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October 01, 2009
Democrats and Their Plan to Ram Obamacare Through ~ Rush Limbaugh
The Democrats' "Secret" Plan to Pass the Public Option by Next Thursday
Transcript from Rush Limbaugh show yesterday.....Wednesday Sept. 30th, 2009
Let me see if I can synthesize this and make the complex understandable.
They want to get a health care bill to Obama next week. They don't want to have to go through the 60-vote requirement and they really don't want to go through reconciliation because there's been enough education now that people know reconciliation is only used for budget items, the rules prevent it for anything else. But they want to get this health care bill through because they're losing on the issue with the American people, they don't want any more debate about it. So they've got two bills in the Senate.
They got Harkin's bill, they got Baucus' bill, two different committees. Harry Reid is going to take the parts of both of these bills that he likes and merge them, come up with one bill and take it to the Senate floor. Now, after they've got their health care bill to the Senate floor, as you know the House has to do something on this as well. The House health care bill hasn't passed. But there is a bill in the House that's been collecting dust over there that has passed, it's sitting around. The Senate hasn't taken any action on that bill. That is a bill that imposes a tax on bonuses received by certain TARP recipients. That was passed by the House in the wake of the AIG bonus controversy.
So you have the House bill, and that's what Harry Reid wants to attach the merged Senate bill to. You say, "Well, how do they get them health care?" Stand by. That's the complex being made understandable here right before your very eyes and ears. Now, this move to proceed at this point does require 60 votes to start the debate. After the motion is approved, Senator Reid will offer Obamacare as a complete substitute to the unrelated House passed bill, with the cooperation of Pelosi. The House is not being left out of this. This is all part of the stratagem.
What this means is that the entire health care reform effort will be included as an amendment to the TARP bill that has been collecting dust in the Senate for months because the House passed it long ago, the Senate hasn't taken any action on it so Reid is going to merge these two health care bills, attach it to the TARP bill basically as an amendment and then have the TARP bill passed, the bonus bill passed in the Senate. Now, for this strategy to work, it's not smooth sailing. It's not like a hot knife through butter. The proponents here would need to hold together the liberal caucus of 58 Democrats, including Paul Kirk, who was named to replace Senator Kennedy, and Lieberman and Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
These members will all have to hold hands and vote against any filibuster. And that still remains the big obstacle for them. Once the Senate takes up the bill, after they've got the 60 votes to start debate, it doesn't take 60 more votes to pass it. Once debate has started, once they got the 60 votes to get going, after that all they need is 51 votes to pass it. And it's possible that one of the endangered moderate Democrats like Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas could vote to stop a filibuster, then vote against Obamacare so as not to offend any angry constituents.
So that's going to be a big thing to watch. And by that very little of this is going to be happening publicly. A lot of this is behind the scenes. You're going to wake up one day, if all this goes as Reid and Pelosi and Obama have it planned, you're going to wake up one day and find out that they've all voted on single payer health care with a public option in it. And you'll say, "Wait a minute, what happened to the House bill?" The House bill is the TARP bill. And the Senate health care bill becomes an amendment to it. Then you go to conference, everybody accepts it, signs off on it.
Once the Senate passes their bill, with their version of the bonus bill, sends it to the House, all the House would have to do is pass it without any changes. And Obama will then present it with his health care reform measure. If this doesn't work, then they're going to have to go back to reconciliation to pass the legislation. So they've still got some things in their way. It's not smooth sailing, but this is the plan. And, of course, one of the things that we say here, all we have to do in the House is just have them pass the bill without any changes, that's going to be tough because the House has its own renegades over there, and it's got, you know, Congressional Black Caucus and all these disparate groups who might not like everything in the Senate bill, the Senate bill might not have enough in it to satisfy them.
So it's not smooth sailing. But what the point here is to give you a sense of the anti-American public sentiment that is fueling the passage of this bill. They know, Harry Reid and Pelosi both know that if they conduct the debate and produce the legislation in the standard way, that they won't have a bill by Christmas, they won't have a bill by next year, if they do it in normal circumstances.
But if they play rule games and parliamentary rule games and actually have the health care bill sent to Obama be a bill that taxes bonuses paid to TARP recipients that has an amendment, health care reform, they think that this is a way to get it done surreptitiously without a whole lot of people knowing what is going on. And if they do it this way you are now informed and advised and you will have a big say-so in stopping this. But the point here, folks, the small-R representative republic here, nothing to do with the Republican Party, it's out the window. These leftists, these Democrats don't give a rat's rear end about the democratic process or what you want.
This is all about the advancement of their agenda. And don't be fooled. Don't be fooled. They're going to try to ram something through by any means possible.
They're going to conceal the true nature of it. If they get away with this, they're going to tell you that they're finally taking action on taxing the bonuses of these rich elitist Wall Street types, and they think that the class envy that they've created will have universal acceptance on the part of the American people, "Oh, yeah, tax those AIG bonuses, tax everybody else's bonuses." That's what they're going to do. It's going to be a feint and a misleading thing.
