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8-1-2009 5:29 AM
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merrie says:
As some AT commentators point out, this picture becomes a metaphor for ObamaCare. The elderly are left in the back, with only the kindness of the Crowleys of the world, the stand up guys, to depend on. The government has other priorities.

One of the major subtexts of the health care debate involves the public's fear of indifferent, powerful bureaucrats ruling their lives. It is one thing to wait in line at the DMV to find out which other line you should wait in, in order to begin the process of waiting for multiple bureaucrats to go through the motions of processing your request. I have spent entire afternoons going through this process.

But when we get to health care, waiting often means enduring pain and dysfunction longer than necessary, sometimes a worsening of the condition, and sometimes death.

That's why I think this image will have genuine resonance. It captures something that older Americans in particular can relate to.
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8-1-2009 5:31 AM
merrie
The President presses ahead with a program that will tell them to take painkillers instead of getting that artificial hip.

At every stage of the entire Gates affair, Obama has provided a revealing tell. The “acted stupidly” blunder revealed that he automatically blames the police and thinks they really are stupid to begin with. It didn’t trigger a single alarm bell in his mind as he figured out what to say.

Then, the non-apology apology revealed an arrogant man who cannot do what honest people do: admit it when they make a mistake.

Now at stage three, the beer photo op looked OK. It didn’t turn into a disaster.


But then in a small moment that nobody in the White House had the brains to ...
8-1-2009 5:34 AM
clip-on-tie
Hey, you can't blame Obama for this. He saw a fawning journalist with a camera in the distance, and left the other guys in the dust as he was drawn to it like a moth to a flame.
8-1-2009 8:34 AM
jatfla
"Especially when they think nobody is looking." That's who we really are on the inside.
8-1-2009 10:45 AM
willhelm
Leftists help NO ONE. They clamor and holler that YOU must. Remember how much Biden and Obama gave to charity? It is disgusting.
8-1-2009 11:47 AM
Steve Savage
merrie, this a really great clip. I've forwarded it to everyone in my address book.

Reminds me of the way commuters on the Garden State Parkway pick their noses, believing that, somehow, they are invisible to others.

Of course, the Obamanites will claim that this is actually a Seinfeld episode, that Obama was merely leading the way to make sure the path was clear.
8-2-2009 9:34 AM
clip-on-tie
Leftists help NO ONE.
That's the truth. Unless it's self-serving or it boosts their egos.
8-2-2009 9:35 AM
clip-on-tie
Bush is a good man. Look at the photo. He has a big heart.
8-2-2009 10:58 AM
clip-on-tie
Merrie take a look at this Sunday funny that flopping aces posted: http://www.floppingaces.net/wp-content/uploads/090731-TWIToons-03.ss_full.jpg
8-2-2009 3:16 PM
merrie
LOL Clip-on, "WAZZUP?"
8-3-2009 11:52 AM
clip-on-tie
WAAAAZZZZZZZZZZZZZUPPPPPPPPPPP!!!
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