Open thread: Obama on ObamaCare — even better the 800th time around
posted at 7:50 pm on September 9, 2009 by Allahpundit
Alternate headline: “Let me be clear: You’ve heard all of this sh*t already.” 8 p.m. ET across the dial — except Fox, of course. The time to act is now, my friends, in much the same way that the time to act was in July before anyone had a chance to read the bill, attend a town hall, have a finger bitten off, or be called a subhuman by the Democratic leadership for daring to yell at them in a public forum. The topic tonight is policy but as you watch keep in mind the ocean of demagoguery the left used over the last month to try to wash away the grassroots revolt. Every time Obama sneers at the naysayers for incivility, remember that his toadies in Congress took to calling people like you “evil-mongers” — and he still has yet to open his fat mouth to say one word against them.
As I write this, more rumblings are coming from pro-life Blue Dogs that if they don’t get an up-or-down vote on banning abortion funding from the final bill, they’ll walk. I’m skeptical, but flag it for head-counting purposes in the days to come. As for the GOP response tonight, it smells like a bust. They’re taking the approach of conceding that the public wants some sort of reform while insisting that a statist solution is all wrong. I would have taken a more Hannan-esque line: You’ve run out of our money, Barry, and the very last thing that’s going to solve that problem is kick-starting another destined-for-bankruptcy bloated federal boondoggle. It’s like trying to repair a house that’s creaking and dilapidated by hitting it with a wrecking ball.
To set the mood, enjoy an ObamaCare pep talk from one of the least likeable spokespeople on the media/entertainment landscape. I can’t even imagine the thought process that went into picking this guy for this cause; unless it’s Rock the Vote’s way of trying to sabotage The One, it’s unfathomable. How dispiriting it must be to write for a popular site knowing full well that many of your readers either barely tolerate you or hate your guts. I’m glad I don’t know anyone like that! Content warning.
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man, I can’t wait till this leg tingle subsides…. Is that covered?
ted c on September 9, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Huh?
progressoverpeace on September 9, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Earnhardt might’ve voted Democrat for all I or you know. Who cares.
Yeah, Obama’s been so dazzling, there are even rumblings of an eventual challenge from Hillary.
ddrintn on September 9, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Everyone will be forced to have insurance; their primium payments will keep cost low for the government.
The Democrats in Tennessee tried this too; it almost bankruped our state.
TN Mom on September 9, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Man, what are you drinking tonight–you are hallucinationg
lovingmyUSA on September 9, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Same here
dhunter on September 9, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Great Scott, 2000+? Obama really accomplished something.
/s
Black Yoshi on September 9, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Tingling Leg Syndrome … you’re covered!
progressoverpeace on September 9, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Why don’t you two Trolls tell us what it’s like to be a Modern Progressive Useful Blind Puppet Monkey… And I’ll tell you what a Va&ina feels like.
ronnyraygun on September 9, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Yep, the dregs are everywhere.
simplesimon on September 9, 2009 at 9:45 PM
They have super majorities and the presidency. If they believed it, they do it.
Liars.
Fighton03 on September 9, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Perez Hilton forgot to have his gerbil declawed. Needs free Universal Care; well not quite Universal, just a certain part of his body needs some topical painkiller.
Geochelone on September 9, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Did you see Pelosi back there fluttering for all she was worth? I’ll bet she was so awed by Ogabe that she might even allow her non-union vineyard workers to unionize, just to show her magnanimity.
Bishop on September 9, 2009 at 9:47 PM
How can the government administer a ‘plan’ to hold down costs while at the same time, per Barry, the government nor insurance will “stand between you and the health care you need”?
Doesn’t that mean that ALL medical procedures will be covered? No government denial of service. No private enterprise denial of service? What the hell is going to stop folks from overloading the system from day one?
Limerick on September 9, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Why pay taxes when you can “chip in” or “lend a hand” instead? It sounds so much nicer – until the men with badges and guns show up at the door if you decline to keep on chipping and lending …
bkr2c on September 9, 2009 at 9:47 PM
So what was the bottom line from my man, Brit?
anniekc on September 9, 2009 at 9:47 PM
You, Sir, I put in command of my newly-minted GTR-HEALTH ADVISORY BOARD. You are a Czar, I say! A CAZR!! CAZR CAZR CAZR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My diet tonight has been 6 Natty-Bo’s/ Beer Czar, get me another Natty Bo!!! gO FORTH, you little lickspittle Cass Sunstein and fetch me a nohter beer as I laugh at your scrurrying form! Hahaha . Ha HA!! For my health and the health of the Nation!!!!!
