Are You Really That Daft?

If you listen to the sound bites from the left today, it would appear the left has learned nothing from last nights spanking in Massachusetts. As usual, the people and their voices are being ignored and marginalized. The disconnect in Washington is absolutely astounding. They just don’t get it.

Here are some examples of the disconnect:

1. House Majority Leader, Steny Hoyer: "You know why voters are angry? Because of GOP obstructionism."

Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t it a Republican who won a seat held by Democrat Senator Edward Kennedy for forty-seven years in a land slide victory last night in the bluest of blue states? And, didn’t that Republican run on a promise to be the 41st Republican vote against Obama’s health care legislation?

Hmmmm…I don't think the voters are angry at the Republicans, I think their angry with the President and those in Congress who are ignoring the will of the people. Wouldn’t that be Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid and all of their lapdogs? I think those are all Democrats.

2. Senior Advisor to President Obama, David Axelrod: "I think the main thing that we saw in Massachusetts was the same sense of concern on the part of middle class folks about the economic situation, about their wages being stagnant, about jobs being lost, about their economic security that's been in jeopardy. And this is something that predated the big recession that we're going through. And that's something that we have to pay a great deal of attention to. It is the focus of this President's attention at all times. And we have to convey that."

Obama has proven time and time again that he is an ideologue. He is a true believer in the progressive agenda, which is not the American people's agenda. He is more concerned with fundamentally transforming this great nation into something that will be unrecognizable…a nation of subservient, dependent and mindless drones...than in solving the real problems facing the American people.

3. SEIU President, Andy Stern: “The reason Ted Kennedy’s seat is no longer controlled by a Democrat is clear: Washington’s inability to deliver the change voters demanded in November 2008. Make no mistake, political paralysis resulted in electoral failure...This is not the time for timidity. It is time to show the courage and strength of conviction to move this country forward and bring working families the change they need. It starts by passing health insurance reform..."

Oh really? Poll after poll shows that an overwhelming majority of Americans are against the health care legislation currently being discussed in Congress. According to the latest Rasmussen poll, 56% of Americans oppose the current legislation while only 38% are in favor.

If the President and Congress want to listen to people like Mr. Stern, they do so at their own peril.

We are not angry because they haven't passed health care reform, we are angry because they seem poised to ram this expensive and destructive piece of legislation down our throats no matter what we say.

Yes, we admit that the American health care system is not perfect. Yes, we admit that it needs to be improved, but it does not need to be over overhauled. The American health care system is the envy of the world. Let's work together to fix it, not destroy it.

You, in Washington, just keep it up. You’re going to get a very rude awakening!!!