Inasmuch as Obamacare has a snowball's chance in
hell of passing (but did you see how much snow they got in hell last
week?), everyone is wondering what President
Obama is up to by calling Republicans to a televised
Reykjavik summit this week to discuss socializing health care.
At least they served beer at the last White House summit this stupid
and pointless.
If the president is serious about passing nationalized health care,
he ought to be meeting with the Democrats, not the Republicans.
Republicans can't stop the Democrats from socializing health care:
They are a tiny minority party in both the House and the Senate. (Note
to America: You might want to keep this in mind next time you go to the
polls.)
As the Democratic base has been hysterically pointing out, both the
House and the Senate have already passed national health care bills.
Either body could vote for the other's bill, and – presto! – Obama would
have a national health-care bill, replete with death panels, abortion
coverage and lots and lots of new government commissions!
Sadly, as the president's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, has noted,
the Democratic base is "@#$%^ retarded."
The reason massive Democratic majorities in Congress aren't enough to
pass socialist health care is AMERICANS DON'T WANT SOCIALIZED
MEDICINE!
In fact, you might say that the nation is in a boiling cauldron of
rage against it. Consequently, a lot of Democrats are suddenly having
second thoughts about vast new government commissions regulating every
aspect of Americans' medical care.
Obama isn't stupid – he's not seriously trying to get a health-care
bill passed. The whole purpose of this public "summit" with the minority
party is to muddy up the Republicans before the November elections. You
know, the elections Democrats are going to lose because of this whole
health-care thing.
Right now, Americans are hopping mad, swinging a stick and hoping to
hit anyone who so much as thinks about nationalizing health care.
If they could, Americans would cut the power to the Capitol, throw
everyone out and try to deport them. (Whereas I say: Anyone in
Washington, D.C., who can produce an original copy of a valid U.S. birth
certificate should be allowed to stay.)
But the Democrats think it's a good strategy to call the Republicans
"The Party of No." When it comes to Obamacare, Americans don't want a
party of "No," they want a party of "Hell, No!" or, as Rahm Emanuel
might say, "*&^%$#@ No!"
It's as if the patient has a minor fever and the Democrats (as
doctor in this example) want to cut off his arms and legs.
The Republicans want to give the patient two aspirin. "Compromise" means
the Republicans agree to amputate only one arm and one
leg.
Complaining that Republicans are "obstructionists" is not a damaging
charge when most Americans are dying to obstruct the Democrats with a
2-by-4. While you're at it, Democrats, why not call the GOP the "Party
of Brave Patriots"?
So Obama's sole objective at the "summit" is to hoodwink Republicans
into agreeing with some of his wildly unpopular ideas on national
TV. If this were a reality show on NBC, it would be
called, "Dateline: To Catch a RINO."
This shouldn't be hard, inasmuch as he will be talking to elected
Republicans. About a third of them were enthusiastically engaging in
"bipartisanship" on Obamacare last year – Chuck Grassley, you know who
you are! (That's better than Lindsey Graham, who still wants to
compromise.)
And then the American people spoke up.
In town halls and tea parties across the nation, Obama lost the argument
with Americans. So now he wants a debating partner who will be less
challenging: elected Republicans.
If Republicans were smart, they'd shock the world by sending in one
of their most appealing members of Congress, who can speak clearly on
health care – Sen. Jon Kyl, Rep. Steve King or Rep. Ron Paul.
Actually, if the Republicans were really smart, they'd send in
14-year-old Jonathan Krohn, who understands the free market better than
most people in Washington. Of course, so does my houseplant.
There are other important points Republicans cannot raise often
enough – such as putting scuzzy medical malpractice
lawyers like John Edwards out of
business. OK, that wasn't fair: Even trial
lawyers are almost never as scuzzy as John Edwards. We
want to put them all out of business.
But there's really only one idea the Republicans must cling to – like
they're clinging to their guns and religion! – in order to resist
agreeing to something moronic and losing their advantage as Americans'
only allies in Washington.
Please, Republicans, remember the free market – the same free market
that gave us cheap
cell
phones, computers,
flat-screen
TVs, and stylish, affordable eyeglasses in about an hour.
Congress needs to outlaw state and federal mandates on
insurance
companies and allow interstate competition in health
insurance.
The end.
Love, the American People.