The bleat goes on

The howls of outrage continue from Democrats shouting foul at thhose who would oppose their health plan by speaking out at town hall meetings. both the white house and the lefty media have now told America that the protestors are astroturf, a group of organized people brought to the meetings by opponents of the health plan at the expense of their supporters in big business. These protestors are described as Nazis and UnAmerican by Nancy Pelosi. Other names came from other prominent Dems. this move was designed to drive the story into one where the issue became the craziness of the opponents rather than the bankruptcy of the healthplan. It was designed to shut down those protesting in horro and shame at being called right wingers.

Now the resounding answer has come forth from America. Simply put, the charges flung by the Dems have been ignored as the BS that these charges so clearly are. The elderly father with his handicapped son in the wheel chair is not seen by most Americans as a dangerous figure to be shunned, but rather as a sympathetic figure being confronted by an evil and ever expanding federal behemoth. The senior citizens booing Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania are not threats to the public safety, but rather angry citizens who do not want to be left to die by a new government rationing system for health care.

In short, while the Dems continue to bleat about the protestors, they are making no progress in the debate. Indeed, the Dems seem to be losing in the battle for public opinion. Each successive poll regarding health care shows that support for the Obama plan is falling. There is now about a 15% margin for those who oppose the plan. By September, if present trends continue, we may see a margin of over 25% opposing the plan. With numbers like those, even the Obamacrats will have to think twice before pushing through the plan. Otherwise, they may alienate enormous numbers of voters and bring back the Republicans to power in 2010.