Obama is changing the momentum on reform?

[kentuck]

For a while, the shouting and the lies and the right-wing radio had a very big megaphone. But the President, unlike his predecessor, chose not to take off the entire month of August for a vacation. He has been out amongst the people, taking their questions and answering their concerns about healthcare reform. In truth, it is mostly insurance reform but, it is still a part of health care reform. It can help to bring down costs. It can create more competition for the insurance companies. It can help people save their jobs and their homes if they are struck by a serious illness. It is a very important piece of legislation, even if it is not a single-payer plan.

He forthrightly said that it was "dishonest" to call the end of life consultations with your doctor "death panels". He pointed out that it was mostly a Republican idea, created by a Congressman from GA, now a US Senator, who helped put it into the Republican Medicare plan that was passed a few years ago. The hypocrisy was evident by those Republicans in Congress that have been promoting this dishonest little fib.

This President has challenged the screamers with facts. And he has disarmed them to a large extent. They will continue to talk and scream, there is no doubt, but they do not have the ammunition they had before the last couple of townhalls by this man we now have in the White House.