You would have to read the entire article at the link provided. Paragraph 4
follows:

"But who would have thought that the sober, deliberative Barack Obama would
have nothing to propose but vague and slippery promises -- or that he would
so easily cede the leadership clout of the executive branch to a chaotic,
rapacious, solipsistic Congress? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whom I used to
admire for her smooth aplomb under pressure, has clearly gone off the deep
end with her bizarre rants about legitimate town-hall protests by American
citizens. She is doing grievous damage to the party and should immediately
step down"


"SteveB" wrote in message
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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
todayhttp://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."