The Dems were actually glad when Wilson yelled "You lie!" at Obama. It provided the perfect diversion. It distracted the public from the actual substance (or lack thereof) of Obama's speech. They know as well as you and I that Obama's arguments against critics of his plan ("That is a lie." "That is false." "That is not true.") won't stand for long. So of course they'll beat the dead horse as long as they can.
Even though Obama accepted Wilson's apology, the rest of the Dems still insist on making Wilson apologize on the House floor. He apologized to Obama in a public statement. Obama accepted the apology. Apparently the Dems, for ONCE, decided to undermine their sacred Messiah and try to punish Wilson.
Well, we're not falling for their distraction. Wilson shouted "You lie!" for a reason. He was right.
Either Obama is flat-out lying or he's not telling the whole truth. It doesn't really matter.
First, he said that illegal immigrants are not going to be covered by his plan. How convenient for illegal immigrants, though, that insurance companies are NOT ALLOWED TO ASK YOU IF YOU'RE HERE LEGALLY. Yeah. So, it won't cover illegal immigrants, but we're not allowed to find out whether people are legal citizens.
Second, he said it would not cover abortions. Once again, it "won't cover abortions", but the Democrats refused an amendment to the bill that would prohibit federal abortion funding. So, it won't do something, but an amendment to make sure it won't do something was refused. Why was it refused, if they're really telling the truth?
Third, he insists that it would not be a complete government overhaul of healthcare. Of course not. At first. But everyone will want to switch to the "free" plan, so the insurance companies will go out of business. Then, when everyone wants to switch back to private insurance so they can get open-heart surgery (they don't have the time to wait for all the people with scrapes and bruises to get out of the OR), they won't be able to switch, because the insurance companies will be dead.
Fourth, the healthcare plan won't "add a single dime to our deficit"? No, it'll just suck every dime out of the American public.
Finally, apparently there will be no death panels. Then why did Dr. Ezekiel Emmanuel talk about a "priority curve"? We're prioritizing humans now? "No, we're not!" Obama insists.
YOU LIE.
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