I agree. I guess I’m out of the news cycle, so I didn’t hear much at all about these protests, but the current news economic model means that controversy must be inflamed at every opportunity. I think 30 years ago you wouldn’t really have heard of them.
The other thing that I knew was coming was the disillusionment with Obama’s promises that we could have everything. I’m a registered Republican and I wanted W. to try to shake my hand on camera so I could turn and leave. That’s how much antipathy he generated. So there was a built in base to elect whomever wasn’t seen as his appointed successor, which is why McCain didn’t even have W. at the convention.
But Obama sold a bit of a pipe dream in which everyone got candy for breakfast and every night was pizza night, or in the adult version, health care for all and free economic doughnuts with sprinkles. In other words, he told people what they wanted to hear, and he got elected. Now they’re finding out that these ideas cost (again; we never learn).
I mean, right now he’s essentially lying, telling America straight to its face that his plan would not cover illegal aliens while it’s a known fact that the Hispanic Congressional Caucus promised to not vote for its own party’s bill (well, they’re mostly Democrat, anyway) if there were any methods included to verify a person’s immigration or citizenship status. They pointedly used the “nuclear threat” of loudly not voting for something he needs votes on if illegal aliens might get found out and not get included in the system. So while the bill doesn’t state that illegals are covered, in all effect, they are. This “nuance” escapes him. Oh no it doesn’t, he just lied by omission.
Der Trihs: Do you have a link from a (relatively) unbiased source for which system costs less? As noted above, I’m not trying to swallow anything any reputed Pubbies throws around, but I’ve not been following this dogfight lately.