Sword and Sextant

…maybe not even the essentials. (Audio)

This has gotten a bunch of play today, and rightly so. Stemming from an IBD article and a few legal opinions, there is a real danger that private coverage -as written- may not be permitted under the health care bill entering the House (actually, it just got scuttled in a committee, but I digress).

Obama has admitted, when asked during a conference call, that he isn’t aware of that part of the Bill. This is a stupid admission on any level, and another instance in which the teleprompter wasn’t able to keep Dear Leader on topic and away from his own foot-in-mouth Bidenisms.

Let’s now acknowledge that Barack wants this passed with all haste and little debate in both houses of Congress so he can rubber stamp it. Let’s also acknowledge that it will change the relationship between the US Government and its people probably forever, and alter the social policy trajectory of this country forevermore. Obama’s ignorance of his own bill (well, he outsourced it to Congressional Dems, as usual) now glares more brightly than ever. At least read the important ones, dude.

This is part and parcel of Obama’s scary-ass governance style.

1) Raise a huge stink, yell bloody murder, scare the crap out of the voters to get a mob going;
2) Let Congress write the whole damn thing, stoke the fires of fear;
3) Quash all debate “in a bipartisan fashion,” blame Bush for something;
4) Pass bill to accolades, hedge on promises;
5) Remind us that the promises didn’t really count, and that “everyone” knew it would be different;
6) Completely ignore lack of results, shout down detractors Jon Kyl-style.

Now we simply know that during steps 1-4, he may not even know what he’s pushing for. This is further aided by the fact that he “couldn’t find any wasteful spending” in the stimulus bill. Hell, Mr. President, if you never read the thing, that’s going to be absolutely true.

This isn’t Hyde Park, where you just get people race-baited into a frenzy, waste millions in aid, and no one has any questions for you. Its the entire country, where you are held accountable (at long last). Everyone’s health is at stake here and you showed up to a meeting about a bill without command of WHAT IS IN THE FUCKING BILL AT HAND.

Dude did show up at G-8 without any ability to talk about the meeting he was about to go into, though, so maybe we should be ready for this kind of thing.