A Voice in the Wilderness In Defense of "Mere Conservatism"

Public option = Socialized Medicine

It's not hard to understand why the leadership among the Democrats has gone to such great and exhaustive rhetorical lengths to "hide" the obvious fact about their push for health care "reform": they really desire universal care, run by the federal government (a.k.a. them).

But many of you will think or say that this is just "partisan politics as usual" and that the Dem's really just want to help out the little guy. I won't judge or impugn their motives, so I will let them speak for themselves about the deception they are engaged in. First off, Barney Frank, who has claimed that Obama's "public option" is not socialized medicine, and had this to say last week when asked about it:

Then there is the man himself, The One, President Barack Obama who has incessantly insisted this summer that his public insurance option is not a "Trojan horse" to universal, state-run health care.

At what point do we start believing that they really might be trying to take over the health care industry, and not simply offering a simple alternative in insurance?

But I am a conservative, so I must be posting something like this because of a deep, loyal love for John McCain, right?

Liberals want the government to run the private sector to the greatest possible extent. Is it really so hard to make the logical leap to the conclusion that this "public option" nonsense is an excuse to take control of more than 1/6 of our economy? Why can't the president just admit that this is what he wants? Why all the side-stepping and in some cases, bold-face lying?

Tell me how one is supposed to feel in light of these realities...What is the proper "tone" one should take with such out-right deceit?