Video: DeMint challenges Obama to line-by-line review of ObamaCare
posted at 8:48 am on September 9, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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Jim DeMint gave Greta van Susteren a preview of Barack Obama’s speech tonight in front of the joint session of Congress, and a failing grade almost 24 hours in advance. Why? DeMint explains that Obama thinks he can fix everything with “just words,” but that Congress needs something a lot more substantial than just another sales pitch. DeMint’s tired of pitches, generalities, and ambiguities. It’s time to get down to specifics, which DeMint believes Obama cannot defend — and perhaps doesn’t even know (via The Right Scoop):
But I want to hear him defend his bill. I want him to open up the house bill that was passed and actually point to sections…and say it is in there, read it… I don’t want to hear any generalities, I don’t want to hear any more false promises… He needs to defend his plan and not just criticize those of us who are presenting alternatives.
Van Susteren mentions a promise Obama made to take Congress through the health-care reform bill line by line, and asks DeMint if he’d do that with Obama. DeMint says he’d gladly do it, but one has to wonder who would be the sherpa and who would be the novice in that arrangement. Will Obama speak in generalities tonight in order to make a sales pitch or just out of ignorance of the details?
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During or at the conclusion of the speech, we need to light up the congressional switchboards. We should show that we are willing to listen before we condemn the speech. Actually, If the speech starts at 8 pm I believe the Most proper and polite thing to do would wait until about 8:01 pm before starting to call.
Guest1.1 on September 9, 2009 at 9:37 AM
It is totally amazing to me the transformation that takes place in a politicians mind when they get to DC. They become instant know it alls and experts about whatever subject or committee they are assigned to. Never mind that they never worked in that field a day in their lives. Must be something in the water there.
Kissmygrits on September 9, 2009 at 9:39 AM
I think it’s more like he’s like the spoiled brat who wasted too many brain cells and aspects of his soul on dope on the beach and later in classroom seats where no one ever so much as required him to be sober and sane.
Lourdes on September 9, 2009 at 9:40 AM
DeMint vs. Demented
Waterloo Orammadan
bluegrass on September 9, 2009 at 9:43 AM
Well..Obama also will be giving the newest democratic talking points.
“1500 people are dying everyday due to not having healthcare”
becki51758 on September 9, 2009 at 9:43 AM
Well..Obama also will be giving the newest democratic talking points.
“1500 people are dying everyday due to not having healthcare”
becki51758 on September 9, 2009 at 9:43 AM
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And don’t forget that 2500 people die every day of exhaustion looking ofr a job!!!!!!!!!!!
bluegrass on September 9, 2009 at 9:46 AM
Our moonbat president’s deadline to address this ‘crisis’ is a month old, but his ’solution’ will kick in when?? 2013?? Rhetorical….
MalindaH on September 9, 2009 at 9:47 AM
The name of the speech has just come out:
“I Have a Healthcare Dream”
LibTired on September 9, 2009 at 9:47 AM
No doubt he’ll be saying all of those things, just the points will be artfully posed with rhetorical flourish.
tru2tx on September 9, 2009 at 9:47 AM
Time to summon Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton to a prayer fest at the White House Beer Garden.
bluegrass on September 9, 2009 at 9:48 AM
The speech will be nothing but boilerplate for the democrat socialists. Nothing new at all.
SouthernGent on September 9, 2009 at 9:49 AM
awesome, so 1.6 MILLION people will DIE because the democratic ‘leadership’ FAILED to do anything to help them for the next 3 years.
gatorboy on September 9, 2009 at 9:49 AM
Calling Dr Hussian, Dr Hussian
Please report to the majority leaders, Dr Hussian
bluegrass on September 9, 2009 at 9:51 AM
“A healthcare nightmare”.
Johan Klaus on September 9, 2009 at 9:52 AM
OMG 5,750 people die each day who HAVE HEALTHCARE! With only 1,005 dying each day w/o healthcare, seems we should want LESS people with healthcare, not MORE – that alone would save thousands of lives each day, right?
/sarc lib talking points are a joke
gatorboy on September 9, 2009 at 9:54 AM
ObamaCare: Cost effective care from cradle to early grave
Endorsed by 9 out of 10 morticians
MB4 on September 9, 2009 at 9:54 AM
Would it be too much to ask for a GIANT meteor to fall from the sky at 8:01pm EST…..
SmallGovtGuy on September 9, 2009 at 9:55 AM
“Nightmare on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.”
Johan Klaus on September 9, 2009 at 9:56 AM
The name of the speech has just come out:
“I Have a Healthcare Dream”
LibTired on September 9, 2009 at 9:47 AM
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I have climbed the ghetto rooftops
Looked down and saw the deadbeat masses rise up
No more Mortgage Payments
No more personal responsibility
No more Fox News
Where a man is judged by his slick tongue
and not an ounce of intelligence
I have a health care dream
I have a dream
bluegrass on September 9, 2009 at 9:57 AM
A line-by-line review would be great. That would take about 35 years, I think.
