This is fairly shocking. The New York Times discovers that a lot of people who oppose ObamaCare are not raving lunatics – something the Times has not exactly been reporting before now. There are (as many of us have said all along) good, decent people who do not want this takeover by the government of 1/5th of the US economy.
He skipped the antiwar protests of his college years, took a job as a regional salesman of paper and chemical products, and built for himself a quiet life of family and church (and hunting and fishing) in his rural hometown in southwest Georgia.
But on Thursday, Mr. Collier drove more than an hour down Route 19 to attend a health care forum in Albany, Ga., being held by his congressman, Representative Sanford D. Bishop Jr., a Democrat serving his ninth term.
To his wife’s astonishment, as the session drew into its third hour, Mr. Collier rose to take the microphone and firmly, but courteously, urged Mr. Bishop to oppose the health care legislation being written in Washington.
He told Mr. Bishop that his wife of 36 years had survived breast cancer through early detection and treatment, and that he feared that her care would be rationed if the disease returned.
“She’d be on a waiting list,” he said.
“This is about the future of our country as we know it,” Mr. Collier warned, “and may mean the end of our country as we know it.”
Bob and Susan Collier have worked their whole lives (Bob has held his job at the same company for 39 years), made a good life for themselves and played by the rules. And they are genuinely worried that Obama’s plans would hurt them – and the country that made these lives possible for them – in the long run.
The Times appears to have suddenly realized that the full-bore, 24/7/365 slime machines of the left may be a bit off. Or more than a bit off. Or actually completely unhinged.
It’s really pretty early to say this at this point, but if Obama has lost the Times, he has lost. That is not to say that this is the time to back off and lessen the pressure on Congress or Obama – it is most certainly not. But losing the Times is a very, very big deal and not easily dismissed by the White House.
Via Memeorandum.
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Human nature is such that when someone is revealed to be a real fool, they turn savagely on their erstwhile companions. As the public outcry grows, it’s gonna be bloody as they try to get on the right side of this mess. Obama is going under the bus as the reformed whores loudly proclaim their virtue. The smart rats leave the sinking ship first. Who will it be?