Mean and divisive people

Back in 2012, a recording of Mitt Romney, the Republican candidate for President, was made public. You remember that. He said that 47% of the people will vote for Obama no matter what. They don't pay taxes. They depend upon the government. They believe they are victims. They believe the government has the responsibility to take care of them. "My job is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives." Jim Messina, the President's campaign manager, immediately said that Romney was demonstrating disgust and disdain for one-half of Americans and should not be president. The Associated Press and the Guardian immediately pointed out that his comment included the elderly. The Guardian said he was "a bad politician" and "a bad person." It concluded that he is mean and divisive and not qualified to be president. 

Now President Obama has said that only 5% will lose their insurance coverage. In an interview on NBC recently he said: "We're talking about 5% of the population who are in what's called the individual market. They're out there buying health insurance on their own." So we give him a pass. I mean, there's a big difference between 5% and 47%.

Well maybe not. First let's consider that he lies. If his lips are moving, he is lying. In a post in The Apothecary, with Avik Roy, Roy quotes the Federal Register state saying that 66% of small employer plans and 45% of large employer plans will lose the "grandfather status." Combine that with the cancellation of private-sector health insurance and we get close to 93 million Americans losing their policies.

 Okay, now we are getting closer to 47%. So is the prez showing "disgust and disdain?" Is he "a bad politician" and "a bad person?" Is he being "mean and divisive and not qualified to be president?"

There are many people coming forward and saying (anecdotal evidence) that the premiums for the plans being offered to them are much higher. They also say that their out of pocket costs (deductibles and cost-sharing) will be much higher. There is no such parade of people coming forward and saying just the opposite. 

We were duped by the president and all the other democrats.
I'll say it. The president is disgusting, mean and divisive.