This is how Harry Reid's going to drive the whole legislation back to the House, and this is essentially what reconciliation is all about. In one move -- and they're targeting next week to get this done -- in one move the US Congress will take over hospitals, will take over laboratories, will take over the medical profession, will take over the insurance companies. What they are planning, let me point it out to you in an even more understandable fashion.
What they are plotting and hope to pull off by next week will make the takeovers of General Motors and Chrysler look like a joke. And once they've taken over the hospitals, the labs, the medical profession, the insurance companies, guess who's gonna get patronage jobs in all these industries? The union people, particularly the SEIU union people. The Harry Reid, Pelosi, Obama plan comes down to this: The Democrats are scheming against the American people, as they have been all along. The Obama administration, starting with the campaign, was a scheme against the American people and against the traditions and institutions that have defined this country's greatness.
I know I say that like a broken record. But it takes repetition. The Obama administration is a scheme. The Obama campaign was a scheme.
There's not going to be any tort reform in this, just window dressing. And the purpose will be to siphon money from taxpayers and doctors and hospitals to the trial lawyers, who in turn will load up Democrat coffers with contributions. And during every election cycle, the Democrats using the power of government will reward those who support them and deny those who don't support them with any benefits. In the end, this is going to drive the nation into poverty, it is going to drive the nation into disunity, but by the time that happens -- this is not going to happen overnight -- by the time that happens the current crop of leftists and radicals engineering all this will be gone.
They don't care about the nation's future and your children. They care about them now and changing and remaking this country in their image and getting it done in such a way that rolling it back will be difficult, if impossible to do.
Folks, it's this simple. Take it or leave it. Marxism, socialism, statism generally creates poverty.
You want to hear something funny? Kim Jong-il has decided that communism doesn't work. He's taken the word "communism" out of the North Korean constitution and replaced it with "socialism." I don't care where you go, whatever they call themselves, progressives -- go to Detroit -- what do you see in Detroit? Abject poverty. What do you see in most of Michigan? Abject poverty. What do you see where liberal Democrat socialists anywhere in the world have total unchecked power to run things, be it a country or be it a city or be it a state? You see abject poverty. Marxism, socialism, create poverty. I know it's hard to believe that this is somebody's design. But it is.
Somebody who thinks this is an immoral and unjust country, this country deserves to live like the rest of the world, the rest of the world lives in poverty because of us. This is what Obama believes. Obama believes we've stolen the riches of the world, that we have used our imperialism to dominate the world and we're unjust and immoral. If he could rip up that Constitution he would do it. He doesn't like it. It's an obstacle. It is a problem.
If you don't believe me on this, try this. I don't know if you've heard about this. Pat Leahy and John Conyers -- Leahy in the Senate, Conyers in the House -- are pushing a bill through Congress that will create 63 new federal judgeships. There's only one reason for that. Load up the judiciary with more leftists who will ensure that the policies this Congress and this president pass today will be forever upheld within the law. You heard of Roosevelt stacking the Supreme Court? These guys are stacking the federal judiciary. Sixty-three new federal judgeships. The goal of all of this is to smother the individual. The individual, you will be so busy working your way through the maze of rules that are imposed on you in this health care business and everything else that you won't have time to think for yourself. Make no mistake about this.
This is all aimed at robbing you of your humanity and forcing you to bow down to the state. If you feel sick, need a procedure, need a prescription, you're going to be thinking about the government. Who do I see? What do they want me to do for it? Where do I go? What do I have to do to have my treatment approved?
In other words, you are going to be relying on government for your survival. That's never happened before in this country outside of national security and natural disaster contexts, this has never happened before. From now on you're going to need your government's permission to get well. Even if there are people who can medically help you, even if there are technologies and drugs that can help you, you're still going to need permission from the government, some bureaucrat, before you can make use of them, because some bureaucrat's going to tell a doctor somewhere or a hospital whether or not you qualify for treatment.
This is the ultimate power over you and your family. You will do anything your government says, you'll do anything you must if it's a life or death scenario, and especially if it involves your kids, your kids have a sickness, you'll do anything your government asks you to do. The Road to Serfdom, to steal the title of a great book by Friedrich Von Hayek, The Road to Serfdom is paved in Obamacare that they want on his desk for signature by next week.
It's not going to be a matter of whether you can or cannot pay. It won't be a matter of whether you have coverage or don't have coverage. What will matter is that all of us will be slaves, we'll become slaves to the arbitrary and inhumane decisions of distant bureaucrats working in Washington where there's no competition. Nobody you can go to if you don't like what you hear from the bureaucrats that you have to deal with. If you want to take a close look at it, listen to those in this administration and those who run Congress what they're saying about 9.7% unemployment and over 52% youth unemployment. What are you hearing about that? Nothing. You're not hearing a word. You're not hearing a word about the dismal economy, other than, "It's going to be bad for a while, but we're working on it, stimulus is working, working better than we ever imagined." Obama flies off to make some pitch for the Olympics. When he and his people do finally speak about the economy they tell us we're coming out of the recession. Sound like compassion to you?
