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You are watching President Obama's healthcare speech tonight, right?
Tonight President Obama will do what he does best and get in front of the cameras and talk to America (actually, he's talking before a joint session of congress, but same diff, right?). The topic of his 8 p.m. speech is, of course, is healthcare. The big challenge, however, will be how to address the moronic misinformation masquerading as debate without actually calling its perpetrators morons. Unless maybe he should call the people who perpetuate myths like Death Squads (please!), Nazism (come on!), socialism (every advanced DEMOCRACY already has universal health care) and unnecessary complexity (we already HAVE that in our current system) what they are.
You are watching President Obama's healthcare speech tonight, right?
Tonight President Obama will do what he does best and get in front of the cameras and talk to America (actually, he's talking before a joint session of congress, but same diff, right?). The topic of his 8 p.m. speech is, of course, is healthcare. The big challenge, however, will be how to address the moronic misinformation masquerading as debate without actually calling its perpetrators morons. Unless maybe he should call the people who perpetuate myths like Death Squads (please!), Nazism (come on!), socialism (every advanced DEMOCRACY already has universal health care) and unnecessary complexity (we already HAVE that in our current system) what they are.
There are several watching parties scheduled in the area, and you can find them at Organizing for America, but for starters, there's one at Rotten Ralph's, one at the Millcreek Tavern. Remember how involved people used to be with the Obama web site — hosting parties and volunteering — and now not so much? Maybe that's part of the problem the big guy's having getting his healthcare stuff through. The zealous have become content, and the discontented whack jobs have become the zealots.
Where are you watching the speech? You are watching it, right?
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