(Satire) Yes Robert, the republican party called me, the little tiny bastard red-headed step-child blogger out in left field personally and asked me to start writing about this issue back on:
APRIL 24TH, 2009!
Dictatorial Much?
In a meeting with House Republicans at the White House Thursday, President Obama reminded the minority that the last time he reached out to them, they reacted with zero votes — twice — for his stimulus package. And then he reminded them again. And again. And again.
A GOP source familiar with the meeting said that the president was extremely sensitive — even “thin-skinned” – to the fact that the stimulus bill received no GOP votes in the House. He continually brought it up throughout the meeting.
Obama also offered payback for that goose egg. A major overhaul of the health care system, he told the Republican leadership, would be done using a legislative process known as reconciliation, meaning that the GOP won’t be able to filibuster it.
I want what I want, when I want it, and I want it now.
Congress has until October 15 to pass health care or student lending reform under the normal process. If it doesn’t, reconciliation can be used to eliminate the 60-vote requirement.
Democratic aides said that Obama made clear to the GOP leadership that he would continue to work in a bipartisan way, but that they didn’t have veto power over health care policy. GOP aides, however, said that Obama was pretty clear that reconciliation would be used. “From what was told me, it sounded more like he would almost definitely use reconciliation for healthcare. I don’t think he hedged much,” said one.
Today, 8.4.09, we have this:
WH calls health care anger ‘manufactured’
The White House on Tuesday dismissed protests against President Obama’s health care reforms in multiple states over the weekend as “manufactured anger” orchestrated by right wing groups and the Republican party.
“I hope people will take a jaundiced eye to what is clearly the Astroturf nature of grass-roots lobbying,” said White House press secretary Robert Gibbs during a morning off-camera session in his office with reporters.
“This is manufactured anger,” he said.
Mr. Gibbs implied that the Republican Party is using operatives to make it appear as if members of the administration and of Congress are encountering genuine outrage and anger over the president’s proposed health care reforms.
So now we are not only “domestic terrorists” according to Janet, but we appear to be “operatives” according to the WH. This is dangerous language Mr. Obama, and it continues the dangerous division of “us” and “them” that your administration started, oh so many months ago. It’s a good thing my grammie has passed over or she would know exactly what to do with that bar of soap.
UPDATE:
Because this video is coming from the National Republican Congressional Committee YouTube Channel, every single one of these Wisconsin voters have to be Republican Operatives! (Snark)
And just for the record, my readers know this but the newbies probably do not, The Monster HAS NEVER been registered as a Republican.
If there is one thing this administration does well is spread “disinformation”.
I know who would of thought any of the “little people” would of actually read the Health Care Bill. After all if the people voting on didn’t read it why should the rest of us.
They just keep throwing it out there and hoping something will stick.
Kathy… I would add one more thing this administration and Congress do real well… unintended consequences.
How dare you be an informed citizen… er… I mean… operative!
Everyone needs to read the 1933 Trading With the Enemies Act. According to that bill, WE are the enemy, the American people are at war with our fascist foreign corporate government. This “government” as almost completely enacted into law all of the planks of the communist manifesto, except for one…enact a police state. They are waiting for us to make the next move so this can be done and make it so. They have slowly taken away all of our rights, and now they want to drop the hammer and take us from a fascist state to a full blown communist police state. To them, we ARE operatives and enemy combatants.
For more info about this go to http://www.teamlaw.org/
and look on the left side for “Patriot Myths”, read myth 22.
This is a great site that is put together by lawyers and they explain in great detail all that is going on. The entire site is a must read, but myth 22 will blow your mind!