As the health care and spending “debates” continues on, the left has begun condemning the right for not engaging in “reasonable discourse” and for not “reasoning together” with the Obama administration.
Interestingly, there has been little if any room for the conservative voice in these so-called debates. The concerns of those of us on the right are minimized immediately as being unreasonable, or even worse, as being racist. That is one reason that the conservative voice has become so loud at the recent town hall meetings. Those trying to voice their concerns are minimized and given platitudes with no foundation in fact. As is the way of the left, the message is “just believe me, just trust because this is how I feel”. In order to be heard, the right is raising its voice. The left accuses these people of being organized at the hand of special interest groups. Many on the left believe this because this is how THEY have operated for years, bussing in their supporters or worse yet, paying them for their time. Much less so for the right.
It amazes me that those supporting President Obama’s direction are able to say with a straight face that conservatives are not willing to engage in “reasonable discourse” and that much of the furor comes from racist attitudes toward the President. Consider what happened for the past eight years. The left not only refused to engage in “reasonable discourse” regarding policy, they engaged in mean-spirited attacks on President Bush. They called him every name imaginable, from stupid to evil. For the left to now tell conservatives that we are being mean to President Obama and not willing to engage in meaningful dialogue is amazing and best and deceptively evil at worse.
The so-called debate will rage on. Now the President says that he may be willing to forego the “public approach" to health care. Of course this is just another ploy. He could not ram the legislation through before people started to read it (as he did with the “stimulus” legislation. Now he realizes he may have to create his socialized medicine plan in stages. Don’t be fooled and don’t allow the bullies on the left to silence our voice. Now it is more important than ever to stand tall and firm for
