Obama: Massachusetts’ Anger

Brown ran against the health reform garbage, and won when will you get it, the voters dont like this bill, its full of that pork you promised not to allow and all the bribes to get it passed disgusting.

words fail me at obama’s response.

Ok, so Obama says that the people are angry over the what has happened in the last 8 years so they send a republican to the empty mass seat. Obama is drinking koolaid. They are angy over health reform and your agenda Mr. President

earl: Repeating things over and over doesn’t make them true. The polls consistently show widespread support for healthcare reform- and the exit polls coming out of MA show that voters were sending a message that they WANTED a public option. The voters may be stupid in how the go about it, but there is NO evidence that any large majority in this country is against genuine healthcare reform.

acwalker: you have no clue man. I’m out here talking to people everyday and they don’t want government control of healthcare period. They do want reform as I do but not this reform

The vote in Massachusetts was a direct rebuke of Obama and his insane policies. The people DO NOT WANT his health care plan period. They do not want higher taxes or more government intervention into the private sector and their lives. They want jobs. The message could not be clearer. I am baffled as to why Obama refuses to listen to the American people, but until he does he and his party will continue to lose.

arrogance and a party of one Mr. President, you can not get anything done alone and you have proven you cant have any real accomplishments with a democratic majority. You have wasted billions of dollars and your first year in office Good Luck Mr. President you blew it.

I would like to see healthcare reform passed.
The tragedy is that so many people are buying into the lie that it is government control of healthcare – it is a more conservative plan than Clinton or Nixon proposed.

Sasha is right. If you think the MA vote was a referendum on health care reform, you are probably a Fox News/Glenn Beck/Rush Limbaugh propaganda victim that is ignorant of the fact that MA has a public option for health insurance.

So the current healthcare bill compares to Massachusett’s plan, huh? Did the MA healthcare system cost $1.2 trillion? Or, just 1/50th, which is $24 billon? Did they pay the increased taxes for four years before it went into effect? Are the unions exempt from the ‘luxury plan’ tax? Did Boston Proper, or any district or county get to cut a special deal? Is big Pharma in on the act? How about the insurance companies; do they get a cut?
The answer is the same as for this question: Does Obama and the libs have a clue?

Have you ever heard the term wisdom comes with age? I dont think that is the case with us. I think our parents and grand parents are on the brink of stupidity if not already there. Thats why most of them are overweight, overwelmed with debt, filled with hatred and anger instead of love and solutions. unfortunetly our politicians are in that age group and generation, and are corrupt. we just need to get some younger people in there for once, and get rid of the old useless baggage we have there now.
PS. Our Parents Have Failed Us

Sure!!!!! Lets do it now how about we elect you Jorient as president, im sure you will solve all of our problems with your ideas!!! every body here remember Jorient for president! he will take us back to the 1950′s when this nation was in its prime sunny! when all of us whiper snapers were not around to ruin every thing with our technology and fancey words, or wait maybe Jorient is just a talking head with no home because he refuses to change with the difficult times we are all in, and is currently building a time machine in his basement to avoid the appocolypse in which he thinks is coming.

Mark..I too want to see health care reform passed because I understand the depth of our current problem. The problem is that we have a very rich powerful industry that has spent millions of dollars through their lobbies to distort, misinform and outright tell many lies to rile up those that do not think too deeply. Did you notice the people at Brown’s victory party last night? It did not look like many “have nots” there. Only selfish “haves” that are not only shallow to the depth of our health care problem – they simply do not care about those that cannot afford health care. The saddest part, however, is that the “haves” of Massachusettes just elected somone with no clue for any alternative solution and is just another member of the part who does not care about the plight of those who “do not have”.

What happened in Massachusetts yesterday?
The people of Massachusetts who are frustrated with the seeming lack of change, voted for change.
Unfortunately, a bit more than half the voters picked the wrong side to blame. Regardless of how you feel about the way the health insurance reform effort has played out, it’s important to note that most Democrats in Congress, and certainly the White House, supported swift, bold and effective change. The majority of Democrats in the Senate, for example, support the public health insurance option. But they couldn’t get it done because the minority Republicans blocked an honest up-or-down vote.
When it comes to financial reform, the Obama Administration and Senate Banking Committee proposed strong legislation to reign in the abuses of the big banks that led to this horrible mess. Meanwhile, the banking committee’s Republican leader said “no way, no how, not ever.” Why, I ask, is this republican supporting the very crooks who nearly sent this country into a Second Depression?
You get the idea: Lack of change is not for lack of trying. But despite being the majority, the Republicans have blocked the Democrats from voting. Of course, what else could we expect from the Party of No?
Scott Brown, the man who posed as a half-naked centerfold model for Cosmos, is just another republican who will refuse to clean up Wall Street and provide good, affordable health care for all. He has shown on the campaign trail that he will stand firmly with his Republican colleagues in favor of the Bush-era policies and politics that got us into this mess in the first place.
And if that doesn’t scare you into fighting even harder, I don’t know what will.

