And the article seems to say, "Obama must go". I don't even see Pelosi's
name in the article. Did I miss it?
Steve
"Lu Powell" wrote in message
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That should be PAGLIA
"Lu Powell" wrote in message
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Camille Puglia, a noted columnist and Obama supporter wrote in Salon.com
today
http://www.salon.com/opinion/paglia/...12/town_halls/)
"....There is plenty of blame to go around. Obama's aggressive
endorsement of a healthcare plan that does not even exist yet, except in
five competing, fluctuating drafts, makes Washington seem like Cloud
Cuckoo Land. The president is promoting the most colossal, brazen
bait-and-switch operation since the Bush administration snookered the
country into invading Iraq with apocalyptic visions of mushroom clouds
over American cities.
"You can keep your doctor; you can keep your insurance, if you're happy
with it, Obama keeps assuring us in soothing, lullaby tones. Oh, really?
And what if my doctor is not the one appointed by the new government
medical boards for ruling on my access to tests and specialists? And what
if my insurance company goes belly up because of undercutting by its
government-bankrolled competitor? Face it: Virtually all nationalized
health systems, neither nourished nor updated by profit-driven private
investment, eventually lead to rationing.
"I just don't get it. Why the insane rush to pass a bill, any bill, in
three weeks? And why such an abject failure by the Obama administration
to present the issues to the public in a rational, detailed,
informational way? The U.SO. is gigantic; many of our states are bigger
than whole European nations. The bureaucracy required to institute and
manage a nationalized health system here would be Byzantine beyond belief
and would vampirically absorb whatever savings Obama thinks could be
made. And the transition period would be a nightmare of red tape and
mammoth screw-ups, which we can ill afford with a faltering economy."