Health Care driven by Liberal Democrat Ego
By Brian Kirwin | Monday, March 22nd, 2010 | PolicyI now understand liberals.
Took me years of talking to editorial boards and debating lefties before it hit me last night. It would’ve hit me during Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s speech, but the sentiments were equaled by so many other Democrats that by the time she took to the well, it was well made clear.
Democrats are voting for their own egos.
They are driven by little more than their place in history. They grew up reading about legislators voting for landmark legislation, and by golly, they were going to be like their idols that they geekily worshiped in grade school.
“..with great pride that we tonight will make history..”
“Just think! We will be joining those who established Social Security, Medicare..”
“we may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us”
It’s all about “us,” isn’t it?
“We have been given this opportunity, this is an opportunity to stay right up there with, again, Social Security, Medicare.”
“Making history”
That was just Pelosi in a few minutes, and she couldn’t stop drooling about getting her name into history books. I heard these sentiments over and over and over by Representatives who think the mirror should thank them in the morning for being allowed to reflect them.
That’s what drives liberals – their own self-importance.
That’s why they’d rather pass a law taking our money to “help the poor” rather than give up their own yachts, mansions and millions. It’s not about actually helping the poor. It’s not about actually helping those make a better start.
It’s about self-important egomaniacs getting their names remembered.
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The right wants to jeer him. The left wants to censor him. Moderates usually want both. Brian Kirwin is a political consultant and public relations strategist in Virginia Beach with a lightning-rod flair. Brian also serves on the VB Arts & Humanities Commission and frequently appears on Hampton Roads theatrical stages, if only to prove that all actors aren’t liberals. Kirwin’s columns stir up debate and hit the political scene with no punches pulled.
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26 Responses to "Health Care driven by Liberal Democrat Ego"
Was it worth it? Boosters laud passage of the health care bill as an historic event. Yes, it is – and so was the Charge of the Light Brigade.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/03/21/liz-peek-health-care-victory-democrats-obama-congress/
Party like its 1773
As for the reasons for the bill…no.
As for the speeches…DUH!
You honestly think the “debate” was about winning people over with facts and logic? You honestly think there were really undecideds on the floor of the House last night just waiting for some tidbit that would make them vote one way or another?
…even Boehner spoke to this fact…but he spoke anyway. Why? For the same reasons any Democrat did.
The rhetoric could not have been more clear, it was over and over and over ad nausea. They are only concerned about being a figure of history, not in telling the truth about how this bill will NOT decrease the deficit, will pay for abortions, will punish the entrepreneurs and businesses, will be bad for senior citizens. As Pelosi said, “We will have to pass the bill to find out what is in it”. Well, everyone knew enough, and she still arm twisted and rail roaded this bill through anyway. So much for her and Obama’s place in history. They will be known as the President and Speaker who defied the will of the American people by abusing their power.
I’m terribly confused by how you claim your points. Has anyone on BD actually looked at the bill? It’s awesome (meaning ‘large’) and complex in a way that reminds me of first seeing digital computer boards (as opposed to old analog circuits).
Despite my reservations, I think that this bill will help a lot of people and no, it’s not perfect, the details will be hammered over the years. Rebublicans could only hope to do something like this.
But back to your argument, though. Ego? Everyone has an ego and I saw both sides shine brightly (and dimly) this past week. For all the argument against Pelosi et. al there is also Boehner and Cantor trying to hog the cameras. Your argument makes no sense as I don’t think there are many democrats that actually like Pelosi or Reid. Nonetheless, it seems the Dems got their balls back and I applaud them for accomplishing what has been close to a DECADE in coming.
One last thing Re: Babykiller, N***R and F***T — lets not make this Massive Resistance 2010 okay? That worked out real well, didn’t it?
Brian, I agree. Good illustrations of your point.
Eng Esch, we’ve all seen individual components of the bill and see the dangers. This is precisely why we’re fearful for our country and way of life. Since we indeed have, we also acknowledge that parts of it are actually good.
