Obama: Health Care Opponents Waiting For Special Interests To Kill Reform

[ProSense]

Obama: Health Care Opponents Waiting For Special Interests To Kill Reform

By Rachel Slajda - July 21, 2009

In remarks in the Rose Garden this afternoon, President Obama again pegged opponents to his health care reform push as politicians who don't care about the average American.

"I know that there are those in this town who openly declare their intention to block reform. It's a familiar Washington script that we've seen many times before. These opponents of reform would rather score political points than offer relief to Americans who've seen premiums double and costs grow three times faster than wages," Obama said.

"I understand that some will try to delay action until the special interests can kill it, while others will simply focus on scoring political points."

Obama began his remarks about half an hour late, apparently waiting until after the Senate approved an amendment that removed additional funding for F-22 fighter jets from the defense budget.

He said adding $1.75 billion to buy more jets would have been "an inexcusable waste of money."

The Right's Delay And Kill Strategy

[BlooInBloo]

1. Makes sense - republicans need to give the insurance companies more time...

To get their ad-attack rolling.

[berni_mccoy]

2. And the ads have already started. They will attempt to scare people away from Healthcare Reform

but what they don't realize is that many Americans already live in fear of losing their Health Insurance.

[nightrain]

3. losing their insurance or using it too

[berni_mccoy]

8. True. n/t

[John Q. Citizen]

4. Or they need to give them more time to attend conferences at the White House and hold joint news

conferences with Obama.

I'm not sure which.

I'm kind of confused.

I though the insurance companies, the blue dogs, and the Repos were all at the table and were our friends and partners for reform.

When did Obama decide they aren't our friends?


And how come millions of Americans who worked to get Obama elected were denied a seat at the table when the insurance industry, the blue dogs and the Repos all got a seat?

I'm having a hard time keeping up with who we are suppose to work with and who we are supposed to work against.


I thought Obama wanted for Americans to be able to keep their over priced and useless private insurance, but now he wants to save Americans from over priced and useless private insurance?

Help me out here.

[rocktivity]

5. Well, it's about time SOMEBODY said it on national TV

Even it if had to be him. Cue the Vonage theme!

:woohoo:
rocktivity

[ProSense]

6. The detractors are at a disadvantage

Americans absolutely want affordable health care and a better system.

The detractors can only attack the costs of health care reform with a public option and spin fear by casting it as socialized medicine.

Dems can take any number of steps to bring down the initial costs, which will go down in time any way. Health care reform will also aid the economic recovery, jobs, etc.

Special interests/status quo supporters have the short end of the stick.

[Beetwasher]

7. Yup, It's Really Getting Intense

The battle is fully joined.