And
before you think it was just those eeevil Republicans who warned Obama that the
Obamacare exchanges were not ready, Democrat allies warned the White House, along with insurers and state health care officials.
But
Obama went ahead with the now disastrous Obamacare exchange roll-out anyway.
And
Republicans offered him a face-saving out. He could have bought some time, avoided the Shutdown and
debt limit impasse if he only agreed to delay the implementation of Obamacare
for a year. It would have been
smart politics and sensible policy.
It would have been the right thing to do given that the exchanges
clearly were not ready.
But
Obama went ahead with the Obamacare exchange roll-out anyway.
And it
is a head scratcher. Is he that
spiteful and determined to create a crisis he hopes will backfire on
Republicans? Even at the obvious
risk that it would backfire on him?
That
Obama refused to take the sensible out of agreeing to an Obamacare delay when
he knew (or at least should have known) the exchanges were not ready confirms
to me that Obama is trying the pull that old trick of tyrants – to create
and/or use a crisis to crush opponents and to increase one’s own power.
Two points. First, for the true Progressive, ideology trumps reality every time. Second, there is no shortage of people who, while willing to accept its benefits, truly hate all that this country stands for. Just check the faculty lounge of any American university. However, this is the first time we have had an administration which thinks this way. Any amount of pain and suffering is fully deserved.
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