George Rebane
Another one of my errors in judgment has been exposed. According to former SecDef Gates in his forthcoming Duty, I am remiss in having been overly kind to Obama in assessing his dedication to his job and the duty of his office. Gates knows better, and his views are being well publicized in outlets such as the Fiscal Times (here). Nevertheless, I think the man has delivered a most measured and gentlemanly criticism of this administration and Congress. From the excerpts I have read, the media is over-crediting the extent of his criticisms. Gates’ book comes out on 14 January.
Speaking of Obama and the legacy he will leave in 2016, what if the Republicans again gave Americans the chance to vote for Romney and Ryan. Will we as an electorate have learned from our devastating mistake in 2012? Then we re-elected a man who was demonstrably ignorant in economics, foreign affairs, and constitutional law – a man with no executive experience or legislative accomplishment, in addition to a “sealed” past and an extraordinary ability to lie that is only exceeded by his propensity to do so. And we have reaped what we sowed.
Against the Romney/Ryan ticket the Dems will run Hillary, who despite her past titles, comes with no discernible accomplishment, equally absent executive experience, and baggage that demonstrates her ability to make critical decisions and handle the ‘3pm phone call’ – forget about her handling the ‘3am phone call’. The alternative to Hillary may be the buffoon from Central Casting – Wrong Way Joe. Anyway, it’s worth a thought.
And speaking of the constant crapola coming out of the White House, Obama’s shills are hyping Obamacare’s early performance, “crediting it with spending miracles.” The problem is that according to federal actuaries none of it is true – “the new law had a minimal impact on overall national health spending growth through 2012.” Nevertheless, its paid “boosters are taking credit for trends that began long before the law passed.” And some wags observe that “maybe Obamacare should also get retroactive political credit for the germ theory of disease.” (more here)
[9jan14 update] Everybody hear the latest about that filthy capitalist enterprise Walmart? Well, it seems that the bastards have an employee health plan that beats the pants off of Obamacare. It is much cheaper and provides more than three times the services than are available under the new limited access nationalized healthcare. It’s just like the greedy corporatists to always show up well-intentioned government programs, just because these are poorly thought out, designed, and implemented. Is there no shame left in the world? (more here)
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