Pelosi Says Health Care Bill WILL NOT Pass The House!
September 6, 2009 · carl · Print This Article
Nancy Pelosi is not happy.
And she’s letting the President know about it in no uncertain terms.
In spite of the fact that President Obama is considering a health care reform bill without a public option, Pelosi is insisting it be part of the package.
In a recent statement,Pelosi made the following claim:
“A bill without a strong public option will not pass the House.”
“Any real change requires the inclusion of a strong public option to promote competition and bring down costs. If a vigorous public option is not included, it would be a major victory for the health insurance industry.”
She then went on to say that the month of August has brought distortions from people who want “to try to kill this historic legislation.”
And on that last part she is right on the money.
I haven’t seen such a public uproar since the days of the anti Vietnam War protestors.
There is one thing she is overlooking.
The reason people are speaking out to kill this “historic” piece of legislation is because it is a historically poorly written piece of legislation.
There are numerous versions of the same basic bill floating around the House, and there are significant differences between them.
So how can the White House possibly expect the American public to embrace health care reform when the members of his own party aren’t even in agreement?
Or when the Speaker Of The House is basically telling the President “Hey, if I don’t get what I want, you don’t have a snowballs chance in hell of getting what you want.
And they still can’t figure out that opposition to this proposal is not coming only from Republicans?
Until such time as they can stop arguing with each other, and present the American public with a rational alternative to the current system,opposition will continue to grow.
And even if they manage to do that, they still have to overcome the public’s deeply held belief that anything the government touches, it screws up.
That will prove to be an even bigger battle.
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