Daggett on September 9, 2009 at 9:58 AM
3700 abortions per day (Democrat Dead)
1500 healthcare deaths (Republicans Dead)
2200 total more dead due to Democrats than Republicans
Jeff from WI on September 9, 2009 at 9:58 AM
Stranger things have happened…
canditaylor68 on September 9, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Will Obama speak in generalities tonight in order to make a sales pitch or just out of ignorance of the details?
The speech will be all emotion. The feedback from the returning Congress has been that the people are not angry, but rather afraid. They fear what this healthcare bill will bring. People can´t understand it all, therefore they are afraid.
“Calm their fears, Mr. President” has been the word back to Obama.
Obama`s speech will be full of warm fuzzy emotion to show people should not be afraid of the govt. health care program. At the same time Obama will show what they should really fear is the current healthy system – he will roll out the horror stories of how the current system failed so many. Some of these people will all be sitting with Michelle and her very toned upper arms.
Look for a tear to roll down Joe Biden`s and Nancy Pelosi`s eyes at some part during the speech (zoom in close up) – my bet is that it happend during the obligatory Ted Kennedy segment.
The MSM is already at work writing their praising reviews of the speech: “the best speech ever given by a President”, “he really cares about the American people”, “he has now given hope to so many people without health insurance”…ad nauseum.
And the bottom line being…”We have the votes to ram this through….”
albill on September 9, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Stranger things have happened…
canditaylor68 on September 9, 2009 at 10:01 AM
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that would not be as devastating as the big turd that fell to earth in August for the dems and communist
bluegrass on September 9, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Thats a lot of dead, but if its Dems having abortions then..
becki51758 on September 9, 2009 at 10:06 AM
I love how Fox is playing this, too. His entire presidency could be over after tonight!
Hallelujah!
John the Libertarian on September 9, 2009 at 10:06 AM
Hmmm…now there’s a point
Jeff from WI on September 9, 2009 at 10:07 AM
I doubt he supports it, but Obama shouldn’t be allowed to pass off tort reform as a “concession to the right.” Since when is working against the financial interests of a small cadre of plaintiffs an ideal of the Democratic Party–let alone of Americans?
Tort reform is not good only for those on the right, it’s good for us all. And I have yet to hear a principled argument–hell, any argument–by a Dem opposing tort reform.
Insert it as something for the common good.
BuckeyeSam on September 9, 2009 at 10:08 AM
The left is in a panic . . . they know the majority of Americans despise their socialist healthcare manifesto but they are beholding to their parasitic constituents and are frantically searching for chewable bones to throw in their troughs. Be careful very Dems, you are about to tear the heart and soul out of this once great Republic and the aftermath won’t be pretty.
rplat on September 9, 2009 at 10:09 AM
And the only reason the 10th mortician is refusing to endorse Obama’s plan is because he’s a raaaaacist!
AZCoyote on September 9, 2009 at 10:10 AM
Standing Ovation
Its a revolution
bluegrass on September 9, 2009 at 10:11 AM
I’ll be watching a John Wayne DVD
Yeah and Eastwood too,the more killing the better!
ohiobabe on September 9, 2009 at 10:13 AM
The worst thing that can happen is for some “bipartisan compromise bill” to win the day. The Democrats will have lost nothing politically if that happens, while the Republicans will be left as a demoralized unprincipled pile of dung.
I think we will soon learn why Obama and Judd Gregg decided Gregg would be more useful to Obama’s agenda in the senate and not in his cabinet.
Buddahpundit on September 9, 2009 at 10:13 AM
Nanzi and Harry probably scheming on how to cut off broadcast on C-span when these voting charades take place to help save those likely to get voted out.
Imagine they are drowning in their own swamp.
bluegrass on September 9, 2009 at 10:20 AM
They must know something we don’t know. Do they know they have secured enough election fraud power to not suffer repercussions?
PrincipledPilgrim on September 9, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Yes!
mrpeabody on September 9, 2009 at 10:45 AM
I read an article about political gurus and policy advisers. It was very interesting. What I remember is how giving advice was described. The advice they give is determined by the individual they give it to, i.e. what they want to hear and what the advsor thought the politician could get away with. I’m sure Obama has political advisors that know an all out push for the public option that fails is going to sink his presidency. I’m sure he has advisors that know the economy is not going to recover in the next four years and the threat of inflation is all to real. I’m sure he has advisors that know another shot at “comprehensive immigration reform” in a recession is suicide. But the advice they give is limited to what Obama and his leadership want to hear. If Obama wants advice on how to pass the public option, no matter how fool hardy the advisor knows it to be, that is the advice that will be given. That has to be a surreal experience. Getting paid to give good advice but being in a position to give advice you know will lead to a failure, not because you are incompetent but because that is what the boss wants…
Theworldisnotenough on September 9, 2009 at 10:45 AM
This man is clearly a raaaaaaacissssssst!
csdeven on September 9, 2009 at 10:46 AM
Lead water pipes.
mrpeabody on September 9, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Time to buck up and show some leadership Barry. Welcome to your political dying ground. Tonight your back is on the wall and you have no where to go but down. You are fighting uphill. Fail, the left eats you. Succeed, the right eats you. You’ve fought yourself into this wet paper bag, now see if you can talk your way out of it. Jerk
ted c on September 9, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Obama lies, and everyone knows it now.