GTR640 on September 9, 2009 at 9:47 PM
I’ve been one in Ohio, Texas, Louisiana, Alberta, Alaska, and South Carolina….
oh and let’s not forget Maryland….
you were saying?
sven10077 on September 9, 2009 at 9:47 PM
You are freaking dillusional tonight!! You know you are going down with this bad speech, and you want to try to change the momentum. Soory, we don’t buy it. Run home to your mommy now–it’s dark out.
lovingmyUSA on September 9, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Yep. You’re surrounded.
ddrintn on September 9, 2009 at 9:48 PM
OIYE! Don’t leave out us necks in Fla>
Cybergeezer on September 9, 2009 at 9:48 PM
0bama, 1936 is calling, Mussolini wants his chin back.
Rebar on September 9, 2009 at 9:49 PM
As we are reminded every time you show up here, son.
Bishop on September 9, 2009 at 9:49 PM
They aren’t gonna do squat. they didn’t have the votes before and they don’t after this epic fail of a rerun. The Dims even know that with this econmoy, the Chinese squakin about our debt, tax reciepts tankin and their spendapaloosa doing squat that they are history if they vote to spend another trillion or three.
its just their narcissistic leader who lacks the brains to get a clue. Some of the rest have to face the voters
dhunter on September 9, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Hey–I live in Des Moines
lovingmyUSA on September 9, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Ah yes, the race card again. Knew you wouldn’t disappoint.
Gator Country on September 9, 2009 at 9:49 PM
I enjoyed the constipated white faces of the GOP during the speech. Mitch McConnell didn’t know what hit him, and I believe for a second I saw the reddening face of John Boehner under his Mystic Tan. They kept shooting dirty looks toward the Democrats, like a bunch of jealous high school girls. I hope they like the minority…they’re there for a long time.
dcwvu on September 9, 2009 at 9:43 PM
dcwvu: But did you notice that no Liberal would stand until
Nancy did,talk about FEAR!!
And,besides the Socialist pep rally,nothing was said!
canopfor on September 9, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Baghdad Bob/Comical Ali.
ddrintn on September 9, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Why are the faces of the GOP white?
Why is that salient?
You’d have noticed, if you’d been paying attention, that the GOP is the color-blind party.
Your fixation shows you to be a racist.
massrighty on September 9, 2009 at 9:50 PM
We surround you slimeball
lovingmyUSA on September 9, 2009 at 9:50 PM
and PLENTY of them in CA. Just get away from the coast into the farm land.
Ampersand on September 9, 2009 at 9:50 PM
meaning simplesemen
lovingmyUSA on September 9, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Sioux City worked for companies outta Des moines.
dhunter on September 9, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Here..here.my fellow fly over country man/woman!
ddrintn..We are getting ready to let the pigs run the street for the night here in DSM. It sure is fun…hic hic…
Rndguy on September 9, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Dcwvu doesn’t have much to offer, you need to give him a break.
Bishop on September 9, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Don’t worry folks. In 2010 we get a do over and we can erase this POS Bill.
By then everyone will know that Barry was trying to destroy America but he only ended up nuking his own party. We tried to tell him.
Told ya so.
Geochelone on September 9, 2009 at 9:52 PM
BEER CAZR!! i NNEED A NEW CAZR, a dorito Cazr. Send him forth to the kitchn to fetch me more doritos and chips anmd advuise on the regulatory state of the fridge while. Fetch stimulus from 7/11 if neededd.
GTR640 on September 9, 2009 at 9:52 PM
So this is how a worthless lib picks itself up
CWforFreedom on September 9, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Yeah, Nightmare, I know, but I’d still like to hit the fool upside the head with this bad attitude rhetorical question–just to piss him off.
Gang-of-One on September 9, 2009 at 9:53 PM
“the horror on a parents face telling their child there is something that will make you better but I can’t afford it” (Barry channeling Teddy)
“the horror on Mary Jo’s parents face when State Troopers told them what Mr Kennedy did to their little girl”
(Me channeling bile and disgust)
Limerick on September 9, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Okay Rahm. You can go to bed now; It’s over. See you in the morning.
Love, Barack.
Cybergeezer on September 9, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Them Libs is damn tolerant, ain’t they?
coldwarrior on September 9, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Check out the cover for the upcoming issue of the National Review. I assure you that it’s worth the click.
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NzQ2NGY5NjY3ODM4YjRjYTJjZmVmZTg2MmExY2QwZmM=
BuckeyeSam on September 9, 2009 at 9:54 PM
You’re right – not the most agile mind here, for sure.
massrighty on September 9, 2009 at 9:55 PM
ok… Miller gets the line of the night!
