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The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : What Obama Actually Said
Even Slick Willie stood for something. His principles got overrun by his pecker, but at least he had them.
The major flaw in the Anti-Republicans' approach to healthcare is the flaw in all their legislation--beyond a pandering to their own appetite for power, there is no consistent unifying principle. In the truest sense of the word, Dear Leader and the Anti-Republicans are decidedly and disturbingly unprincipled. They stand for nothing but themselves.The Drudge-linked video also includes the 2003 clip of Obama arguing that he favors a single-payer health care system to the AFL-CIO, as well as clips of Democratic Reps. Barney Frank and Jan Schakowsky arguing that offering a government-run plan (or “public option”) will lead to single-payer over time. Taken together, I think this highlights Democratic double-talk on health care. When speaking to liberal audiences who want a single-payer system, Democrats will argue to them that offering a government-run plan within a government-run exchange is the politically pragmatic way of getting to a single-payer system over time. But when addressing the general public, they talk about the government plan merely as something that will provide people with “choice” and foster “competition.” They don’t get to have it both ways.
Even Slick Willie stood for something. His principles got overrun by his pecker, but at least he had them.