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In 1993, the then-version of Obamacare (called Hillarycare after the co-President's pushing of it) was roundly defeated after Billary made a fatal mistake: They wrote a book describing what was in it, and they published it.
The American people read the book, expressed astonishment, and buried their congresscritters with calls, cards, letters, and even telegrams, demanding that they vote against it. Reaction was so strong, that the program was never even brought to a vote.
Fast forward to 2013. The Obots have been careful not to repeat the grievous error of telling the American people what they intended to impose on them. The closest anyone ever came, was a slip of the tongue by the President, saying he wanted to "spread the wealth around", and a secretive non-statement from Nancy Pelosi who said "You have to pass the bill to find out what's in it".
Public reaction was still strongly negative, so the Obots resorted to bribing Democrat congressmen with Federal project money right and left, granting exceptions and waivers to any who still resisted, and holding votes at midnight the day before Christmas, to sneak it through when the American people were least alert.
So Obamacare was carefully hidden from the public until after it was passed and signed.
But the American people had to find out sometime. And now, with the Obamacare exchanges open for business and chock full of details on what it will and won't cover, how much people's premiums will increase (often doubling or tripling),and how much they will have to pay before ANY coverage kicks in ($6,000 or more deductible)... finally the American people are getting their first good look at the leftists' agenda for them.
To no one's surprise, they hate it, almost to a man. And that's BEFORE they found out the hard way, that the system is so poorly set up, that they cannot sign up for it even when the law forces them to, or face stiff penalties.
In 1993, once the people found out what the leftists intended (by reading the book about it), they kicked the leftists out of office in huge numbers, handing large majorities to the Republicans for years to come.
Today, the people are (finally) finding out once again, what the leftists intend. Unsurprisingly, it's not much different from they intended in 1993.
And the next Congressional election, is next year.
Wait till this time next year, then and only then will we find out what people really think.
That's what the cons are afraid of ... that if they don't whine, scream, cry and distract the public from actual Obamacare, people will like it.
As you said. Let's wait and see. Or we could all write some dramatic fiction in our spare time ... of which L-A seems to have an abundance, by the way ... and discuss it here in 570 pages of "debate." That's the usual way on C-D, after all.
Wait till this time next year, then and only then will we find out what people really think.
Not really.
It was passed in March 2010. The next congressional election was seven months later... and the American people kicked the Democrats out of their majority in the House, in numbers that haven't been seen in nearly a century. A similar turnover happened in the Senate... but since only 1/3 of the Senate was up for election, it didn't spread through that body.
And that was based only on RUMORS of what was in Obamacare, since the leftists were still carefully hiding it, delaying writing the 20,000 pages of regulations it came with, etc.
So I think we've already got a pretty reliable idea of what the American people think of it.
Now, hard numbers are finally coming out. Americans are expressing shock and outrage. And the next congressional elections, are in a year.
It was passed in March 2010. The next congressional election was seven months later... and the American people kicked the Democrats out of their majority in the House, in numbers that haven't been seen in nearly a century. A similar turnover happened in the Senate... but since only 1/3 of the Senate was up for election, it didn't spread through that body.
Psssssst .... L-A .... there was another election after that. GOP got its butt kicked. Did you miss it somehow?
Well if the GOP didn't shut down the government and risk default the headlines would be screaming about Obamacare's failure. The aides would be scrambling and a 2014 GOP Senate more likely.
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