Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Obama's not-out-of-context goal: single payer

You may have forgotten that media-hack/Obama-official-mouthpiece, Linda Douglass dismissed the video posted below as being "out of context". Well, here is the original quote, followed by the video:

"I happen to be a proponent of a single payer universal health care program. ...A single payer health care plan, a universal health care plan. And that's what I'd like to see. But as all of you know, we may not get there immediately."

http://www.breitbart.tv/obama-in-03-id-like-to-see-a-single-payer-health-care-plan/

Powerline: "Now even with Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress he may not "get there immediately" because he supports legislation that will result in a government takeover over a period of time as a result of the incentives created by the legislation. Obama's repeated expressions of support for a government health care takeover are not exactly a secret. He nevertheless finds it useful to deny his support for such a government takeover. But it is the object of his desire, and it is the direction in which he is moving...

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/08/024200.php

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