And So It Begins For Obama, As I Predicted
72Obama Going Down
CHANGE NOW! What do you want; CHANGE NOW! Guess what Mr. President; you’re going to get it. The first two major elections were held since Senator Barack Hussein Obama became President Barack Hussein Obama. The position voted for was Governor, in both Virginia and New Jersey.
DIDN’T THESE STATES VOTE FOR OBAMA IN 2008?
As a matter of fact, both states did vote for Senator Obama. Didn’t Obama help campaign for the Democratic candidates? Um yeah, he stood with both candidates many times. He praised them and spoke of how they will help his administration. Now we have a problem.
THE PROBLEM
It now seems that the voters have had some time to find out what our President meant by CHANGE, and the majority of the voters do NOT like it.
http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14792114&source=features_box1 The biggest question is; why should the voters like what the President is doing? Many have lost their jobs, houses, cars and more. With not much hope for future employment; why should they help him with voting for candidates that support him? Their response was overwhelming.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS
In 2008 over 90% of African-Americans voted for Mr. Obama. In these elections many chose to stay home. Since I believe every American citizen should vote, I am NOT in favor of staying home. The problem must have been that these voters no longer believe the now President. When campaigning Senator Obama was like a fire drawing flies to it. The people were like lemmings going over a cliff. They cheered, ranted, rallied well anything they could do. We never knew how many of them were union and ACORN workers, though I’m not sure most of us would have understood what that meant at the time.
MY PREDICTIONS WERE WRONG
This past summer I predicted that the elections of 2010 were going to tell the President that the people were NOT behind him. I knew Tea Parties and talk radio wouldn’t penetrate between his ears; that’s a lot of room to cover. Being the narcissist the President is, he doesn’t care, can’t hear it or doesn’t believe it. I didn’t realize the elections held Tuesday were on the horizon.
No matter how the Democrat’s try to spin this avalanche against them, they were the losers. If things don’t change before next November, the narcissist in command will be in for the shock.
MY PREDICTION’S AGAIN
Just like in 1993 the Republican’s will take over the House and the Senate. If you think President Obama looks weak now, you will see a sniveling little puppy. This will not be good when other countries look at us.
I still believe unemployment will continue to rise; my highest estimate is 15% nationally. This may seem quite high, but some states are already there. Why can’t your state be affected like those already have? The only jobs really being created are in government, these jobs won’t last long. The more people affected negatively by government, the more people will vote to oppose the President
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Harv, you said if things don't change by next years election th Democrats will be in trouble,, but the truth is
if things don't change and those liberals manage to force Obamacare on the American people, it will be the American people who will be in trouble. We can still toss the bums out of office, but once they pass Obamacare, there will be no turning back..
Great hub. It's going to be a loooong 3.25 years.
eovery,
It's hard to say. Who knows what the next three years will bring.
Great One,
I don't think they will ever pass Obamacare, they know the voters hate it for sure now.
habee,
Don't we know it, pray hard!
I think the election results were a signal to Congress and the Administration and Republicans. To the administration, especially the Blue Dogs, they are going to have to think long and hard about their vote on health-care. The termoil within their own party is now showing. It will be interesting to see what arm twisting goes on now. As for the Republicans, they better understand that given two choices 1) moderate republican (in other words a democrat) or a conservative, the conservative will win out. They better make sure they understand this country still tilts conservative and the independents are moving right again. Good hub.
Harvey, we have a long way to go. Obama can pass Health reform, Cap & Trade, and God only knows what else before the 2010 election, and those thing cannot be reversed. As fas as unemployment, expect it to be very bad next year. Great Hub though.
Harvey,
We have to keep pressure on congress. Pass none of the Obama agenda. If they pass any of their proposed health care plans the private market will dry up like a fall leaf.
I don't know what will happen but I have to believe that the country will come to is senses. "...politicians should heed Lincoln's words "you can't fool all of the people all of the time."
da,
Shows how intelligent the American people are, long time.
Jib,
I think the Dem'ss are too scared to pass those issues. Things will turn and BO will be frazzeled.
Tom,
I just heard that in the stimulus bill there were health-care issues, scary. Judge Napolitano says it is unAmerican.
ehern,
That's exactly how I was thinking, until. See my comment above.
Harvey,
I too am surprised it happened so soon. Like you I expected it next year. Let's hope this wave continues to grow until the President is a "lame duck".