Ampersand on September 9, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Doing nothing is certainly a better option than bankrupting the country to attack this windmill.
flataffect on September 9, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Let’s not forget Obama’s 53 new bureaucracies. An excellent point in the GOP response.
BuckeyeSam on September 9, 2009 at 9:56 PM
“when the 6:oo speech on how government is going to tighten up health care starts at 6:15 I think that says it all baby”
-Dennis Miller
Ampersand on September 9, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Wow, a traveling ‘neck! Mobile meth lab?
simplesimon on September 9, 2009 at 9:57 PM
“the horror on a parents face telling their child there is something that will make you better but I can’t afford it” (Barry channeling Teddy)
“the horror on Mary Jo’s parents face when State Troopers told them what Mr Kennedy did to their little girl”
(Me channeling bile and disgust)
Limerick on September 9, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Limerick: Using Ted Kennedy tonite was disgusting!
This needs to be talked about on the blogs,
and yes,Liberals have no shame!
Just as in a CRISIS,the Leftys will use any
thing and anybody in an attempt to score poli
tical points!!
canopfor on September 9, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Oh yeah! Thanks!
Maquis on September 9, 2009 at 9:58 PM
hey there!
lovingmyUSA on September 9, 2009 at 9:58 PM
….. rim shot….
Calm down simpleton! I said shot not job!
Ampersand on September 9, 2009 at 9:58 PM
best line tonight, Dennis Miller on BillO, pelosi’s utterly still facial expression with just blinking looked like Yul Brenner in Westworld, BWAAAAHAAAAAAA
ginaswo on September 9, 2009 at 9:58 PM
NRO
Wethal on September 9, 2009 at 9:59 PM
BuckeyeSam on September 9, 2009 at 9:54 PM
that is FABULOUS many thanks!
ginaswo on September 9, 2009 at 9:59 PM
and MEchelle is ahving lots of people to talk about the utter desolation that is American healthcare in their eyes
ginaswo on September 9, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Someone call PETA
Jeff from WI on September 9, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Hey! Right back at you my right honorable friend lost in this liberal mecca called Des Moines!
Rndguy on September 9, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Nah, just an honest worker, I’d say. You have a problem with those types too?
ddrintn on September 9, 2009 at 10:01 PM
BuckeyeSam on September 9, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Great picture!
lovingmyUSA on September 9, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Pelosi was blinking Morse Code…
“P A L O M I N O”
Yep, Palomino.
coldwarrior on September 9, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Do you call your mother “Mom” or “Sis”?
atheling on September 9, 2009 at 10:02 PM
I watched the whole pathetic display. Bambi ran the full gamut of his (limited) range… he was in his “lecturing Dad” mode for the most part, occasionally slipping into “condescending know-it-all”, and finishing up with “sincere preacher man”.
I laughed, I cried… it was phenomenal.
(P.S. McCotter, Cantor and Boehner make a lovely trio… More, please.)
jana on September 9, 2009 at 10:02 PM
simplesemens new line–meth labs–replaces nascar fans
lovingmyUSA on September 9, 2009 at 10:03 PM
From RedSstate:
Joe Wilson has been identified as the Republican who yelled out that Barack Obama was a liar.
atxcowgirl on September 9, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Exactly! I’m PO’d that the GOP says “yeah, us too! we care too!” The only bill I’ll not wage war over is tort reform and eliminate state line limitations on insurance. Any bill longer than a page or two is too damn long and guaranteed to screw us all.
Maquis on September 9, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Wow, a traveling ‘neck! Mobile meth lab?
simplesimon on September 9, 2009 at 9:57 PM
simplesimon:
Are you sure your not on Acid!!!!
Lying Liberals on Lysergic Acid Diethylamide!!
canopfor on September 9, 2009 at 10:03 PM
OK, I just got here….
What did I miss?
Youngs98 on September 9, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Since “the time for bickering is over” I’ll go back to dying more BDUs a sort of Butternut color.
Limerick on September 9, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Dale Earnhardt did not have AIDS, you fool. There was a NASCAR driver who did, many years ago, but it was not Earnhardt.
Typical lying left-wing POS. You’re as ready to throw falsehoods around as your Messiah, Osama Obama, aren’t you?
Be glad I don’t have the hammer here. You’d get it for that kind of crap.
MrScribbler on September 9, 2009 at 10:03 PM
All your redneck are belong to us.
Texas
connertown on September 9, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Heh…every time the guy speaks in public he loses support.
ddrintn on September 9, 2009 at 10:04 PM
dhunter on September 9, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Are you serious? Sheesh, this guy just can’t stop.
