When in doubt, I suppose, if you can't blame Bush, then blame a vast right-wing conspiracy (just like Hillary did in 1993-94). Today Obama accused republicans of getting together "early on" (what, did they have some kind of pow wow?) and hatching another one of their dreaded vast right-wing conspiracies to kill health care reform. This assertion also insinuates that popular opposition to his health care reform plan has resulted from said conspiracy (put another way, anyone opposed to the plan lacks the ability to come to his/her own intelligent conclusion and has instead been hoodwinked by sinister republican forces and "misinformation").You know, I'm starting to think this guy will just never get it (or if he does, will never admit it): There are masses of folks like me across the country opposed to this legislation who really couldn't give much of a rat's behind what the republicans think about much of anything. Republicans have made no gains in their favorability numbers with the American public since Obama took office, as reported yesterday by Pew Research Center polling -- including during the recent period when public opinion has soured on Obama & The Dems' health care reform plan. The anger and opposition that we are seeing across the country is real and has not resulted from right-wing conspiracies, or secret special interest mobilizations, or cloak-and-dagger insurance industry maneuverings.
Instead, it's resulted from a large and diverse group of Americans who have largely come to the same conclusion that we don't want another piece of massive ultra-liberal legislation rammed down our throats. The opposition includes many Independents, many non-liberal dems, and many non-conservative repubs. There's no vast right-wing conspiracy controlling those folks or me -- I can guarantee you that, Obama. And until you finally take off your blinders and take a look at what's really going on in the country right now, you are going to continue to look as foolish in our eyes as you and your party think the American public is.
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