Now, we've all heard the question asked, and we've all asked the question of members of Congress, "Hey, are you going to sign up? Are you going to sign up yourself and your family to the same health care plan you're putting us into?" There's no way that's going to happen, but wait until you hear this. You don't know the half of their health care plan and options and treatment. You don't know the half of it. I'm going to get to that at the top of the next hour. What you need to know -- and I'm sure you do, you just need to be reminded of this. The same people pushing government health care are the same people who have driven the finances of this nation over the cliff. From the Community Redevelopment Act; Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac; trillions in red ink for Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security; they have lied repeatedly about what they're doing what they can do.
And yet they promise yet again to cover everybody for everything at all times, while also insisting they're going to cut costs, cut waste, and be more efficient -- when they've never, ever done it in the history of the country! It's never happened. It's the height of folly; it's a triumph of emotion over common sense, for people in this country to believe that something that has never happened can happen. It's easier to believe that something that has happened can happen again than to believe that something that's never happened can happen.
There's never been a major, serious government program that cut costs, that cost less than what they said it was gonna cost, that expanded freedom -- and, in the final analysis, that actually worked! It never ceases to amaze me that a nation founded on the notion of individual liberty, private property, limited government, is run by politicians now who reject it all. That is, they reject the very principles about which the nation was established.
That is Barack Obama and his administration. That is Barney Frank. That is Harry Reid. They're too cowardly to say so openly. They're too cowardly to say, "You know what? The Constitution is bad. It sucks. The federal government needs more power. The private sector should exist for the sole purpose of funding government." That's what they believe. They don't have the guts to say it. You ought to be happy, they believe, that there are a handful of them smart enough to manage your lives so that you don't keep screwing things up. This is what the left really thinks. This is what the left really believes. But they're too cowardly to just say it. They're too power-hungry to risk having their political asses handed to them, which they would. If they were ever open and honest about their plans they would have their political asses handed to them, and it would be the end of the Democrat Party.
Let me say what needs to be said, whatever the consequences. The consequences have never stopped me before. Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Schumer, Frank and the rest of them do not like this country as constituted. They do not like the Constitution. They do not like the private sector. They do not like individual rights. Their every action and policy is aimed at diminishing all of that. They hate the military, of course, but I'm talking about fundamental principles of liberty, property, limited government. They reject it completely. It's right in front of our eyes to see it, we just have to have the courage to admit it. They are killing the private sector right in front of our eyes. They know it. They're breaking the states. They're all in debt. They know it. They're smothering individual initiative and opportunity, and they know it. It's about our freedom, folks.
Wild Thing's comment........
I wish there was something drastic that could be done to get all of those people out of our government. If they do not respect and follow our Constitution, if they do not listen to "we the people". They should be kicked out or never allowed to run for office.
America IS our Constitution and their hate for BOTH is imo TREASON!
Posted by Wild Thing at October 1, 2009 05:47 AM
Comments
That graphic is a keeper, thanks for posting that! My Incriminating Evidence folder is getting so full these days of Obama & Co., I may have to split it up. I love thumbing through it and seeing these graphics.
I still feel hopeful...especially after seeing Judge Carter's case going forward. If nothing else, it will start that facial tic again that Zero gets when he's nervous or has to speak without Old Trusty Teleprompter to unscripted questions.
Posted by: Eden at October 1, 2009 11:47 AM
Thats what this is all about Individual Rights. How many can they take away with this bill or that bill. Health Care would give the government full control over what you eat, smoke, drink or even where you live. no where is there any provision for (You) the patient to make any decision regarding Your own Health Care and your Doctor is a non entity in any case and if you disobey the government, then we will be punished for our indiscretion. The severity depends on the crime.
The Cap and Trade bill usurps any other rights not covered under the Health Care bill. Freedom of going where you want when you want will be curtailed to the point that it will be way too expensive to travel across town, hence, public transportation. So much for your vacation every year, all you will be able to afford is Veranda Beach if you are lucky enough to even have a house, because you've been paying some deadbeats mortgage and can't afford a vacation this year.
What I want to know, at what point does usurping the Constitution, become a High crime and misdemeanor, big enough to impeach obama.
Posted by: Mark at October 1, 2009 12:33 PM
This healthcare bill has the same impact as a major terrorist atack. It is just slower. Like Mark notes above, this and te cap and trade will just about cancel all of our individual rights.
America has always had crooked politicians. This is the first time they have held all the positions of power and they are going to town with that power. Power corrupts, but these bastards were corrupt before they got that power. I wonder what is going to happen to America. How bad it will get. Whether it is reversible. Will it be stopped when they come for our guns and bibles?
Posted by: TomR at October 1, 2009 01:44 PM
Eden, that is great. Rush has a really
good graphics person.
Thank you so much everyone for your input
and sharing.
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 2, 2009 02:23 AM
