Democrats, Not Father, Know "Best"

Let's hope history repeats itself for Obamakare.

We’ve all been reading about how the town halls have become “town hells” with angry voters shouting down Democrats who try and preach Obamakare and even seniors turning against AARP meetings (with the AARP shutting them down when the seniors start asking tough questions).  With the Obamakare vote delayed until after Labor Day one has to ask two questions: 1) Will Democrats “get it” and 2) Why do they always think they know best?

To start with the second question first here’s an interesting analysis from the Baltimore Sun:

America’s liberals have gone from swooning over Barack Obama’s ascension to the White House and gloating over their Bush-induced domination of Congress to near-hysteria because ordinary middle-class Americans are rising in anger against the Democrats’ planned hijacking of the nation’s health care system.

How dare these people adopt the tactics of the left, like the ACORN or SEIU organizers, and plan demonstrations of political dissatisfaction. The left would have us believe that such actions are illegitimate if performed by any other than their own supporters.

Liberals (by these I mean the Far Left ones) are generally elitist who are well-educated, high income earners, urban dwellers, “trend” setters, and think they have all the answers.  They remain safe in the knowledge that should Obamakare provide them and their families with inadequate coverage they can simply pay privately for the care they need.  In fact, even President Obama admitted were his family sick he would pay for any care that it took to cure them.  He is a millionaire, he can afford this option just as Al Gore can fly in private jets, burn through enough electricity to power a small town and pay carbon offset “credits” to assuage his guilt.  Like the Tea Parties a few months ago, we are seeing the Silent Majority rise up to overthrow their masters… and the masters don’t like it with many trying to blame Republicans and discredit ordinary Americans by comparing them to NAZI Brown Shirts.

Investor’s Business Daily makes this point:

Their increasing anxiety and fear of failure are typified in the words of the leader of their party, who wants Republicans to keep their mouths shut while he “fixes” health care.

“I don’t want the folks who created the mess to do a lot of talking,” the president said Thursday at a political rally in Virginia. “I want them to get out of the way so we can clean up the mess.”

“The plan for August is to have a discussion, to listen carefully to what people are saying, what ideas they may have to improve the legislation as it affects them,” Pelosi said. In other words, Americans can suggest changes, but the elitists in Washington will not withdraw plans to take over the best health care system in the world.

Earlier in the week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid walked the same line as Pelosi, making it clear that the Democratic leadership had no intention of listening to fed-up voters.

“In spite of the loud, shrill voices trying to interrupt town hall meetings and just throw a monkey wrench into everything,” he said, “we’re going to continue to be positive and work hard.”

How Liberals view Americans.

One has to ask oneself the question as to how Democrats, who yelled for years about George W. Bush trying to threaten and scare the opposition (Democrats) into going along with his “War on Terror,” can adopt much harsher techniques themselves.  I guess that makes them hypocrites on the worst order and no better than jihadists who claim only they know what is right (in the former case it is elitism that speaks the truth while in the latter it is Allah).

As to the first question… will the Democrats “get it” or not?  I certainly hope they don’t until the point when the votes are cast and Obamakare fails.  This way the Democratic party will once again damage itself in the way they did back in 1992-1993 when Hillarykare was making the headlines and the Republicans soon took over Congress.

Americans have a healthy distrust of their government and, indeed, with news that the Democrats just approved over $500 million to be spent on private jets for their personal useage, they should.

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