President Barack recently had to make adjustments for his health care law. Whilst giving a speech, Obama exposed the flaws with his previous health care law as well as his involvement with said flaws. Obama also recently contradicted his promise that people could keep their insurance plans. Afterwards, Polls were taken and they showed that disapproval for the Affordable Care Act has risen from 47 to 55 percent. The polls also displayed that Obama's approval rating has dropped into the high 30s and low 40s.
It is times like these where one begins to wonder if the President is just an incompetent figurehead or an incredible liar. Obama's history of not keeping his promises has repeatedly called his own loyalties into question. Does Obama truly have the best interest of the American in mind, or is he just telling the Democratic voters what they want to hear? Only time will reveal the true answer to this question.
Loved the blog Jared! I definitely agree with you. The presidents actions are more than a bit well sketchy. I am extremely passionate about healthcareand I am not very happy with the atrocity that is becoming Obamacare. It seems to me that the president's law is coming between doctor and patient and that is unacceptable. At least the president has come out and said that the bill is not working and that he lied when he said everyone would keep there plan. Was about time because everyone else knew that when they got the letter in the mail telling them they had been dropped by their insurer do to the new legislation.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Caroline. I do agree that it is certainly a step forward for a president to admit when his plan isn't actually working. Maybe Obama will actually focus on improvement. Maybe. I tend to take the more cynical side of the prediction but that's just me.
ReplyDeleteA good blog post, but one that suggests a lack of considering the other side. Clearly from the above post (no offense to Caroline), many Democrats, or rather liberal-minded people, also do not take kindly to Obamacare. So perhaps generalizing an entire group of people is not the best way to prove a point. In addition, Obama did not promise that everyone's healthcare would be unchanged per se. Also, calling just Obama a figurehead is disingenuous to history as all presidents in the last three decades, particularly Bush, have mirrored such behavior. All that is being said is that one should look at the bigger picture, as evidently most of the public, due to Obamacare being called a disaster by the "liberal" media, is being unfairly despised. At least reserve judgement until widespread implementation. Just outright calling it a failure suggests a preconceived notion that is indicative of unsubstantiated bias.
ReplyDeleteRuma, you make a good point, my wording was a bit off. I was in a bit of a rush when I typed this. What I meant to imply with the use of the word 'Democrat' was merely those Obama was TRYING to reach. I did not mean to infer that he was succeeding in this effort, which as you say, he clearly is not. That was what I meant. As for the figure head comment, I was taking at the presidency in general, not just Obama. I am still developing how I word my posts, so they can come as generalized I will admit. However, I do appreciate your criticism.
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DeleteThat reply was very mannerly Jared, thank you. The synthesis of word structure is a mutual issue; rest assured, the blogger likewise apologizes for sounding too brash or arrogant in the conveyance of constructive criticism. Anyway, glad to be of help.
DeleteI'm not sure if I agree with you on this one, Jared. I think Obama coming out and admitting the problems to his healthcare bill is the sort of things that all politicians need to do. I would rather have a leader who admits when he is wrong, and tries to fix it, than have a leader who is stubborn and will never admit he is wrong and will never compromise. I actually think some congressmen should take note of this from Obama and learn that it's ok to admit flaws. If you really think back, in 2008 Obama campaigned for "change" and I think he is going against the norm to admit his problems. So I don't think we need to criticize him for his humbleness.
ReplyDeleteThat's a logical point, however there are numerous things in Obama's first campaign that he has not delivered on (i.e. His campaign to end the wiretapping American citizens which he actually expanded). I believe a politician's word is only valuable if I can actually see them putting their promises into action. I am not quite convinced yet. However, I am certainly open to being surprised by our president. I guess we can only wait.
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