch. You can see her now and then trying to suck her cheeks in.
“Reducing the waste and inefficiency in Medicare and Medicaid will pay for most of this plan.”
Why not just reduce the waste and inefficiency in Medicare and Medicaid, and then come talk to us about your trillion dollar plan
Love to see a tabulation on all the “I’s” and “My’s” .... Record Breaking!
He is angry it is really obvious.
LMAO, I just love John Boehner’s “he’s full of crap” look
“Previous administration”
Would that be Bush? Hey, Obama , you have been at the wheel for 10 months almost and the ship is taking on water, fool.
He’s just repeating most of the BS that he has been saying for the last 2 months. All condensed into one lengthy, boring speech.
He keeps saying “my plan” -
“My door is always open” - he hasn’t seen Republicans on this at all
Republicans were holding up their bills and indicating, why haven’t you talked about this?
Now he’s in his preacher mode, sounding like his pal Rev. Jermiah Wright.
And NOW the Kennedy B.S. Ted Kennedy moment. Win one for the swimmer. He’s channeling the spirit of Ted Kennedy....Pulling out the “Ted” card and using the widow for sympathy - oh and the kidlets too. Sick ba$tard. Oh and Teddy talked about morals again. GAG GAG PUKE.
Any republican who votes for any version of Health Care should be stuffed in a barrel and put out in the Bering Sea.
McCain clapping and cheering for the communist...AUGH....I wish I was a drinker this might be less hard to do. hahaha
Everyone in this room knows what will happen if we do nothing.”
“I know many in this country are deeply skeptical of this...”
No kidding
Just finished. Fox says it was 48 minutes
A few statemtns from the transcript:
"During that time, we have seen Washington at its best and its worst.
We have seen many in this chamber work tirelessly for the better part of this year to offer thoughtful ideas about how to achieve reform. Of the five committees asked to develop bills, four have completed their work, and the Senate Finance Committee announced today that it will move forward next week. That has never happened before. Our overall efforts have been supported by an unprecedented coalition of doctors and nurses; hospitals, seniors’ groups and even drug companies – many of whom opposed reform in the past. And there is agreement in this chamber on about eighty percent of what needs to be done, putting us closer to the goal of reform than we have ever been.
But what we have also seen in these last months is the same partisan spectacle that only hardens the disdain many Americans have toward their own government. Instead of honest debate, we have seen scare tactics. Some have dug into unyielding ideological camps that offer no hope of compromise. Too many have used this as an opportunity to score short-term political points, even if it robs the country of our opportunity to solve a long-term challenge. And out of this blizzard of charges and counter-charges, confusion has reigned.
Well the time for bickering is over. The time for games has passed. Now is the season for action. Now is when we must bring the best ideas of both parties together, and show the American people that we can still do what we were sent here to do. Now is the time to deliver on health care.
The plan I’m announcing tonight would meet three basic goals:
It will provide more security and stability to those who have health insurance. It will provide insurance to those who don’t. And it will slow the growth of health care costs for our families, our businesses, and our government. It’s a plan that asks everyone to take responsibility for meeting this challenge – not just government and insurance companies, but employers and individuals. And it’s a plan that incorporates ideas from Senators and Congressmen; from Democrats and Republicans – and yes, from some of my opponents in both the primary and general election."
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"Here are the details that every American needs to know about this plan:
First, if you are among the hundreds of millions of Americans who already have health insurance through your job, Medicare, Medicaid, or the VA, nothing in this plan will require you or your employer to change the coverage or the doctor you have. Let me repeat this: nothing in our plan requires you to change what you have.
What this plan will do is to make the insurance you have work better for you. Under this plan, it will be against the law for insurance companies to deny you coverage because of a pre-existing condition. As soon as I sign this bill, it will be against the law for insurance companies to drop your coverage when you get sick or water it down when you need it most. They will no longer be able to place some arbitrary cap on the amount of coverage you can receive in a given year or a lifetime. We will place a limit on how much you can be charged for out-of-pocket expenses, because in the United States of America, no one should go broke because they get sick. And insurance companies will be required to cover, with no extra charge, routine checkups and preventive care, like mammograms and colonoscopies – because there’s no reason we shouldn’t be catching diseases like breast cancer and colon cancer before they get worse. That makes sense, it saves money, and it saves lives.
That’s what Americans who have health insurance can expect from this plan – more security and stability.
