Reply #135: Even worse, when questioned by the Teabagger crowd, he was

[truedelphi]

Not able to present any strong arguments.

Why the hell go out and engage with the Teabaggers, if you are going to be wishy washy? Why not just stay friggin' home, or go to Denmark, rather than waste the tax payers money flying all over the country to say so little about such an important subject.

One young Teabagger sniffed - "President Obama, if we ahve a public option, it will mean that the Insurance Providers will find it hard to compete." The young man had given his name and stated that he was from the Univ of Colorado, Boulder CO.

Obama was most wishy washy in his response. Like you say, he replied "I never said that the public option was the everything. It's just one tool. We might not even end up with it.."

Even Jon Stewart had a snappier retort than that. He explained how easy it would be for the President to say - "Well, you chose to go to a public university, but has your decision put the private universities out of business?"