If Obama is a Corporate Stooge

[dem mba]

than why did he initiate this health care reform at all? Why not just kick the can down the road since the status quo is already so profitable? He didn't have to fix this thing you know, he could have concentrated on economic recovery, Iraq and Afghanistan, and any number of other things.

So for everyone posting about how big a Corporate Shill Obama "really" is (because only you know the REAL Obama) than why did he launch this reform and waste all this political capital in the first place?

I know you'll say health care and pharma stocks are at yearly highs, well, lots of stocks are at yearly highs. You aren't telling me anything with statements like that.

http://money.cnn.com/2009/12/22/markets/markets_newyork/

What am I missing? I see Obama kind of like Lincoln in the sense that Lincoln famously equivocated on slavery with his "if we can preserve the union without slavery, fine. if we can preserve the union with slavery, whatevs." i'm paraphrasing, but Obama is like this with single payer/universal healthcare. If we can reform health care with single payer, cool. if not, oh well.

i just don't see him as this corporatist tool that many on DU see him as.