The passing of Ted Kennedy seems to have given the Democrats new resolve to pass Obamacare. And generally, they are trying to be careful not to overtly try to capitalize off of his death. Still, I believe that many people will see through the obviously adult scripted remarks given Teddy’s grandson to read at the funeral eulogy as being another contrived episode like the unusually erudite 11 year old girl’s question to Obama at one of his health care town hall meetings.
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While subtlety is the order of the day for some on the left, others are allowing the mask to slip a bit. Like Senate majority leader Reid, who told interviewers that he believed Kennedy’s death would help them pass the health care legislation. Still others, like former Vice President Al Gore, are appealing to morality; citing Matthews Gospel and declaring, “The country has a moral duty to pass health care reform-This Year!â€. For his part, former President Clinton, like many other Democrats, is trying to rally the party faithful and downplaying the furor of the people at town hall fora during August;
 “You need to back these congressmen and let them know you’re not going to let them be steamrollered by a bunch of people who have been frightened,†Clinton said, in reference to the town hall tumult of the last few weeks. “Don’t let anybody tell you that President Obama wants to ration health care. We are rationing health care in America.â€
People who’ve been frightened? Shouldn’t he instead speak of people who’ve actually learned what is in the bill, what it will ultimately cost in dollars as well as in quality of American health care? It’s fascinating to watch the masters of fear-mongering, who regularly accused Republicans of plotting to cut medicare, and who are planning to do so themselves, intead accuse rank and file people across America with being scared into action, once again, by the Republicans.
What’s even more fascinating is the to-the-wall effort being expended; the usual, “by any means necessary†approach. The New York Times has put aside any pretense by calling for the “nuclear†option of simple majority vote in the Senate; an act of parlimentary prestidigitation that would reveal Obama’s post-partisan demagoguery as the palaver it really is. Still others are reaching for an old standby, the race card; such as Congresswoman Watson who insists that Obamacare opponents, “are trying to destroy the first President who looks like me!â€. But the most often employed measure, one that has worked most effectively in the past, is to have the Democrat’s allies in the MSM basically non-report on the contents of the actual legislation, scream breathlessly that the Republicans are not willing to play nice with Obama, and desperately hope that any actual reporting being done on the bill gets as little exposure as possible; like the fact’s uncovered by Freddoso and confirmed by the CRS that Obamacare will cover illegal immigrants!
But, all of this is just another number in what has become familiar Kabuki Theater. It’s not a question of, “ifâ€, the Democrats will try to capitalize off of Ted Kennedy’s death, but only “how†they will try to do so. The only real question that remains is what will they call it?  Obamacare, as has come into popular editorial usage, ChapiquiddiCare, as Ace likes to refer to it, or, maybe, KopechneCare…
UPDATE: Andrew Breitbart weighs in on what is hopefully the end of the MSM’s cover for America’s royalty.
How’s that evil government health care working out for ya, Sprocketman? Do the Socialist nurses give you an extra prostate exam whenever you stamp your feet and cry out for one?
And gee-golly, BTW, what j-school did you attend? It’s been awhile since I’ve seen a writer craft a narrative in old school capriform.
Well edge,
My prostate, and overall health, is fine; Thank God. And for your information, just as I didn’t capitalize on my ethnic background for a free ride through school, neither do I use the government health care services available to me. As I am privately insured, I leave those services for my American bretheren who are truly in need…
Ethics and integrity, it’s what’s for breakfast each day in my home…
And do you mind telling me what a “capriform narrative style” is? I mean, for those of us without MFA’s…
You seem extra-bitter edge; didn’t you enjoy your vacation?
And now that we’ve brought our personal histories up to date, how about commenting on the content of the post..?
Private insurance, you don’t say. Is it paid for by a Socialist government entity?
A double Socialist leech! Duality in hypocrisy ain’t easy!
Want to talk about the topic, eh? Did you know the late great Ted Kennedy, our perpetual man of the people, fought for universal health care since the early seventies? And it’s not like all eleven-year-old’s are essentially scripted, hmm, but at least their scripting was true to Teddy’s form.
Can’t afford a dictionary? Cost of medical insurance is a bitch, ain’t it.
You mean, after he refused to agree to the approach that Mr. Nixon proposed? It was Teddy’s intransigence that led to the stalemate and failure of Nixon’s landmark proposal for employer funded national healthcare…
http://westernexperience.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/ted-kennedy-vs-nixon-national-health-insurance-debate/
But as in most things, Teddy had a “my way,or the highway” attitude. He had his chance to team up with Nixon for a bi-partisan national healthcare bill 35 years ago, but squandered it for purely partisan reasons. That’s how dedicated he was to “the little guy” and health care…
And, my insurance is paid for out of wages, thank you. As far as the definitions of capriform that I saw, I know that you aren’t referring to me as a goat, so I figured there was a more nuanced, MFA kind of meaning to that term…
Gin Gimlet !!!
*hic*
And make it a doub*urrrrrp*
Mary Jo Kopeckne was unavailable for comment.
Best. Comment. Yet. about the Tedster:
“He was called the Lion of the Senate. Not for his white mane or mighty roar, but because he mated without limits and killed without remorse.”
-Jim Treacher
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