The Obamessiah's Town Hall, Part 1

Since all of his Democrat minions are getting creamed by American citizens who are better informed and more passionate about Obamacare than the Dems are, the Obamessiah himself came down from Mount Olympus to hold a town hall meeting of his own. Naturally, the crowd was carefully screened to keep out all the rif-raff that is gunking up all those other town halls so as to avoid all that ugly protest and dissent crap. Still, we can learn a great deal from this experience.

First, simply the fact that Obama lacks the courage to face any real opposition speaks volumes about both his competence and his plan, does it not?

Then, we get to what he actually said. There were some doozies! For example, his Post Office analogy:

Is it just me, or is it really, really stupid to point at the Post Office as a symbol for how government can function just fine?? If anything, the Post Office is an outstanding analogy for why we should not, under any circumstances, allow the government anywhere near the reigns of national health care! Observe, as Heritage blows that one out of the water:

1.) The U.S. Post Office is the only entity allowed by federal law to deliver first class mail to your mailbox. In fact, Fedex and UPS are strictly prohibited from delivering “non-urgent” letters. If the government can fairly compete and is setting fair rules, wouldn’t the post office be open to competition at your mailbox?

2.) If Americans were offered “free” postage paid for by massive government spending and tax hikes, would Fedex and UPS still exist?

3.) The Post Office is on track to lose a staggering $7 billion this year alone. How will a government-run health care plan manage taxpayer resources more efficiently?

4.) Postmaster General John Potter says he lacks the “tools” necessary to run the Post Office effectively like a business. Would a government-run health care system have the tools it needs to run as effectively as the private sector entities it is replacing?

5.) On the one hand, the President remarks how great his public health care plan will be. On the other hand, he notes it won’t be good enough to crowd out your private insurance, i.e. the Post Office comparison. So which is it Mr. President? Will it be so great that private insurance disappears or so awful that it isn’t worth creating in the first place?

6.) But the most important question is this: if you have an urgent piece of mail you need delivered, life or death, who are you going to call? Everyone saying the government…please raise your hands. (crickets)

So, the Post Office has the law stacked in its favor, still gets outperformed by multiple private companies, loses billions of dollars a year, and isn't worth a damn. And that's supposed to inspire us?

But there were more goodies. Michelle Malkin reports:

The president wrapped up his remarks to the cheers of “YES WE CAN!” from the fair and balanced audience.

The crowd cheered Obama’s claims that the porkulus is working.

Obama asserted that “nearly 56 million” Americans are uninsured — ratcheting up the fuzzy math.

He praised “vigorous debate” and criticizes “wild misrepresentations,” which the stacked crowd applauded wildly.

He derided “special interests” — except for the drug companies funding ads for Obamacare, of course.

He attacked fear-mongerers, then warned of premiums rising, Medicare going bankrupt & people getting sick without his “reform.”

Obama ridicules concern about death panels and rationing for the elderly.

Tried and true: When you can’t stand the heat, hide behind the kiddie human shields.

Good stuff, all of it.

One of his questions was from a young, sweet, innocent 11-year old girl who asked about the people outside holding 'mean signs', and how a child could know what was true. It was very touching. It was also very staged, as that young, sweet, innocent 11-year old girl is the daughter of a major Obama supporter -- she donated thousands to his campaign, as did her law firm -- who attended numerous campaign events and even met with the First Family and the Bidens.

It's also very interesting to note that at one point, while looking for a non-Kool-Aid drinker to ask a question (there was only one, as far as we know), Obama joked about needing to prove he wasn't just allowing plants to ask questions. Feeling a little guilty, Mr. President? My guess was that with the vast majority of all town hall attendees being forcefully opposed, the White House thought it might look a little fake if there wasn't any opposition at his, either. Or something.

Anyway, on the subject of death panels, see my previous posts (here, here) to find out why yes, yes there are going to be death panels. Obama's response to the question can be seen here. Best quote of the day is on this subject:

“When you have to explain why your bill won’t create death panels, and what will make sure that it doesn’t, you’ve pretty much lost the argument.”

Yeah, pretty much. But did you notice in his response that though he said he wasn't in favor of that idea, he also never said definitively that it wouldn't happen. Hmmm...

But, what is probably the single biggest lie the Obamessiah threw out there today was regarding his ultimate goal for health care, and whether or not he wanted to see a single payer health care system. Watch this terrific compilation of his words today and his words in 2003:

Mm-hmmm...

Jim Geraghty puts the finishing touches on this by reporting:

In related news, we have always been at war with Eastasia.

Indeed. Let the Two Minutes Hate commence. Big Brother is watching, and the Ministry of Truth is hard at work.

There's my two cents.