Obama;s Waterloo

It’s probably the worst of times or the best of times for the President and his family to go off to the Vineyard for a vacation. The worst because of what has been happening to his Health Care Reform initiative. The best because it might be a good opportunity to sit on a beach and think through what exactly has happened.

In an earlier blog I expressed a deep concern about Obama’s naiveté regarding “reaching across the aisle” for support of the proposed health care legislation. I thought then, as I do now, that all that inviting the Pharmaceutical guys for a White House” free lunch” was not going to help one bit. For the Pharma guys, when push comes to shove, the only thing that counts is the bottom line.

The insurance folks are just being true to their commitments, which is TO MAKE MONEY. They don’t care if everyone is covered or not. They care about their profits period. If this sounds like “class struggle” talk, well it is. After the world wide financial meltdown that caused irreparable damage to millions of homeowners, as well as job holders, while the bank boys wallowed in huge bonuses, if you don’t see the class angle in all of this, well what can I say. The rich got richer and the poor got poorer now what do you call that? It ain’t a church picnic. Maybe it is the class struggle?

Here’s the giveaway on what the right wing was up to. Early on in the health care debate some Republicans asked their conservative high Priest or should I say Rabbi, Bill Krystal ”what they should do about health care.” Without blinking an eye he said,”JUST KILL IT.” That created the group who are now out there to Kill IT, period. The object of course is the kill the Obama Presidency with it. That is what I think is now at stake.I hope a week on the Vineyard beach will brace Obama for the first really major fight of his Presidency. All of us who believe in a more equal distribution of health care benefits need to see it as our fight not just Obamas.

I hope Obama will go back to his campaign strategy of getting all those cyberspace folks back into action. In order for that to happen he needs to spell out in Power Point fashion exactly what needs to be in the Health Care Legislation. The “KILLER,S” have taken advantage of the fact that there is no legislation pending. There is just lots of ideas that have gotten rolled up into 800 pages of legislative stuff that has been a field day for the opposition. Wading through all those pages permits cuckoos to accuse the President of proposing “death panels for Grandma’s.” Listen it would be funny except there are people out there who are so frightened by the economic melt down that they believe anything scary.

Mr President please compose a list of exactly what your administration is proposing. No lengthy Harvard Law School discussion, just maybe a dozen bullet points of what it is you are proposing. While your are at don’t hesitate to call a lie, a lie, like the death panel stuff.

This is a time for bold leadership Mr. President. just go out there and sock-'em and the country will respond. Have a nice week on the beach and a good Lobster dinner at The Shack.

Thanks Kate N.H.W.Y.