Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Obama Does It Again

"We did not come here to fear the future, we came here to shape it." -- Barack Obama, September 9, 2009.

God he's good.

I encourage you to watch his whole speech on health care. I laughed, cheered, and even teared up a little at the end. If you don't have time watch the whole thing, watch from 23:75 to 31:53 where he eloquently, yet simply, explains the importance of the public plan. Also, watch 38:30 to 39:00 where he socks it to the Republicans. Now I'm no lip reader, but at 38:54 doesn't it seem like rising star Republican Paul Ryan (R-WI) says something like "That was a good point." I love it.

I have faith he'll get this thing done. The media loves drama, and Obama has a history of letting them spin a little but still bringing it home.

2 comments:

Cal said...

Right on! We are on the path to spend a third of our GDP on healthcare and an extremely inefficient manner that mistreats and misdiagnoses a majority of the system's participants.

From a purely moral perspective everyone should have access to coverage. That said, there is much that can be done to "bend the curve" of the costs of healthcare to make it more effective and efficient.

The cost of inaction is too high. It is time to bring it.

Justo said...

Hmm.. That was a great speech; however, having said that, I have to ask how you feel about his latest speech?