BY: WC WINDBAG

Who can blame a Democratic Congressman for not wanting to hear from the voters about the Democratic health care legislation brewing in the House and Senate. First, they are coming home after working long and hard, slogging out health care legislation, and now they hear how unpopular Obamacare is becoming. I guess I would not want to see my constituents either. After witnessing the Town Hall that Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) and Sec. Kathleen Sebilus recently conducted, who can blame them? They are selling a horrible set of goods.

From Politico:

“We’ve seen Russ Carnahan, we’ve seen Tim Bishop, we’ve seen some other people face some very different crowds back home,” said National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas). “The days of you having a town hall meeting where maybe 15 or 20 of your friends show up — they’re over. You’ve now got real people who are showing up — and that’s going to be a factor.”

And they are NOT showing up happy:

Here’s the money line:

What you may or may not have understood in the garbled first clip was Sen. Specter stating that he and his staff are forced to divide and read these bills quickly, implying the rush job is on. The crowd did not like that, and who can blame them… health care makes up a significant chunk of our economy. The angry voter was right… if this government (or any other government) can not even run Cash for Clunkers without it going bankrupt in the first week, how are they going to manage health care?

Oops, did I say “angry voter”? I meant to say Hapless Shills of Big Insurance. My Senator, Dick Durbin (D-IL) stated that it is those villains of the insurance industry at it again:

“I think members should be out, speaking with the public, meeting with people who are the health care professionals and talking about the current situation,” Durbin said. “I’ve done it and I’ll continue to do it. But you know, I hope my colleagues won’t fall for a sucker-punch like this. These health insurance companies and people like them are trying to load these town halls for visual impact on television…. That’s almost like flooding the switchboards on Capitol Hill. It doesn’t prove much other than the switchboards have limited capacity.”

Poll tested, the Democrats found out that they needed an enemy, a foil when trying to jam socialized medicine down our throats, and the Republicans were not playing their part. It is easier to push legislation through when you are distracted with barbarians at the gate, like Blue Cross or Aetna.

One more time for those at home:

Hope and Change, indeed!

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