Liberty Postings

Glenn Beck said something on his radio station that made me giggle a bit this morning.  He was discussing why Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her underlings are resistant to having the C-Span cameras cover the health care debate.  Beck argues that the liberals learned their lesson after President Wilson’s failed attempt to take the League of Nations to the American people and they won’t make the same mistake again.  Really, Mr. Beck?  I wouldn’t give our Congressmen the credit to create such historical parallels.  Do you think the following conversation actually happened?

Rep. Steny Hoyer:  You know, Nancy, I think we should let the general public watch us debate this health care stuff.  After all, we are supposed to be advocates of the “transparent” administration that President Obama promised as a candidate.

Speaker Pelosi:  First of all, Steny, don’t call me Nancy.  I have earned the title of “Speaker,” and I expect to be addressed properly.  Second, don’t you remember what happened to President Woodrow Wilson more than 80 years ago when he traveled the country to share his plans for the League of Nations?  The man had a stroke, Steny!  He was a vegetable for the rest of his term!

Rep. Hoyer:  I didn’t think about that, Nancy … uh, I mean Mrs. Speaker, Your Highness.  I don’t want to have a stroke!  That would be bad!  Let’s forget about those silly cameras.  Our constituents are too busy watching football playoffs anyway.

Honestly, I don’t think the “Wilson had a stroke” conversation ever happened.  Instead, we are simply watching another politician who never had any intention of keeping his word.  Candidate Barack Obama told people what they wanted to hear, and they bought it.  And, I believe he laughed all the way to the Oval Office.

The fact that President Obama and the Democratic Congress want to create such transformational legislation as health care “reform” from behind closed doors is very telling.  If your plans are so wonderful for the American people, shouldn’t you want as many of us to hear about them as possible?

Here is the video going around that shares the eight times during which candidate Barack Obama pledged to have the health care debate in public and on camera:

I know that President Obama is just doing what nearly every other politician does when he wants to be elected … he is lying.  However, let’s stop making him out to be this great wonder who is going to change the political landscape.  He is simply one more guy who thinks he knows best and who will use the voters as his pawns in reaching his goals and grabbing as much power as possible.