Remember one thing, your congressional clunker values their position in the politburo of the walled city WDC more than anything else.
If the townhalls of August taught you nothing more, you could easily see how out of touch with the real world your congressional clunkers really are.
tarpon on September 9, 2009 at 10:51 AM
“Let me be clear [insert distortion, misrepresentation or out-and-out lie here]“
ya2daup on September 9, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Ignorance!
pcpower1 on September 9, 2009 at 11:03 AM
I must admit I’m rather ignorant on political processes. Perhaps someone could explain something to me.
If the ObamaCare bill(s) pass they won’t go into affect until 2013 (yeah, it’s real critical to pass it immediately, huh?). Well, let’s say in 2012 we get a Republican President and a Republican-controlled Congress and House (praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!), couldn’t this abomination just be deep-sixed?
This is a serious question and thanks in advance…
Fuzzlenutter on September 9, 2009 at 11:04 AM
Every election cycle in the future will be won by promising to repeal Everything the Kenyan, Communist, Racist, Narcissist, Liar-in-chief and his America hating DemoCommie supporters have passed or proposed!
Marco on September 9, 2009 at 11:12 AM
Sorry, but I won’t be watching “the Mother of all Speeches” tonight… I can’t stomach the thought of Madame Speaker (The Hack in the Box) jumping up and down 50 bazillion times like a position player in a Whack-a-mole game at a two bit carnival…
Kudos to Dennis Miller for the “Hack” reference a few months ago on The O’Reilly Factor…
So appropriate… So VERY, VERY appropriate…
Khun Joe on September 9, 2009 at 11:24 AM
… has already made it to Google as a single result search term. Czary! I mean, Crazy!
ExpressoBold on September 9, 2009 at 11:33 AM
Dean made an excellent argument in defense of not including tort reform. It went something like this: Even though over 90% of us are lawyers, we’re too afraid of lawyers to do it.
Accidental hoesty in politics is at least good for a chuckle if nothing else.
DrAllecon on September 9, 2009 at 12:49 PM
er..honesty
DrAllecon on September 9, 2009 at 12:49 PM
DeMint to Obama: Please do my job for me.
DeMint is more than welcome to review the whole bill line by line; in fact, that’s why he gets paid. If he doesn’t like what’s in there, he can try to change it, or vote against.
What’s the problem here?
e-pirate on September 9, 2009 at 9:07 AM
The “problem” is that nobody knows with any certainty what is in the house and senate bills including you. Unlike you, we are not compliant, parasitic sheep looking for more free stuff from the government. Furthermore, we are not willing to give up our freedoms and liberties so that we can be
stroked and cuddledenslaved and strangled by the nanny government. If you truly do not know what the problem is then you don’t belong in this discussion.rplat on September 9, 2009 at 9:22 AM
fify
tigerlily on September 9, 2009 at 12:56 PM
Every time we hear “comprehensive _______ reform”, it means that the bill is 90%+ stuff that nobody wants, attached to 10% that is a no-brainer.
cthulhu on September 9, 2009 at 1:01 PM
I’m do hope he uses the styrofoam columns for his backdrop tonight. That alone will certainly get me to change my mind to be pro-Obamacare.
Greek-looking styrofoam columns are cool.
scituate_tgr on September 9, 2009 at 1:21 PM
DeMint is so solid… Obama is such a panty-waste. I can’t bear to watch him tonight, so I’ll just go to the gym and then look to my enlightened brethren here at MH to fill me in.
D2Boston on September 9, 2009 at 2:01 PM
Well, let’s say in 2012 we get a Republican President and a Republican-controlled Congress and House (praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!), couldn’t this abomination just be deep-sixed?
This is a serious question and thanks in advance…
Fuzzlenutter on September 9, 2009 at 11:04 AM
This would only happen if the republicans had what the democrats now enjoy, a filibuster-proof majority. Anything less and the dems can hold the line on repeal. This is why it has to be stopped right now, when the reps don’t have the votes to stop it. The odds of this happening, even by 2012, are south of slim.
runawayyyy on September 9, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Perhaps someone will insert “Void if Obama leaves office before law takes affect.”
Slowburn on September 9, 2009 at 5:26 PM
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