One lawyer tactic is to flood the enemy with paperwork. Just becuase you are faced with a gigantic piece of legislation with twists and turns, does not mean you give up. It does not mean that you do as person doing the flooding wishes. You don’t yield because somebody avoids the plain and simple in order to fool you and tire you out with a byzantine monster of a bill. You do not hold the intellect of the flooder in high regard simply based on the assumption that they even fully understand their own paperwork.
We can’t diminish the role that Obama’s teleprompter ego had in all of this in suggesting the lofty language and the sickening and continuous refrain of “We are doing it for the people of the United States”. The teleprompter warned us long ago… that the Holy Trinity (Obama, Pelosi, Reid) was going to control every aspect and make important decisions in our lives so we would be free of these earthly burdens.
Some of us listened to this prattle and are contrite, but more of us want to ascend directly into the Holy Trinity’s promise of Heaven by borrowing against the equity of poor souls who are young and not yet born. The Holy Trinity has decreed that greedy borrowing and pillaging of the all including the young and unborn for the sake of their blessed agenda is no longer a sin, it is a virtue.
The Holy Trinity has promised us a Heaven where justice means equality of all, except them. The Angels of light are Democrats and their partners, unions and other community groups. The Holy Trinity has ordained the IRS as their Angel of Vengeance who shall wield a mighty flaming sword to smite those who defy them. The Holy Trinity has decreed Republicans and Conservatives as wicked and possessed by demons and evil spirits who speak lies and untruths. But they don’t mention that they have sold our souls in a bargain with the Devil who is turning water into ink to print debt.
Let us pray….
Wow, I can’t believe the vitriol but this is identical to what the left was saying of Bush. Of course he took us to war for completely unnecessary reasons and killed many, many people (okay, the current prez is guilty of this as well).
But all this guy wants to do is keep American citizens healthy. So strange how no one sees the big picture. We are not all white cavemen anymore but a complex society that needs complex machines and operations to work efficiently. The isolationist mentality of the tea party and resounding yucksterism shown i.e. “babykiller” comment really disturbs me.
A nation has to care for it’s citizenry first. What on earth is so wrong with that?!
“complex society that needs complex machines and operations to work” where these “complex machines and operations” will eventually crush all who object and believe in our Constitution.
“A nation has to care for it’s citizenry first”, “care” doesn’t mean health “care” which has been traded and sold for our freedom.
Show me any time government involvement in health care made it cost less, and I’ll feel a lot more better about your “big picture”
Fire Nancy Polosi for her low-down scum style of leadership.Nancy did a great EVIL getting such a bill to be voted on and passed by the whatever it takes method. Nancy is a misfit leader FIRE HER NOW!!!
What do you mean, Brian? Health care always costs less than they say it will…
http://reason.com/blog/2010/03/21/if-past-is-prologue-when-it-co
Whoops.
Eng Esch
We see the big picture. The Constitution gives the federal government enumerated powers to wage war in defense of the nation. Something both parties supported for Afghanistan and Iraq (Clinton coined the phrase “regime removal” WRT Hussein). There is no enumerated power in the Constitution that allows the federal government to mandate citizens purchase a good or service. There is NO power given to the federal government that is blanket authority to “just take care of its citizenry.” Charity is an individual virtue. Government “charity” is tyranny as it requires first stealing private property from the rightful owners under the threat of force and then distributing it to those that the government sees fit. People voting in favor of theft doesn’t make it right. If Obama is so hot on charity, let him first contribute more of his own money (I gave more than he did last year and I don’t have a net worth in excess of $10 million). If he wants my money, then let he and his cronies roll up their sleeves and do the hard work of amending the Constitution to enumerate that power to the federal government. Until then, this entire law is un-Constitutional and illegal. Check out the info about that on the ACLJ and Landmark Legal Foundation websites.
