"We Have The Votes": What Comes After Mr. Obama's Speech To Congress

Barack Obama is right now addressing the United States Congress solely to justify what comes next: The Democratic Party in power is going to cram through Congress a universal health care project, and this despite overwhelming American opposition to that project. Yes, most Americans support reform, but not the kind sought by the left-ward Democrats; at best, Americans want reform of health insurance, and not of the federal government itself. But tonight you are hearing why Mr. Obama and his party are going to force legislation through the Congress and onto his desk. This is about power, leverage, control. It is not about justice, and it surely is not about health. And it is ultimately about Barack Obama's narcissism: "I will not accept anything other than what I demand."

Of course, the table was set some time ago. Do you remember the stolen election in Iran earlier this summer? Remember how Mr. Obama did not forcefully denounce the Iran regime's totalitarian arts; remember his reluctance to side with the democratic souls who marched in the streets, many of whom were arrested, with some even dying for their convictions?

Remember as well this president's absurd remarks about the crisis in Honduras; Democrats, many in the American media, and the Obama administration spoke about the Honduran crisis either in terms of political injustice or that a coup had occurred. Of course, it was the ousted Honduran president who had been attempting a coup: using his democratic election as a mandate that he could change the country's constitution, he over-reached, and was removed from office by every legal means the Honduran constitution had at its disposal. And recall that leftists -- all of whom support Mr. Obama and many of whom are in his government or in Congress -- applaud the sort of "democratic" bullying of a Hugo Chavez or the tyranny of a Fidel Castro.

The theme, then, is rather clear, and it is consistently presented: Forcing legislation is OK with the Obama camp. I have already heard, like you have no doubt heard, countless leftists say that the universal, single-payer model of health care should be pushed through because "we won, we're in power, and we have the votes." Though no single-payer type plan -- the kind that Mr. Obama and Barney Frank and Charlie Rangel and Nancy Pelosi ULTIMATELY seek -- was ever presented to the United States electorate during Mr. Obama's campaign to "win" the White House, Democrats still believe that the "we won" mentality is somehow not only fair and reasonable, but democratic, and thus justifies forcing health care reform onto the very people who largely oppose it because the country faces dire consequences if it "does nothing."

Mr. Obama will brook no other options but his own. He said so this evening; I heard him myself. It is about him: He is the leader.

You are not. So much for di mäk' rə sē < demos, 'the people' + kratia, 'rule'.

Peace.

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