Jonah Goldberg writes one of many critiques currently out there on the hopey changey thingy that President Obama signed into law yesterday:
http://article.nationalreview.com/429059/the-reality-of-obamacare/jonah-goldberg. As Goldberg points out, there was significant bipartisan opposition and the majority of citizens polled were against it, but the Prez got it done. For whatever his faults, that was no small accomplishment on his part but he also got an assist from Bush II and prior Republican majorities who quite effectively squandered more political capital than was once thought to exist. So, I don't quite go along with the sentiment that there's widespread outrage at what just transpired. The president and the congress are reflective of the will of the voters and those voters have said that they prefer a government that more effectively governs their lives. The Euros have been doing that for some time now, enjoying excellent restaurants and public transportation (with the quiet assistance of the 10th Mountain Division and the Strategic Air Command) but let's not quibble. What America got yesterday is what America wants to be: a nation of great cable television, lots of food, fewer demands on individual accountability, and big decisions left to somebody else. That's now the American Way.
http://article.nationalreview.com/429059/the-reality-of-obamacare/jonah-goldberg. As Goldberg points out, there was significant bipartisan opposition and the majority of citizens polled were against it, but the Prez got it done. For whatever his faults, that was no small accomplishment on his part but he also got an assist from Bush II and prior Republican majorities who quite effectively squandered more political capital than was once thought to exist. So, I don't quite go along with the sentiment that there's widespread outrage at what just transpired. The president and the congress are reflective of the will of the voters and those voters have said that they prefer a government that more effectively governs their lives. The Euros have been doing that for some time now, enjoying excellent restaurants and public transportation (with the quiet assistance of the 10th Mountain Division and the Strategic Air Command) but let's not quibble. What America got yesterday is what America wants to be: a nation of great cable television, lots of food, fewer demands on individual accountability, and big decisions left to somebody else. That's now the American Way.
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