Rather than focusing on the economy as promised in his state of the union speech, Obama has elected to direct an all out effort to convince people the health insurance legislation is a very good thing. This may turn out to be more hope than change.
When I wrote “The Politics of Hope” back in October of 2008, I suggested that, like opium, hope can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how it is represented. So far the current administration’s record isn’t too good. Rather than making some happy and some mad they have consistently made both sides angry. Case in point is the executive order regarding abortion funding.
Like many, I watch the polls and read the news but when it comes to taking the pulse of the electorate I’d rather go to the source. By avoiding the media filters I’m able to get a little “ground truth” rather than propaganda.
Just one day after the reported victory on the health care vote, a young person who has admitted their faith in Obama was wavering heard a CNN report that pushed them over the edge. This individual has a job and participates in her company’s health insurance program. She’s young and healthy so she elected the most cost effective and prudent option for her present circumstances. She suffers from mild allergies, the symptoms of which she is able to control with over the counter medication. Financially this works well for her because she is able to pay for these meds with her pre-tax health saving account. At least she can until that benefit is removed by the new legislation.
When she heard this on CNN she was incensed. The word “mad” does not go far enough do describe the reaction she had. Who would possibly benefit from such a provision she wanted to know. I suggested she look at the connection between the administration and pharmaceutical companies.
When it comes to vivid disappointments I doubt I’m going to have to research this legislation too far and make an overwhelming case of logic. I’m just going to let them come to me. Keep your notebooks handy folks and write down names and stories. That way when someone asks why you oppose the legislation or the people that put it into law you’ll have specific answers.
Learn your enemy. Learn who they are and what they believe. I have a post up at my blog.
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