Talking Cure, Again

National Review "Neither the government-heavy substance nor the dishonest and demagogic tactics have changed. The president denounced “scare tactics” — in a speech that warned that failure to go along with his plans would cause people to die. He pretended that preventive care will “save money,” even though this claim has been authoritatively and repeatedly debunked. He claimed, in defiance of every independent assessment, that the legislation before Congress will reduce costs. He denied that the legislation he supports will spend federal dollars on abortion, which can be true only if he has some private and novel definition of “federal dollars.” He denied that it will cover illegal immigrants, even though Democratic congressmen have specifically voted not to require verification of legal residence."

Morning Bell: The President Learned Nothing From August

Heritage "At the very least, Mr. Obama and the Democrats should stop trying to ignore reality; they should stop pretending that August didn’t happen, that there hasn’t been a national revolt against a government takeover of health care. They keep telling themselves—and thus keep hearing—that the Town Hall meetings of summer were concocted by FOX News and abetted by the Internet. Reality may need to set in before we can get real reform."

Barack Obama’s Past Grace

Liberation. France, Hat tip to WatchingAmerica "Polls are becoming worrying for the White House. Uncertainty is taking hold domestically and, at the same time, the horizon is darkening on foreign fronts. Translated By Drue Fergison"

Flashback: Democratic etiquette in the Bush era

Hot Air "Here’s a clip from the State of the Union speech in 2005, when George Bush warned Congress that Social Security was going broke and needed reform immediately. Did Democrats politely listen to the warning? Not exactly. Listen to the boos and catcalls:..."

Video: GOP congressman yells “liar” at Obama; Update: Wilson apologizes

Hot Air “This evening I let my emotions get the best of me when listening to the President’s remarks regarding the coverage of illegal immigrants in the health care bill. While I disagree with the President’s statement, my comments were inappropriate and regrettable. I extend sincere apologies to the President for this lack of civility.”

ObamaCare: First, Do Some Harm — Then, Exploit the Crisis

By James Lewis "ObamaCare is a really sweet deal – if you believe in abysmal ignorance and wild guesswork as a basis for turning over control of a half-trillion-dollar-per-year medical system to a Central Committee of Wise Heads. No sane real-world organization could work this way. But power has its perks, and one of them is to dictate a revolution in the United States without ever trying to understand its consequences."

I Think the Racists in the Left Wing are Upset

By Monte Kuligowski "President Obama’s old pastor, Jeremiah White-Folks’-Greed Wright, recently made a phenomenal statement that carries tremendous insight into the worldview of the radical left. On the subject of Obama’s proposed healthcare “reform” the not-so-good reverend had this to say: “I think the racists in the right wing are upset because poor people are about to be helped.”Say what?"

Political Malpractice

By G. Wesley Clark, M.D. "Asserting that the many layers of government regulation have only served to produce our current crisis, they argue that constructive deregulation could resolve market distortions, reducing costs and enabling better informed, cost-conscious decision making by consumers, as opposed to arbitrary bureaucratic manipulation."

Wilson apologizes for breach of protocol

American Thinker "Please note that Wilson did not aver that he is wrong, that illegal immigrants won't be included under Obamacare: That's because he was dead on, 100%, right as Bill Jacobsen points out:..."

The News in the Speech

TNR "...And the public plan? He gives a lengthy, strong defense of the idea. It could have come straight out of the literature of groups like Health Care for America Now...But he also makes clear, to left as well as right, that he's open to compromise."

The convenient fantasies of President Obama

By Michael Barone "Liberal columnists have been attacking Republicans because some of their voters are "birthers," believers in the absurd charge that President Obama was not born in Hawaii and thus is not a natural-born U.S. citizen. But they have failed to identify any "birther" who occupied a position in the Republican firmament comparable to that of "truther" Van Jones in the Obama administration."

Halfway to Where? Answering the Key Questions of Health Care Reform

CATO Institute by Michael D. Tanner "...various pieces of legislation have made it through committee, and they provide a concrete basis for analyzing what the proposed health care reform would and would not do. Looking at the various bills that are moving on Capitol Hill, we can determine the following:..."