I don't think he said anything that isn't true!!! He has to set the record straight. The right has not been telling the truth about what will happen when the bill passed. They have made it sound like the end of the world. You cannot expect Obama to be silent. And he most certainly did not demonize anybody.
Obama mentioned that John Boehner said it would be another Armaggeden. When the crowd booed him, Obama said that it wasn't necessary to do that. All he did was repeat what some of the GOP said. He did not demonize them one bit.
Let's be fair. Was he just supposed to ignore all of the ridiculous things being said and just let people think they were true?? That's very unreasonable.
He lied. He accused everyone on the right of attacking him and used Boehner as an example. Boehner was using hyperbole. Not that Obama has never done so, I am sure. He demonized everyone that had the guts to stand up and say that this bill was crap.
People have not been saying it is the end of the world except in hyperbolic statements. People have not been saying that it was the end of freedom except in hyperbolic statements. People have been saying that the bill sucks and it does. It is nothing less than the first step towards the elimination of the private insurance industry and a governmental takeover of the entire health care industry. Now some of you may think that is fabulous. I happen to think that it is a disaster. The VA is an example of what happens when we let government handle health care. Our vets are not getting "top notch" health care as they should be. They get "cheap" health care. Under this new bill, we will all be getting "cheap" health care. You may want "cheap" health care. Me? I'd prefer getting "top notch" health care, provided by the best medical system in the world.
The industry needs reform, but it is not so much the medical system that needs reform. It is the insurance industry that needs reform. But, stepping backwards, to VA type reform is absolutely not the best thing for this country.
He does not have to set the records straight. He made this comment:
everybody has a responsibility, Democrats or Republicans, to tone down some of this rhetoric.
And ratcheted up his rhetoric. So, I assume everyone except him has the responsibility to tone done some of this rhetoric. How convenient!
Immie