America is speaking, loud and clear:

WASHINGTON — Senator Arlen Specter and the health and human services secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, were heckled and booed in Philadelphia on Sunday.

In Austin on Saturday, a throng of protesters enveloped Representative Lloyd Doggett, Democrat of Texas, at a supermarket where he was trying to meet constituents. They carried signs that said “No Socialized Health Care” and chanted “Just say no!”

And in Morrisville, Pa., Representative Patrick J. Murphy, a Democrat, expected 25 people at a “Congressman on Your Corner” event on Saturday. Instead he was met by a boisterous crowd of about 150 and a barrage of questions on health care.

Americans have read the Obamacare proposal, even if the Congress and the President have not, and do not like what they see. Rationed health care for everyone, denial of health care for senior citizens, and the forced closure of the private insurance industry are just a few of the things which are causing the anger.

Democrats are trying to write-off these demonstrations as “extreme” and “fringe,” but the truth is that the people who are complaining are just regular folks who have tired of this Administration’s endless string of broken promises. Now, as top Administration officials say that taxes on the middle class will have to be raised to pay for this proposal, in contradiction of Obama’s campaign promises, Americans are getting angry. And the Democrats have noticed:

Voters are expected to make known their growing doubts about Obama’s push. Among the emotional issues driving those doubts are fears about government-run insurance plans, a growing federal deficit, the impact on small businesses, abortion and end-of-life provisions. Political parties and special interest groups will add to the cacophony by spending millions of dollars on competing ads.

The White House intends to counter those influences aggressively throughout the month. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said, for instance, that he believes some groups are “manufacturing that anger.”

This week, before the debate crystallizes outside of Washington, the White House hopes to build as much momentum as possible.

Of course! The only dissent possible to one of the Obamessiah’s ideas is manufactured dissent. It couldn’t possibly be genuine, because only an idiot would stop a government takeover of the health care system, right? In any event, it doesn’t look like the Democrats care whether or not you want this reform or not; they’re going to jam it through using each and every dirty trick they can:

Reid said that a bipartisan bill is the goal, “if there’s any way humanly possible” given the “loud, shrill voices” aiming to derail the process. But he and the other senators gathered around him also said health care reform would happen without bipartisan support if it wasn’t possible.

“The preference is do it together,” Baucus said shortly after the White House meeting. “The American people do not like partisanship. But the American people also don’t like groups of people trying to kill something that should be done, should get passed. … So we’re going to get it done.”

As is usual for Democrats these days, Reid is lying through his teeth. They have no intention of trying to pass a bi-partisan bill; they’re going to use reconciliation to pass the bill with only 51 votes instead of the required 60:

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the third-ranking Senate Democrat, raised the prospect of the leadership crafting a bill to Democratic specifications and using a rare legislative procedure to expedite legislation fulfilling President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority.

“We will have contingencies in place. These plans will likely be considered as a last resort, but they are on the table,” Schumer told reporters on a conference call. He declined to elaborate.

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Schumer said Democratic leaders continue to look at invoking a procedural maneuver that would allow them to pass the health bill with 51 instead of 60 votes. That route is viewed as a last resort since it limits what legislative measures would be allowed and any broad policy initiatives would probably have to be limited.

Schumer and the rest of the Democrat chain-gang will use this trick at the first opportunity they get. For weeks now, Democrats have been telling the public that the bill has to be passed “right now,” or “quickly.” Hell, they want it passed so fast that no one on the Democrat side of the isle has even read the bill!

So, can anything be done to stop these liberal weasels from railroading the public into socialized health care? Well, the August Recess gives us all a chance to express our opinions to our Congressional Representatives, assuming that they are still representing the people they are supposed to serve. Of course, it looks like they are ignoring any and all dissent and trying to convince everyone that it is all coming from a small group of conservative extremists, so chances are small that your Democrat rep will listen. It appears that they are determined to shove it down your throat.

The question is, are you going to let them?

NOTE: While looking for the two videos linked above, I noticed that the only videos that came up in my search results on Google were pro-reform videos (terms used: health care reform). Gee, you think that’s just a coincidence?

This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 at 12:12 pm by Nick, and is filed under Culture War, Health Care Reform, Health Stuff, Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.