Ronald MonestimeObama=Snookie?!
March 4th 2010 20:02
Seriously? For the sake of Republican Paul Broun's party and for everything they stand for and are trying to achieve in this country, I pray to God that this is not the Republican consensus.
For those who haven't heard by now, Broun, in discussing the "concessions" that President Obama made to Republican ideas within health care reform in an attempt to strike a compromise, remarked how the President's efforts possessed about as much substance as Snookie from the MTV show "Jersey Shore".
Now, this is not the first time lawmakers have referenced pop culture in their arguments regarding the other party, it's not like this is some "new low" in my mind, but let's be reasonable here. There has got to be a better analogy for this particular health care situation.
But let's go over what Broun said exactly:
"I don't know if we should be insulted or humored at the President's feeble attempts to incorporate Republican ideas into his latest health care proposal. Snookie, from the Jersey Shore, has more substance than President Obama's offer."
This is said after Obama incorporated just four Republican ideas into his health care proposal. And those are:
1) Medicare Fraud
2) Medical Malpractice
3) Health Savings Accounts
4) Upping reimbursement to doctors who see Medicaid patients
Now that has to be just crumbs compared to the cake that Republicans want. Republicans for the most part want to start over from the beginning, and Dems have no intentions of doing so. There is definite conflict, and if non-partisan actions are the only way to pass health care reform, I unfortunately think that may be what it comes down to.
But, if Republicans are going to fire at the Dems with this kind of insulting language, I'm only saying, it makes me wonder. Even if Obama were to include their top priorities in the bill, would they still vote for it at the risk of making the Democratic President look like he's reached across the aisle? Or, in political spite, would they withold their votes and preserve the stalemate long enough for 2012?
I'm not saying that's what's happening, but there's certainly no evidence that I see suggesting otherwise.
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