Feb 03 The Truth Will Out

The old saying "the truth will out" means that no secret can be kept forever. The question before us, however, is whether or not a secret can be kept long enough for someone to be elected President of the United States, and unfortunately we already know the answer. I am certain that had the truth of Barack Obama's agenda been widely known he would never have been elected. In particular, had we known about the ominous threats to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness contained in that abomination known as Obamacare , we surely would have elected somebody – ANYBODY – but Obama. Polls consistently show that a majority of Americans want Obamacare repealed and the overwhelming majority of Republicans want it repealed outright. So how can it possibly be that Republicans seem on the verge of selecting as their 2012 standard-bearer a candidate – Mitt Romney – that many suspect of not wanting outright repeal, and at best only willing to tinker around the edges of it?   I cannot imagine Mitt Romney being our nominee, if that were the truth and it became known.

So what is the truth? Well, there is a video over at Let Freedom Ring blog that gives one pause. In it, Mr. Romney says, "There’s a lot of waste in our Department of Defense like there is in the rest of government.  I’m gonna go after that waste. And I’m gonna take that waste and go pay for Obamacare."  It doesn't seem as if he simply made a gaffe or slip of the lip (he supposedly doesn't make them at all), but were that the case one would have expected an immediate rush to the microphone by staff to explain away this obvious double error – cutting defense to fund Obamacare.  Having raised the issue however, one then sees other clues to what the truth may be. 

1) Mr. Romney has never repeated his observation of a few years back that there were a number of serious flaws in Romneycare, and he continues to defend what he did in Massachusetts, the model for Obamacare, and says that should be the model for ALL the states.  

2) