Friday, July 24, 2009

Obamacare off track

Polls
From the WaTimes - " Senate Democrats defied President Obama on Thursday by scuttling plans to vote on health care reform by August."  Democrats cited frustrations by a  bipartisan group charged with finding ways to pay for the reform bill.  
Finding the money for the $1 trillion effort remains the quest on Capitol Hill, but Mr. Obama's most recent suggestion for funds isn't getting any traction.

Mr. Obama, in his press conference Wednesday, proposed helping fund the measure by limiting the tax deductions on charitable donations by wealthy Americans, an idea that's been proposed before but was quickly shot down on Capitol Hill.
How does one find $1 trillion anyway?  I'm sure Obama's plummeting approval ratings, or rising constituent outrage as they discover the plan will reduce them to serfdom in a vast commune ruled by a collection of people with no experience in anything but getting elected, had anything to do with it.  And speaking of polls -
Toomey Ties Specter In Pennsylvania, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; More Say New Democrat Does Not Deserve Another Term

This time there will be no misguided Republican president and his willing lackey to save Specter's sorry ass from Toomey. And, speaking of Poles -


Okay - could be an oriental ...

2 comments:

BlogDog said...

Hey! Hey! Hey! That's reverse racism!

Turing word: calghjgl
Rodger, what does that mean in Welsh?

Rodger the Real King of France said...

It means "pass the mutton."

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