Dan,
This morning I heard bed news, see my comment back to Tom. We really don't know what we're in for.
You guys have a lot of energy chasing your tails. You do more damage than you know. Americans die because of lack of health care.
Jinx,
We have community hospitals that don't refuse to treat anyone. Do you pay taxes? Having insurance companies being able to cross state lines would bring down costs. Do you honestly believe these people read a 2,000 + page bill. I hate that they don't know what they are voting on. Doesn't that scare you?
Hi-Jinks you do not know what are talking about. I worked in socialistic system, also in semi-socialistic US system.
Do not kid me. Socialists pretends caring for others rather than own families.
Thanks Harvey.
Vlad,
Thanks for speaking the truth. I understand you know how these things work, and why they NEVER work. People here are now like those in Russia, when they accepted aommunism. Of course things are not exactly the same, but people looked at Obama as their savior. Boy were they wrong!
Unemployment now 10.2%, stop blaming Bush.
Harvey,
Hi-Jinks knows exactly what he is talking about. Thousands of people die every year in his country while you all are fighting to maintain that status quo. If you're brave enough, you might want to check out "community hospitals", what they pay for and what they don't, as well as just when the ER will treat you regardless of insurance or cash up front. That would be when you are to the point of dying...cold comfort, indeed. Keep up the fight though. I do find it ironic for those with no affordable health insurance that one of the complaints of those lucky enough to have it through employment or other government programs, is that they are afraid there's won't be QUITE as good if those dying people are allowed to have any at all.
Yes indeed unemployment is now 10.2%. It, of course, would have gotten this high, and will get even higher, no matter whether McCain or Obama had been elected. This run away train started a long time ago. I don't think we can lay it all at Bush's feet either, by the way. The crisis that our banks and subprime mortages, as well as truly unethical behavior, caused was set in effect long ago and it will be a long time getting over it no matter who sits in the oval office.
Pat,
I may look at the site, I must tell you the following. My wife worked in hospital as a dietician for four years. She has a Masters in clinical neutrition.
When I was diagnosed with Multiple clerosis, my wife began a new career with a major drug company. Because of her I have come into contact with the best doctors (some world reknowned), top hospital administrators and CEO's of drug companies.
Not one of these great doctors belongs to the AMA, only about 15% of doctors belong. They are not considered the best doctors by their peers.
All these highly rated people oppose the bill they are trying to stuff down our throats. Know one knows all that is in the bill; doesn't that scare you?
I wouldn't trust what hi-jenks says. You said "Hi-Jinks knows exactly what he is talking about. Thousands of people die every year in his country while you all are fighting to maintain that status quo." Where and how do they die, I can't respond to that statement.
Community Hospitals are filled with ultra liberals; where do they get their money? But all people can go there for care. I understand all cannot be taken care of and that is a problem.
Ways to help: Let insurance companies sell in other states to compete, and cut tort payments. Why won't they let that happen? I plan to do an article on unempoyment, and the figures would be lower without Obama. It's all elementary economics. What Obama is doing has proven not to work.
Hey, you sound like Scrooge, “Are there no prisons, no workhouses.” Try getting cancer treatments at the ER, or liver transplants, or heart care. It doesn’t happen. The idea that Community Hospital will take in the poor and uninsured is a fantasy invented by you people to soothe your consciences. You never heard of ambulance dumping. Or give them a pill and send them home…to die.
The whole idea about health care is that all get it. Not just the rich or the not yet sick yet, but all Americans. What is wrong with that?
Hey, one day the people that run your health care may cut you off. You don’t want it. I don’t want it. So why are you fighting it?
Once again, I have to agree with Hi-Jinks. I have friends who are paying 1300 dollars a month on her insurance alone, on an insurance policy that she took out years before she acquired chronic lymphocytic leukemia and diabetes. The insurance company, once she became this sick, have hiked up the rates as fast as they can get away with, in the hopes they'll drop the policy. So far they have kept it up, but by, in essence, wiping out their life savings. I'm afraid the insurance companies are too corrupt now for competition across state lines to do much good. A little competition wouldn't help her at all, as none of the other insurance companies would touch her after her diagnoses. Where are people dying and how? All over America. As Hi-Jinks just stated, if you have cancer an ER will not treat that. They will, however, take you into the ER in your dying moments. Gee, thanks!
