In a move as strategic as it was transparent, the president’s rally in Minneapolis, held in one of the states which is the most healthy, with the most uninsured, the President told the people that his door was always open, but also let them know what he didn’t want to hear and simultaneously”seeking to grab the megaphone from his opponents” according to MSNBC news, by his actions perhaps indicating he wasn’t there to listen, maybe evenfelt the criticisms weren’t something he was obligated to address, but to push the passage of his plan.
It had the feel of a political rally, reminscent of the presidential debates.
Obama stated “I intend to be president for a while and once this bill passes, I own it.” And if it doesn’t work, Obama said: “I’m the one who’s going to be held responsible. So I have every incentive to get this right.”
While the president was away
With Obama out of town, thousands of people marched Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol to protest Obama’s approach on health care and what they say is out-of-control federal spending. At the protest, people chanted “enough, enough” and “We the people” and carried signs that said “Obamacare makes me sick” and “I’m Not Your ATM.”While many reported that they were conservatives, it appears that not all were so. Conservatives and liberals alike have problems with the 500+ page health care plan that leaves the elderly in many cases, out in the cold for care.
Some of them were not conservatives and many of them weren’t impressed with the clauses in the Obamacare regarding the elderly and requirements for care that specifically leave the elderly and middle age out of the loop, dictating what is and is not going to be allotted to them.
