Dems Guessed Wrong on Obamacare

There is a story in the Politico entitled "Dems Guessed Wrong on Healthcare." It's a 4 page articel at: Democrats guess wrong on health care
This is what Rush had to say about it:

RUSH: Look at this: "Democrats Guess Wrong on Health Care -- Rarely have so many political strategists been so wrong about something so big." I saw that and I said, "What did they guess on? What were they guessing?"

"When it comes to the health care bill, everyone from former President Bill Clinton on down whiffed on some of the more significant predictions. Democrats would run aggressively on the legislation? Nope. Voters would forget about the sausage-making aspects of the legislative process? Doesn’t seem that way, as the process contributed to the sense that the bill was deeply flawed. And Clinton’s own promise to jittery Democrats that their poll numbers would skyrocket after the bill finally passed also didn’t pan out, as the party is fighting for its life in the midterms." This is Bill Clinton at the Netroots Nation convention in August 2009: "I’m telling you, I don’t care how low they drive support for this with misinformation. The minute the president signs the health care reform bill, approval will go up, because Americans are inherently optimistic."

And Clinton was wrong. And Clinton said, (imitating Clinton) "You know, I was wrong about that, uh, I was. I told them on Meet the Press why I was wrong. I don't remember what I said why I was wrong but I misread that. There's an answer, there's a reason I was wrong. I just don't recall what it was."

So when the headline says "Democrats Guess Wrong," they weren't guessing. You know, this insults me. They knew full well nobody wanted this. They were ramming it down any orifice of ours they could find. They weren't guessing. They were going to town halls. They knew nobody wanted this. Guessing? They didn't have any idea what was in it! They hadn't read it. They didn't care. All they knew was government was going to end up being in charge of everybody's healthcare. That's what they wanted. They didn't care what people's reaction to it was and they don't really care now. They knew this was going to happen. They're prepared for these losses. This is just the Politico trying to wring some tears out of this and make it palatable for the Democrats. (imitating Clinton) "I'm telling you, I don't care how long they drive support for this down. The minute the president signs this healthcare reform bill approval's going to go up because Americans are inherently optimistic."

And it says here, "When Clinton spoke, Democratic lawmakers listened. And why shouldn’t they? Clinton’s a party elder who battled back from his own defeat over health care reform, a Republican takeover of Congress and impeachment. His sunny, longer-term outlook came at a time when Democrats were increasingly anxious about the protracted negotiations on Capitol Hill, the lack of focus on the economy and the mounting backlash from voters," and they believed Clinton anyway. Why wouldn't they? They believe a known liar over the American people. The American people are dunces; they're idiots. They have no respect for the American people and they believe Clinton because they believe that Clinton had socked it to the conservatives once before, Clinton had defeated the Republicans once before; he had to be right.

But I don't even buy this premise. Sorry, folks. This is a sob story: "Democrats Guess Wrong on Health Care"? It's more like they bet wrong. But it's not even that. They knew full well what they were doing. They know at this moment in time they're governing against the will of the people. They know full well what they're doing. At the time this was going on, you know what we were hearing? It was worth losing seats. We were hearing that they were falling on the sword; this was an act of courage. Pelosi was saying these are heroes. Once he passed the bill, people find out what's in it, these people are going to be loved. They knew full well. This is the full thing about them, folks. They know damn well we don't want anything of their agenda. They know it and yet they persist in ramming it down our throats. They're Stalinists; they're statists. I don't care what you call them. They are fully, totally aware that a majority of the American people don't support anything they're doing. The fact that they continue to do it is all we need to know about them.

Let's go back, this is from, you could say, a history-challenged Politico: "Echoes of 1991 Health Care Upset." Alex Isenstadt, January 17, 2010, let me read this to you: "The uncertainty surrounding the suddenly-too-close-to-call Massachusetts Senate special election, as well as its high stakes, has political handicappers and strategists wondering if maybe they’ve seen this one before -- in 1991, when long-shot Democrat Harris Wofford seized on the health care issue to pull off a shocking Pennsylvania special election victory that sent tremors across the political landscape. It’s hard not to notice the similarities between the 1991 Senate special election and the current Massachusetts Senate contest." Back in January the Politico claimed that the only echo was to a 1991 election in Massachusetts, not 1994. What this does is this puts the lie, the media claimed the Democrats lost in '94 because they didn't pass health care? And that's what Clinton was trying to tell them? But they knew going into the Scott Brown, Martha Coakley race, they knew what was at stake. They knew Brown was going to win because of health care because he was opposed to it. So they are openly trying to rewrite history. Now, that's what this story is all about: "Democrats Guess Wrong on Health Care." They didn't guess wrong, period.