Obama: It's The Republicans Who Are Blocking Health Care Reform

Having a strong majority in the House of Representatives, the Democrats should be able to easily pass "their" health care reform without a single Republican vote. For the Senate, the Democrats, too, have a veto-proof 60-vote majority. In addition, they have Republican Senators Grassley and two other Republicans who are working with a few Democrats to try and hammer out what could be considered a marginal attempt to get a bipartisan bill through the Senate.

Clearly, the Democrats have a majority to vote this bill into law without the help of a single Republican. The Dems could have brought it to a vote in the House before the recess. But, they didn't have enough of their own people on board. The Republicans had nothing to do with it. Harry Reid is now saying that it won't be until late September or October before a vote can take place in the Senate because he, too, doesn't have enough votes for any Democratic, go-it-alone, health care bill being passed in the Senate. In both cases, the Republicans have been a lot like the Washington Generals playing against the Harlem Globe Trotters. They might have scored a few points but, theoretically, they are in no position to really win. It is actually the Democrats who have been their own worst enemy.

So, I find it interesting that this President seems think it is "solely" the Republicans who are at fault for blocking any health care reform (Click to See Full Story: "Obama blames GOP for stalled health bills").

But, this is so typical of Obama and his blame-game. It's never about him; it always someone else. It is either the health insurance companies; or, the greedy Wall Streeters; or, the banks; or Joe the Plumber; or, now, the Republicans. This guy appears to have the mentality of a two-year old. His is a spoiled child who won't accept any responsibility; won't ever apologize for his own faults; won't give credit to Bush for Iraq and other programs; and, who thinks he can deflect any blame by always pointing fingers at someone else. I call that the Obama,"Johnny Did It", syndrome!

From the very get-go, Obama only had meetings with the Democrats of Congress to lay out his planned health care legislation. The Republicans were completely excluded from any and all of those meetings. Obama and the Democrats completely ignored Republican calls for tort reform; the interstate sale of medical insurance; tax credits for anyone having to buy their own insurance coverage; the creation of non-profit co-op insurers and insurance pools to reduce cost; and so many other ideas. Instead, the Democrats are totally deaf to any other viewpoints because they only have "one" goal in mind. That goal is a single-payer, government-run health care system that will ultimately crush any private insurance companies in America. They want complete control over you and your doctors and the hospitals. Any concessions to that ideologically-minded goal will not be tolerated. This, then, is why the Republicans have been almost totally excluded from the process. That reason, too, is why the Democrats are calling out and demonizing the dissenters at the Town Hall Meetings.

When the President says that the Republicans are "not" working with him, he is really saying they aren't completely on board with either "him" or "his programs" -- lock, stock, and barrel! For this supposed bipartisan President, it has always been the philosophy of "his way" or the highway. He seems to think that bipartisanship is to have the opposition party falling all over him as if he were some kind of political god. Now that he has shown the Republicans the highway, he wants America to buy into "his big lie" that it's all about "them" and their unwillingness to work with him. When, in fact, it is not just the Republicans who are having problems with health care reform; it is his own party.

The polls are showing that, more and more, it is most voters and most Americans who aren't buying this health care plan; and, not just Republicans. His overall approval rating is plummeting because he has lost the confidence America and, most importantly, the voters in the middle-of-the-road: The Independents. His dream of complete health care control in America has literally turned into a nightmare. A nightmare of "his own doing" or, should I say, of "his own undoing"! If the Republicans had something to do with that, it is only because Obama, himself, handed them the very weapon -- Reason -- that was needed to defeat his health care reform plans.

Obama should look into the mirror; take his blame like a man; and start over with a plan that doesn't hurt, but helps, Americans with any of their specific health care issues. It should be a plan that takes baby steps. It should not be one that forces the whole meal down your throat at once. That' why America is choking over Obama-Care. It has very little to do with the Republicans.