Agree with Kirwin; this has seemed more about securing Obama and Pelosi’s “place in history” than doing the right thing. The problem is that they now “own” health care; the good, the bad, the ugly.
Heh. Senior Congressional staff made sure they were exempt from ObamaCare.
Eng Esch, I posted a website for you to go to to read the bill and yes I read it. And no, there won’t be any working it out over the years, once Obama signs it, it is Federal Law.
http://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/housesenatebill_final.pdf
Ron,
Just FYI — the internet (then DARPA) was created back in the day by — you guessed it — the very same evil guv’ment folks yee all are complainin’ bout. Fireman and Police and EMS Services are therefore to be considered communist, I assume? The roads? They can go to hell too.
Wake up. It’s 2010. We have to do this together and truly “love thy neighbor” instead of digging ourselves further into the cave of isolationist “tyranny”. It’s just so lonely.
Eng, I also think about the American Revolution that started with the colonists being taxed without being represented by being able to vote on what they were required to pay. Democrats did control the votes just by pure numbers, however, this is not what our constitution prescribed for us. Congress and the Senate are supposed to work together. They are supposed to represent the people who elected them and carry the peoples voice with them to Washington. When Pelosi said last night there were over 200 (corrections, suggestions, I can’t remember) from Republicans with over 2000 pages in the bill I about flipped. Does than mean Democrats wrote the bill and allowed Republicans a 10% say in this bill?
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Pursuit means: an activity that one engages in as a vocation, profession, or avocation. Working toward a goal. Never do I see in the Constitution anything about taxing the businesses, entrepreneurs, people that have worked hard to pay for health care for everyone. Our free enterprise system has had it’s ups and downs but it works better than any socialistic society in history. If you can prove me wrong with facts, please do.
There are some really good things in this bill, it could have been done without the US government owning health care and making generations to come pay for it.
We have to do this together and truly “love thy neighbor”
You have to admit that Eng would have made a good master; he’d have done good by his “people.”
Gosh, Brian,with such deep understanding of the evil machinations of the Democratic Party why ,in God’s name, aren’t you writing for the Weekly Standard ,or better yet, a Fox contributor? You could do their morning show. You’d have to work a bit to reach their intellectual high bar, but I think you can. I think you can.
Kirwin, you are certainly one to talk about egos. Fox talking head job would be great for you.
Brian, I TOTALLY agree with you. This is exactly what I thought during and after the speech of Pelosi.
Eng, why the Tea Party bashing? Specifically, why do you paint the entire movement of people from diverse backgrounds with the same broad brush?
Do I consider everymember of the Democrat Party to be racist, because Robert Byrd, the Democrat senator from West VA, was once a ranking member of the KKK?
Of course not. That wouldn’t be fair. Neither is it fair when you treat all Tea Partiers as if they were equal to the tiny number embarrassments that you have cataloged.
Our thoughts on this are sincere. We do think this is dangerous legislation. Getting healthcare coverage for everyone is a great thing to go after, but not like this. Not at this cost.
It’s amazing how many people criticize me from government computers.
And you think we can’t tell….
I’ve been thinking a lot about the birth of our country. Patrick Henry, a radical advocate of the American Revolution and republicanism, especially in his denunciations of corruption in government officials and his defense of historic rights. His words of, “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!”
George Washington, when giving his Farewell Address (issued as a public letter in 1796) gave advice on the necessity and importance of national union, the value of the Constitution and the rule of law, and the evils of political parties. We’ve come a long way away from President Washington’s ideals.
There are those today that have that same heart and spirit as these two great men. I will not bash them.
Pelosi thinks she was born for such a time as this in this mega-monster bill that will change our economy for years to come when we can least afford it She said it last night.
Maybe we all are. The fighters and the leaders who will stand up and make a difference.
This is an historical time. No doubt. It is up to us to stay the course and change it for the better.
Brian, you got your own little Patriot Act. You must feel so proud and powerful.
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