Yes, there are some "not for profit hospitals". None close to me, but there are a couple within a 45 minute drive (long drive if you're having a heart attack). These hospitals, however, will bill you based on your ability to pay. The problem is that this does not cover the surgeon, radiologist, pathologist, or oncologist, as well as a host of other fees. Something that stops a lot of the working poor from being able to use these facilities also. Yes, I did say WORKING poor. Another misconception is that everyone without health insurance is lazy.
I am concerned that no one seems to know what's in the health care bill. But what really puzzles me is why the Republicans, who are so against it, have not read it and reported on all the horrible things you all think are in there.
Jinx,
First of all there is nothing in the Constitution gauanteeing free health-care for all. That aside, we have grown more compassionate over the years. You may be surprised but I AM for health-care for everyone.
The way the government is going about it is going to give themselves too much power, the more qualified will not want to become doctors (in England 15% of the doctors are trained in Pakistan & India), the gov't will dictate what care you get and who knows what else is in the damn bill.
I do want everyone to pay for health-care themselves. Let the insurance companies sell policies in all states and reform the tort laws. Therefore I want all capable to work.
Like welfare: It was originally designed to be for 2-3 years to help a person "pull themselves up by their boot straps." Now it is given for generations; do you agree with that?
If you want the government to take care of everyone, you are a communist. That system has never worked.
Pat
Not only don't the Republican's not know what is in it, the Democrat's and the President are in the same boat.
Don't say the Republican's are holding the bill up. The Democrat's have enough votes to pass it themselves, the trouble is they can't agree.
We need competition and regulation but they must all be looked over. The Gov'y can't tell doctors what they can do. That is what they want, and when you're older Rohm Emanuel and his broother say it's time to go bye-bye.
@ Patrice the Democratts have not bothered to read that bill either.And I for one do not agree with a monthly premium for abortions .And Harvey I am glad to see someone In here that does,nt agree It would make It totally boring If all of us were on the same page . I however am with you on this one . It took Dubya till his second term for us to do a countdown for his removal . Obama has been In nine months and the gloss Is off already .
I can only assume that if government can tell doctors what they can and can't do, that that is what is occurring with Medicare today since it is a government run health care program.
I didn't say Republicans were holding up the bill, I'm just surprised that since they are so against it, they haven't dissected it and reported on all the negatives.
I'm not surprised at that 15% of doctors...number in England, because in my area, just by looking around, I would guess that number is higher (I do medical transcription and they are hard to type for. Maybe that's why the hospital I typed for sent all the dictation to Pakistan...but that's another story about more jobs lost in the USA).
If you look at the big picture for a moment, the country is now being run by big banks, big business, and big health insurance companies who are currently deciding who lives and dies. Thankfully, they have decided you can live. This is due to ALL of the wimpy politicians in Washington, who are accepting campaign contributions, listening to lobbiest, and NOT reading the bill before them.
Tony, I also don't agree with abortion. Unfortunately, I also don't agree with so many Americans dying because the insurance companies needed to raise their profits by 400% between 200l and 2008.
Tony,
They keep saying he is so smart; why don't I think so?
I'm glad that it's not up to you. Watch your meds.
Pat,
You are so worried about big companies, look at our gov't. They now run the auto industry, most large banks, a good part of health-care and more. Didn't they bankrupt medicare and how is everthing they manage doing. These idiots can't manage anything.
Do you really want to put your life in their hands?
Jinx,
I'm only on 15 meds a day and my wife is also ill. Still neither of us want gov't run health-care. I'll bet you are young, healthy and mommy and daddy help you out.
Harvey, I am worried about big business today in America. I'm not talking about Macy's or Wal-Marts, but the companies who are influencing or providing necessity items. If some company wants 2 million dollars for a mink coat, no problem. I don't have to buy that mink coat. But the companies who are providing or driving up the price on necessity items are ruining our country, and by taking business away from honest companies, they are ruining our economy. I'm happy for you and your wife in that you apparently have insurance through her employment, but there are scores of people in America who don't. I was widowed at 40 and have a disabled son I provide for. Most weeks I work seven days, and rarely I'll take a day off. I'm also realistic. There is no life savings for me to go through if the insurance companies decided, "ooops, she got sick, that wasn't supposed to happen, get that premium so high she drops off the rolls". The $1300 dollars a month my friend is paying would be impossible for me! As I stated, I'm glad you and your wife are not in this position, but wish you could for a moment consider those who are, because there are a LOT OF US in America, and that number is growing daily as more people lose their jobs. And don't tell me how much tort reform or crossing state lines would help. Do you really think there is any possibility that the greedy insurance companies are going to lower their rates? They'll just stick together on pricing, knowing it's in their best interest to do so.
