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Shut Up! No, You Shut Up!
Amidst all the back and forth this month on the health care/insurance reform debate I feel obliged to take you all back almost exactly one year ago to the real reason President Barack Obama cannot deliver on any kind of health reform.
The Wall Street Journal, August 1, 2008:
[I]n a nation in which 66% of the voting-age population is overweight and 32% is obese, could Sen. Obama's skinniness be a liability? Despite his visits to waffle houses, ice-cream parlors and greasy-spoon diners around the country, his slim physique just might have some Americans wondering whether he is truly like them.
And they had the quotes from real actual people to back them up:
"He's too new ... and he needs to put some meat on his bones"
And this:
"I won't vote for any beanpole guy"
Just ask yourself -- Couldn't this just as easily translate to:
"I won't get health reform advice from any beanpole guy."
So, there you have it...the real reason Pres. Obama was DOOMED to pass any kind of health reform.
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You know you want to...go ahead and click through to read (or re-read) this WSJ classic from the campaign trail.
You can re-live the classic "celebrity" angle the McCain campaign tried to push:
Republicans have recently picked up on the senator's fitness regimen. On Wednesday, the McCain campaign launched a new ad titled "Celeb" that compares Sen. Obama to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. In a memo to reporters explaining the ad, McCain campaign manager Rick Davis wrote, "Only celebrities like Barack Obama go to the gym three times a day."
Good times, people, good times.