Yes, I strongly believe in helping others however, I don’t want someone to mandate or force me to help others. I give of my own free will. However, once you start mandating how much I give through higher taxes, I’m less willing to give…
Me, I’m proud to admit that I’m a conservative and tend to vote rebublican. I also admit that give generously to charities, the homeless and help with building projects for the under privleged. I do it out of my free will – I by no means am wealthy and for the most part, live paycheck to paycheck. However, once you force me or others like me to ‘GIVE’ through higher taxes, then I cannot afford to be as charitable and will be less likely to donate time and energy… There are may out there like me…

Still blaming Bush, get over it. It’s your job you bought it now do it. Quit your whinning!

sounds like CND is judging by outward appearance. remember MLKjr judge by character not outside appearance. how sad that liberals haven’t learned

Truthpeeler,you are as delusional as Obama if you think the Dem’s attempt to cram socialist health care down our throats was “honest.” They bullied and bribed the opposition and mocked the voters for objecting to government seizure of one-sixth of the economy. As for financial reform, B.O. and Co. crafted the housing fiasco, the stimulus bill, and backed the bailouts. (Many on his team have worked on Wall St.)And who the hell cares if Sen.Brown made some cash for photos 30 yrs. ago? Your party boasts of openess, tolerance, etc., but, as usual, it’s hypocrisy. Brown won because two-thirds of his supporters were Reagan Democrats who are sick of the haughty elitism of Obama, his press corps, and his party. And for crying out loud, grow up and quit blaming Bush!

I think from now on if Obama wants to hold on to the Democratic seats he better STOP campaigning for those people.

Seriously? Seriously that he will blame the past 8 years (ie George Bush) because Scott Brown won?! Well, Mr Prez, who went and campaigned for Martha? I believe it was YOU! I didn’t see George Bush going out and campaigning for anyone. Perhaps it was YOU, Mr Prez. that the anger is being directed at. And if everyone is/was so angry over Bush, why elect a Republican? Please quit insulting our intelligence. It’s part of the reason you and your party are in danger of being ousted.

I’m just so amazed at the National forgetfulness of our populace as a far as political affairs are concerned. It’s only just a year ago that Barack Obama became President of The United States. He inherited an economy that was full of political corruption, a monumental failure of the financial sector, a loss of confidence in the ruling Administration of George W. Bush. Failures of some of the largest corporations in this country’s history such as Enron, General Motors, Ford, Chrsyler, Citi Bank, BOA, Lehman Brothers just to name a few. Those of course do not include many hundreds of retailers and other small businesses that folded and laid off staff.
We witnessed in the past eight years a complete failure of the most industrialized economy in the world and mass unemployment. We witnessed a war in Iraq, a country that had no direct contentions with the USA, did not attack us, did not provoke us, had nothing to do with 9/11, but was unjustly invaded, our children’s lives sacrificed for a fabricated war based on false accusations and bogus intelligence. Wasted dollars on this war has drained our financial resources and this war seem to have no end.
Surprising that the present administration has been blamed for all these misfortunes, and I wonder how could this be. How in this country it could have been so clear who the persons are that caused these unfortunate and punishing circumstances to come about, but are not being held accountable for them? Instead the current President is being blasted for this monumental failure and disgrace of the past administration. How can it be? The reading public should respond! Is this a case of National Amnesia?
When a leader of a country can fail so miserably and the present administration be blamed for it something is very wrong! The democratic administration seem to be silent to the accusations of failure created by their rivals, and I believe that their rivals are very skilled propagandists. I believe that this may be a case of very skilled and gigantic propaganda bombardment and the democrats better wake up and respond in kind. If they had held those leaders more accountable for their failures they would not have been in their present pridicament of appearing to be the cause of this country’s present economic state. How long will they take to respond?
In the meantime I do hope that the democrats act fairly and deliver the promises made to their constituents. They better not continue to bail out the bigshots of Citi Banks, Bank of America, Chrysler, GM and many others on wall street, while people continue to be ejected from their properties by these same banks and financial institutions, that were given a chance to recover in good financial standing.
I will end with a question. Why is it that these big shots in these banks and on Wall Street have no mercy in repossessing the houses they financed for blue collared workers, but they expect that the blue collared workers tax dollars should bail them out of their financial failures? They believe that they should be given a chance while ordinary people must not. How come so many bigshots were bailed out but the common people were not? They continue to lose their homes, while these ‘despicable characters’ just awarded themselves big bonuses this past Christmas for failing? President Obama the public needs answers to these questions. Please rule justly as a leader. I’m sure it’s not an easy thing to bring an economy as vast as the United States back to it’s former favorable status, but when things like this happens it’s cause for concern for the struggling citizen. The people, the ordinary citizens must see to it that no more of our tax paying dollars go to these people to support their grand and high society lifestyles. Citizens and shareholders of these institutions be vocal, be strong, be courageous. Stand up for your rights, don’t give up the fight and demand more accountability!