This was supposed to be a substantive discussion on improving the health care reform legislation. Unfortunately, the republican party didn’t get the memo that they need to present ideas and not campaign rhetoric. It constantly consisted of republican members telling lies and Pres. Obama having to be like an adult and teach these kids a lesson. Case and point, John Boehner who wants to keep bringing up the lie that the bill funds abortion. How many times do we have to go through this?! Health Care Reform does not fund abortions, it’s not in the bill, it can’t be in the bill because it’s federal law that abortions not be covered! But like always, Boehner has little to offer so he runs to his little black book of GOP talking points. Here’s the exchange between Obama and Boehner, later on even Pelosi called him out for lying.
Like mentioned before on this blog, John McCain could not stop campaigning during the summit. He only spewed talking points to benefit himself because he knows the republican base he needs doesn’t care about substance.
Next up and the last example of failure was Eric Cantor. As always, he brought his favorite prop, the long health care bill. It was highly unnecessary.
It’s really a shame that Pres. Obama has to tell republicans that bills are long and yes, there’s a lot of words and stuff. I know the GOP doesn’t like to read because it might cause them get facts mixed up with their talking points, but c’mon. Just read the bill and you might have better ideas to contribute. Here’s more of the exchange between Pres. Obama and Eric Cantor,
Again, very little substance but instead what we have gotten from the republicans were a replay of last year. In my opinion, this is only proof that most of the GOP is unwilling to work with democrats and therefore they need to get the bill through with or without republican support.
It’s a shame, that even considering that some republican ideas are in these bills, that they are unwilling to compromise and vote for a bill that will save thousands of Americans from dying because they don’t have health insurance. A bill that will not allow insurance companies to rip off their customers because there is no competition. A bill that would save employers money and not take as much from pay checks to fund employer based health care. Unfortunately, democrats are dealing with facts while republicans want to continue with their talking points. It’s pretty obvious who cares about their personal gains instead of the American people.
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