Why are they so desperate?
Because, contrary to what you've been hearing from the liberal mainstream media, ObamaCare is not a done deal... and Obama, Pelosi and Reid know it.
Blogger Alan Caruba summarizes what is going on and warns us that this struggle is about so much more than so-called "health care reform"... it's a battle for the soul and the future of this great nation:
"The bribery and thuggish pressures and threats against Democrat Senators and Representatives to pass the bill reveal a political leadership more devoted to ideology than the will of the People. ... it is an example of naked Communism at work. It is a bill put together behind closed doors and so extensive its control of the lives of Americans literally determines who lives and who dies."
Obama, Pelosi and Reid know that ObamaCare can be stopped. That's why they are desperately issuing threats and cutting secret deals.
And their desperation is proof positive that you can stop them.
But that means that each and every one of us is going to have to step up and keep fighting against ObamaCare.
According to recent reports, Obama, Pelosi and Reid are actually threatening Members of Congress.
LifeNews.com issued the following item:
"Congressman Bart Stupak... says the Obama administration is trying to bully him. ... Stupak told CNS News that the White House and top Congressional Democrats are attempting to twist his arm to accept the Reid-Nelson 'compromise' language that still allows massive taxpayer financing of abortions."
But they're just not issuing threats. Another report from Robert Costa with National Review indicates that Obama, Pelosi and Reid may have moved from bullying to bribery:
"After watching the Senate’s health-care debate, Rep. Bart Stupak (D., Mich.) tells NRO that he has one message for President Obama and House speaker Nancy Pelosi: 'You don’t buy me off.'"
"Stupak tells us that he’s disappointed that Democratic leaders have offered him legislative favors in exchange for supporting Obamacare. “'This shouldn’t be a bill where you use hush money,' says Stupak."
Stupak may be standing firm in opposition to these sickening tactics but don't count on that to last.
Senator Ben Nelson's recent capitulation, which allowed ObamaCare to move forward, should teach us that these iron-fist-velvet-glove tactics can work.
And that means we have our work cut out for us.
"This Process Was Not Compromise. This Process Was Corruption."
Those were the words of Tom Coburn, the good Senator from Oklahoma who is also a doctor. Here's more of what he had to say on the matter:
"This vote is indeed historic. This Congress will be remembered for its arrogance, corruption and stupidity. In the year of 2009, a Congress ignored the coming economic storm and impending bankruptcy of our entitlement programs and embarked on an ideological crusade to bring our nation as close to single-payer, government-run health care as possible. If this bill becomes law, future generations will rue this day...."
Coburn goes on to say:
"This process was not compromise. This process was corruption. This bill passed because votes were bought and sold. ... The president and his allies genuinely believe that expanding government's control over health care is the way to control health care costs, improve lives and extend life spans. I don't question their motives, but I do question their judgment. History has already judged this argument and put it in its ash heap. The experience of government-run health care in the United States and around the world shows that access to a government program is not access to health care."
Erik Rush with WorldNetDaily.com went further when he wrote:
"Barack Obama is a dedicated ideologue. ... Americans have every reason to hold animas for their lawmakers. They have exploited their constituents' trust and imperiled their security, proving themselves to be a collection of borderline sociopaths and political prostitutes."
As mentioned above, this fight is far from over. Both the House and the Senate will have to vote yet again to pass ObamaCare.
And changing just a few votes could mean victory for the American people. There is still time to defeat ObamaCare, but we, the American people, cannot let up now.
We can stop it. We must stop it.
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