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Sans-teleprompter, Obama disses Post Office while trying to pimp government-run healthcare

Posted 11 Aug 2009 in Barack Obama, healthcare


President Obama staged a “Town Hall Meeting” in New Hampshire today to once again push a government-run healthcare plan that the American people clearly don’t want. The faux “meeting” was loaded with pre-screened Obama supporters and looked more like a campaign rally than a public forum for a discussion on the issue. But even with the deck stacked in his favor, Captain Wow just couldn’t pull it off without his teleprompter.

via The American Spectator — …Meanwhile, at another point of today’s town hall meeting, Obama was pushing back against the idea that the creation of a new government-run plan would drive private insurers out of business, and he said that UPS and FedEx were doing fine, but “it’s the post office that’s always having problems.” Oops!

The gaffe arose from the inherent contradiction of those arguing for the introduction of a government government-run plan. On the one hand, Obama and other supporters of the idea argue that we need to have a strong government plan to create more efficiency, drive down prices, and “keep private insurers honest.” Yet at the same time, they have to make it appear weaker to push back against those of us who argue that it will threaten private insurance and move us toward a single-payer system. So then you get statements in which Obama, in the course of arguing for a government-run system, takes a shot at the government-run post office.

Persuasion; ur doin it wrong.

Posted by FullMetalPatriot
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT

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