Obamarrhea.
atheling on September 9, 2009 at 10:05 PM
+100
Fighton03 on September 9, 2009 at 10:06 PM
Ooops 1st “guote” got eatin
dhunter on September 9, 2009 at 10:06 PM
Uh-Oh, WSJ’s Morgenthau reports possible Iranian missle threat based In Venezuela! That would put us in range of an Iranian nuke which US Itel stated during the speech (coincidence?)now have enough plutonium for a functional bomb.
Odds of Bambam pulling off a Kennedyesque Kruschev staredown…nil! But hey, if Bambam got his way they could based even closer in the Honduras!
Now don’t you feel better?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203440104574400792835972018.html?mod=rss_opinion_main
Archimedes on September 9, 2009 at 10:06 PM
My sentiment is; if the current bill is not scrapped, and a new bill presented, then nothing has changed….and nothing more than 200 pages; for gawds sake….
Onward Forward and Upward!!
RoxanneH on September 9, 2009 at 10:06 PM
What is the plan? You are our community organizer.
TXMomof3 on September 9, 2009 at 10:07 PM
this is a joke right?
Ampersand on September 9, 2009 at 10:07 PM
dhunter on September 9, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Whoohoo! Knew it! That’s why the trolls sound so desperate tonight!
lovingmyUSA on September 9, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Every time that tennis-head-boppin’ moron speaks is a joke.
Maquis on September 9, 2009 at 10:09 PM
I’m surprised they didn’t do a Frank Luntz thing.
Ampersand on September 9, 2009 at 10:10 PM
L I A R!
wildcat84 on September 9, 2009 at 10:10 PM
We set up our labs where the demand is, dummy.
We’re capitalists.
massrighty on September 9, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Whats with the leftists here yapping about methane? Are they not the ones who always favor using illegal drugs? The lefties always make fun of folks who live in mobile homes, now thats weird because I thought the Leftist-democratic party favored the poor who can’t afford mansions.
garydt on September 9, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Yep, and the demand is highest in DC on Saturday!
Yellowdog12 on September 9, 2009 at 10:12 PM
It was a well-delivered speech. Obama soared towards the end. I wouldn’t be surprised if got a bump in the polls.
Reagan Republican on September 9, 2009 at 10:12 PM
they do not favor the poor….they use them (simplefuq) included
CWforFreedom on September 9, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Only frogs, er, dummies like you, remain in the boiling water until it’s too late. The American people, still having some decency left, figured out how you and yours are liars, and will jump out of the pan, much sooner than you anticipate.
Schadenfreude on September 9, 2009 at 10:12 PM
The likes of DCWVU prefer to give up control of their lives to government. It is easier for them.
CWforFreedom on September 9, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Let me be clear. ZZZzz
So this was suppose to explain in detail his positions and sooth any fears. Propelling this legislation over the goalline. Guess he will need to give another speech in a month or two. Sub par speech, good delivery but as usual lacking substance.
koolbrease on September 9, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Missing /sarc tag?
If he gets a “bump,” where does that put him?
Will a whopping 37% trust him on health care?
massrighty on September 9, 2009 at 10:14 PM
it’s a living…of course so is the army and logistics work….
“work”….
a foreign concept to a foreign people as regards what made America great.
sven10077 on September 9, 2009 at 10:15 PM
You know what scared me the most of the whole night?
It was that grinnin ass McCain. He’s been sayin the right things up to now BUT I think the clown has mommie issues, Pinnochio gave him apat on the head and he got a great big ..it eatin grin
watch him he’s constantly seekin approval. He might try to get all bi-partisani and sell us out again sorry but after he got rolled on stimupaloosa I don’t trust him at all.
dhunter on September 9, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Camille Paglia had a LOT to say about that today. Sounds almost like she’s ready to leave the liberal party…leave them to their own vacuous thought processes like, “GOVERNMENT GOOD! GOVERNMENT SOLVE PROBLEMS!”
Grace_is_sufficient on September 9, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Yes maybe the gop will be the minority for a long time, you ever notice how long it takes to uproot a communist government once its been in place? I know it took them over seventy years to get rid of it in the USSR and Eastern Europe. This is why we get nervous everytime leftists want to cram something down our throats thats more regulatory or in efficient.
garydt on September 9, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Independents.
Reagan Republican on September 9, 2009 at 10:17 PM
You leftists must exist in a semi comatose state. Obama will be lucky if he his positives remain double digits.
rplat on September 9, 2009 at 10:17 PM
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