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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Health Care Debate Closed To Public

C-SPAN's CEO, Brian Lamb, has requested congressional leaders to make public all debate on health care reform. Given that then-candidate Obama ran on such a promise, how could Dems refuse? Check out the following montage:



But refuse they have. Madame Pelosi was quoted thusly, "There has never been a more open process for any legislation in anyone who’s served here’s experience." Obviously then there's no need for cameras. How many times have you or a friend or a neighbor or an acquaintance seen ANY coverage of this debate on Capitol Hill? Is it not in the best interest of all Americans to hear the debate on legislation that will ultimately consume 1/6 of the nation's economy and turn over the care of our own bodies to faceless bureaucrats? Sounds scary, huh? Maybe this is the reason the Dems don't want the cameras in there with them as they deal-make and reshape a whopping portion of the country.

By the way, CBS News is now reporting "Obama Reneges on Health Care Transparency." The story also cites Press Secretary Gibbs (AKA - The Family Guy), as stressing that "the president wants to get a bill to his desk as quickly as possible." So what's the rush, especially since no changes will occur until 2013 (but tax hikes on everyone and most everything will go into effect immediately)? It's because everyone knows that this legislation is a stinking deal that reeks to high heaven (which is where the good among us will go to after expiring on a gurney in some hospital hallway awaiting treatment). This whole health care reform debate is nothing but a sham. To paraphrase P.J. O'Rourke, "If you think health care is expensive now, just wait until it's free."

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