[Professor S]

Originally Posted by TheGame

Go watch Obama's early september speech again. There's a difference between the concept of a public option, and what was actually being pushed.

Obama's speech was a set of general guidelines, not a workable plan by any stretch of the imagination. It's one thing to have goals. Anyone can have goals. It's another thing to have a workable plan to achieve those goals. To date there has not been a single plan, bill, proposal or piece of legislation that would even begin to meet these goals.

Once again, it's fantasy vs. reality. These lofty ambitions running headlong into the harsh realities of implementing them.

I gave clear reasons why people voted the way they did. How many people who voted in that poll do you belive sat down and read the bill? How many people who voted gets their news from the internet or main stream media? People base their opinions on legislation through the filter of members of congress talking about it to media.

So where do you get your opinions if not the main stream media or internet? So far you've basically reiterarted Pres. Obama's speech word for word, and you even indicated as much. Thats not an opinion, that is parroting another person's opinion. Its ceasing to think independently about rhetoric and the unintended consequences of that rhetoric.

All these legitimate (death panels not withstanding) questions we've seen in opposition are based on people not repeating the soundbites of those in power, but questioning them. I won't go over the legitmacy of the arguments, we've argued them to death, but the reasons are mulifaceted and numerous. To me the proof of legitimacy is a basic as seeing the polls show more opposition over time and exposure to the realities of public option healthcare bills. Hell, it's even been abandoned because of how unpopular they've been.

This is why I asked you to express details on how it would work. How these lofty goals could be made reality. If you don't have anything in that area except for a speech Obama made over a month ago, much less any actual legislation, then you have failed to ask questions and instead have become a sycophant.

If you can't answer why or HOW a public option would work as mandated by the President, and no one else has ben able to do so either, then you have your answer as to why there is opposition. It's that simple.