Another Reversal Within One Speech

It's happened before. It makes sense that it would happen again: Barack Obama negates his own argument within the same speech! On August 11, Obama offered these statements about Medicare:

At the 17-minute mark we hear this:

“Medicare and Medicaid are on an unsustainable path. Medicare is slated to go into the red in about eight to ten years. I don’t know if people are aware of that. If I was a senior citizen the thing I’d be worried about right now is Medicare starts running out of money because we haven’t done anything to make sure we are getting a good bang for our buck, when it comes to health care”.

Five minutes later:

“I do think it’s important for, particularly seniors who currently receive Medicare, to understand that if we’re able to get something right, like Medicare, then there should be a little more confidence that maybe, the government can have a role, not the dominant role, but a role in making sure the people are treated fairly when it comes to insurance.”

Here are the key parts, so you can see it for yourself:

This is what happens when a politician is so lacking in fundamental grounding that he tends to say whatever he feels like at the moment to try to persuade his audience of his intentions. This is also what happens when an adoring media refuses to do its job and point out these inconsistencies.

It's hard to fathom how we as a nation got to where we are right now.

There's my two cents.