As an independent, quite frankly I'm sick of both Republicans and Democrats. Both are so worried about "winning" that they are not at all thinking about the American people. If they'd quit acting like a bunch of schoolchildren, they could get together and draft a health care reform bill that would be agreeable to the majority of American people. And, if you'll excuse me for saying so, if those lucky enough to have affordable health insurance, and naive enough to believe they'll have that permanently, would quit trying to scare people out of reform, something might get down for the unfortunate WORKING Americans who now cannot afford any kind of health insurance, and therefore very little health care.
I'm sorry if I sound a bit tart, but it's been a long day, I've worked very hard, and at the moment, I'm disappointed in our country and our politicians.
Pat,
Please do not apologize, it is not necessary. I can't pretend to understand your situation, I would be a fool if I said I did.
I am not against health-care! I want everyone to have access that is a citizen. I even want illegals taken care of in an emergency. Neither party has done anything that will help the entire society. Below is an article sent to me by a doctor friend. I wish you and your child nothing but the best.
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CANADA'S HEALTHCARE DISASTER
By DICK MORRIS
Published on TheHill.com on November 3, 2009
After more than a decade of public healthcare with mandatory coverage, so many Canadian doctors have left the practice and so many young people have entered other fields that Canada ranks 26th of 28 developed nations in its ratio of physicians to population. Once, Canada ranked among the leaders in the number of physicians, but that was before government healthcare drove doctors out of the practice in droves.
The fundamental fact is that we cannot cover 36 million new patients without more doctors and nurses, much less with the declining census of medical professionals the Canadian experience points to. A recent survey of doctors by the Pew Institute found that 45 percent of all practicing doctors would consider retiring or closing their practices if the Obama healthcare bill passes. This scarcity of medical personnel heightens the likelihood of draconian rationing, lengthy waiting lists and lower-quality medical care for all of us, particularly for the elderly.
This physician shortage leads to massive and never-ending waiting lists. In 1993, for example, there was an average wait of 9.3 weeks from the time a patient got a referral from a general practitioner to the time he could see a specialist. By 1997, the wait was up to 11.7 weeks. Now it's 17.3 weeks -- over four months just to see a specialist!
In Canada, unions control the entire healthcare process. In Manitoba, for example, there is an eight-month wait for colonoscopies, yet the unions do not permit weekend or evening procedures, thereby extending the waiting lists. The unions are doing to healthcare in Canada what they have done to education in America: stifling creativity, reinforcing bureaucracy and extending waiting times.
Because of these long waits for colonoscopies, there is now a 25 percent higher incidence of colon cancer in Canada than in the United States. And because the leading drugs that we routinely use to treat the malady in the U.S. are banned in Canada because of their high cost, 41 percent of Canadians who get the cancer die of it, compared with only 32 percent in the United States. Overall, the cancer death rate in Canada runs 16 percent higher than in the United States. Cancer does not wait for waiting lists to clear.
The potential of healthcare changes to shrink the doctor population, exacerbating scarcity and extending waits, is even worse now that it is apparent we have overestimated the number of doctors in the U.S. Where we once thought there were 840,000 doctors, the total is now estimated to be only 760,000.
The proposed $400 billion cut in Medicare raises the probability that more and more of those doctors who do practice will refuse to accept Medicare patients, aggravating the doctor shortage among the elderly, the population that needs them the most.
As Obama's program moves through Congress, despite the fierce opposition of a majority of American voters in virtually all the polls, it becomes clear that those moderates who vote for it will face harsh retribution at the polls from their outraged constituents. A kind of suicide-pact mentality is gripping the Democratic majorities in Congress, akin to that which came over it when Congress passed President Bill Clinton's tax package in 1993. This disregard for the will of the marginal voter may make sense for those who come from safe districts, but it makes none for those who come from swing districts. For them, suicidal conduct leads to political demise.
eovery says:
3 weeks ago
It is going to be a hard road for the next few years, and to undo the damage. We need Romney! Some who is smart enough to know what to do to get out of the recession.
Keep on Hubbing!