HEAT RISES ON THE HEALTH CARE BILL

SPECIAL POST

As more and more citizens, liberal and conservatives alike, take a closer look at the actual Health Care Bill as passed into law and as compared to what Messrs. Obama and Reid and Madame Pelosi were claiming the Bill contained before passage, there are growing calls for the repeal of the Bill and some calls that the Bill’s authors should be hung in the Rose Garden by their toenails. Several liberal-leaning newspapers including the LOS ANGELES TIMES are lamenting that their illustrious Washington leaders lied when they said the Bill would be deficit-neutral and would reduce costs. Having read some of the fine print, they now realize that there is nothing to contain the cost of rising premiums and that Federal and State taxes are going to rise… substantially.

The ranks of the American Tea Party are swelling… double just since the passage of the Health Care Bill and still growing. Membership is diverse; 40%of the members are Democrats, about 40% Republican and 20% independents. All races and religions are represented. It appears that the two issues which draw this diverse membership are the deficit, (looming higher taxes while the incumbents continue to spend), and the health care bill.

Former New York Governor George Pataki has decided not to run for the Senate this November so that he can concentrate on forming a broad coalition called “Revere America” to repeal the Health Care Bill. “I'm optimistic that we can not only change that and have a significant impact in undoing the government's takeover of the health-care system, but we can also help candidates move onto other issues so that those who believe in limited government and not having Washington usurp power from the people and sacrifice their future with trillions in debt, in borrowing -- then, we can have a very real impact.” Pataki also said, “There's no question in my mind that contrary to what the President has said on numerous occasions and Democrats thought that once they passed it, the opposition would go away. Now that it's passed, people are becoming more aware of the horrendous provisions in this bill, public opposition is growing.”

That it is. Almost a month after passage, 58% of Americans are actively in favor of repeal. I hate to say it, but this “Unknown Scribbler” was sounding the alarm bells about this legislation almost a year ago and I’ve been called a “Radical right-wing terrorist,” “Astroturf,” “Un-American,” and “S—t Disturber.” Yet, here we are not even 30 days after the bill was passed and Americans are forced to come to grips with the knowledge that Obama, Reid and Pelosi were flat-out lying to them.

Obama and his cronies are seeking to deflect attention from the growing animosity about the Health Care Bill. Even as Obama’s popularity is sagging, he is trying to get up steam for a financial reform bill, Cap and Trade, and amnesty for illegals. He’s pinning his hopes on diverting America’s attention from efforts to repeal the Health Care Bill before the November elections.

The lawsuits being filed by at least 16 states against the bill’s passage and the rising clamors of Americans who are standing together, shoulder-to-shoulder for the first time in decades, make it increasingly unlikely that Obama will succeed in his endeavor.