Now, if you’re one of the tens of millions of Americans who don’t currently have health insurance, the second part of this plan will finally offer you quality, affordable choices. If you lose your job or change your job, you will be able to get coverage. If you strike out on your own and start a small business, you will be able to get coverage. We will do this by creating a new insurance exchange – a marketplace where individuals and small businesses will be able to shop for health insurance at competitive prices. Insurance companies will have an incentive to participate in this exchange because it lets them compete for millions of new customers. As one big group, these customers will have greater leverage to bargain with the insurance companies for better prices and quality coverage. This is how large companies and government employees get affordable insurance. It’s how everyone in this Congress gets affordable insurance. And it’s time to give every American the same opportunity that we’ve given ourselves."
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"This is the plan I’m proposing. It’s a plan that incorporates ideas from many of the people in this room tonight – Democrats and Republicans. And I will continue to seek common ground in the weeks ahead. If you come to me with a serious set of proposals, I will be there to listen. My door is always open.
But know this: I will not waste time with those who have made the calculation that it’s better politics to kill this plan than improve it. I will not stand by while the special interests use the same old tactics to keep things exactly the way they are. If you misrepresent what’s in the plan, we will call you out. And I will not accept the status quo as a solution. Not this time. Not now.
Everyone in this room knows what will happen if we do nothing. Our deficit will grow. More families will go bankrupt. More businesses will close. More Americans will lose their coverage when they are sick and need it most. And more will die as a result. We know these things to be true.
That is why we cannot fail. Because there are too many Americans counting on us to succeed – the ones who suffer silently, and the ones who shared their stories with us at town hall meetings, in emails, and in letters."
Posted by Wild Thing at September 9, 2009 09:50 PM
Comments
"stuffed in a barrel and put out in the Bering Sea
" pleased don't do that you'll poison the crab! :)
Posted by: tom at September 9, 2009 10:04 PM
Another one of those Jim Jones moments where Obama is telling the subjects to drink his potion and you'll be healed. Which Democratic party has howled the loudest at unfunded mandates? Obamacare is an unfunded mandate. I'll remind everyone here that insurance reform whereby the states mandated uninsured motorists insurance as a requirement for motor vehicle licensing only drove the costs of auto insurance up and didn't stop that uninsured motorist either, It brought increased revenue to the state and increased regulation to the industry.
Now if the liar truly had a health plan instead of a control plan why is he still asking for discourse when his mind is closed? He doesn't want options he wants control period.
Posted by: Jack at September 10, 2009 12:47 AM
Oh now, he wants a bi-partisan bill. Before he retort was, " I won, so screw you". Now that he's losing he's ready to accept other ideas that will waterdown his draconian control of the entire country. He just wants to get the nose of his camel into the tent. Then he can add to it anytime he feels.
No thanks, barry.
Posted by: Mark at September 10, 2009 06:55 AM
He never mentioned the word 'Rationed',either. His numbers don't add up. The 'number' of uninsured has bounced between 30 to 50 Million people. One study I read, said, there were approximately 150,000 Doctors in this country, including specialists. Just assuming they were all GP's that 30 Million new patients would come out to an extra 200 patients for each doctor. Where is the time going to come from to visit with these extra patients. Generally, a doctors time is spent between the Hospital and his practice, some Doctors are affiliated with 2 and 3 Hospitals and his practice. There is not enough time in the day, week or year to hand each doctor an extra 200 patients.
The only solution is Health Care Rationing, it is the only way it can work. Obama has his bleinders on again. This is one of the many, many reasons this thing sux.
Posted by: Mark at September 10, 2009 07:52 AM
“Reducing the waste and inefficiency in Medicare and Medicaid will pay for most of this plan.”
I posted the below after last nights BS session.
Obama-healthcare, the proof is in the pudding
September 9th, 2009
Obama claims that this will be paid for, in a good part by cuts in waste and fraud. Before these people implement a massive health overhaul let’s see them cut the waste and fraud. Let them prove that they can. Let them show they can run anything, fix the USPS, AMTRAC and congress. Then they may be a little believable. His speech IMO was a huge waste of time shrouded in BS. Let them show us that they are capable of doing something right before they lead us into an even deeper chasm.
Posted by: Bob A at September 10, 2009 08:11 AM
If anyone gets near enough to "the Won", please tell him that he has my heartfelt thanks for winning the election. As a political artist, he has given me more inspiration than any conservative could. I only pray that my customer base has enough money to keep on buying those designs that Obummer helped me create. Last night was no different. I have uploaded to my shop my latest, scripted as: "Hey Obama, You Lie!" See it at:
http://www.cafepress.com/frankopinions/6883199
,,,, and if you are so moved, the profits from my shop and more, help to support America's Troops.
Nuf Sed
Posted by: Frankly Opinionated at September 10, 2009 02:09 PM
Thanks for the link Frank, stuff looks reasonable and truthful. Obama is a liar.
Posted by: Mark at September 10, 2009 03:56 PM
