Health Care Update: Leave TOTUS alone! Call the Waaahhhmbulance….
Update: FOX picks up TOTUS’ attempted arm twisting of CBO:
Via JammieWearingFool by way of Instapundit:
…Of course it’s all about him.
A telling episode recounted by Senate Finance ranking member Charles Grassley reveals the Obama administration might be more worried than they are letting on that a Republican senator’s comparison of the healthcare overhaul to Waterloo might be dangerously close to the truth…
…“Let’s just lay everything on the table,” Grassley said. “A Democrat congressman last week told me after a conversation with the president that the president had trouble in the House of Representatives, and it wasn’t going to pass if there weren’t some changes made … and the president says, ‘You’re going to destroy my presidency.’ ”
Somebody please send Baracky a waaaahmbulance.
Oh wait, are they covered by his plan?
Grassley should soon expect a withering personal assault by Obama’s persons of hench in the far left blogosphere.
TOTUS is out there trying to twist Elmendorf’s (CBO director’s) arm, laying into Blue Dogs, on tv every other hour. Yeah he’s worried. CALL YOUR CRITTERS.
Here is Sen DeMint who let the Waterloo out of the bag:
What we need is our own Blucher now to win the battle…hmmmm Mayo Clinic as Blucher?
…Minnesota’s not-for-profit Mayo Clinic, which Mr. Obama has repeatedly hailed as offering top quality care at affordable costs, blasted the House Democrats’ version of the health care plan as lawmakers continue to grapple with several bills from each chamber and multiple committees.
The Mayo Clinic said there are some positive elements of the bill, but overall “the proposed legislation misses the opportunity to help create higher quality, more affordable health care for patients.”
“In fact, it will do the opposite,” clinic officials said, because the proposals aren’t [R]patient-focused or results-oriented. “The real losers will be the citizens of the United States.”…
H/T to Drudge for the SOS headline. It’s a good day when we start with ABBA, lol.
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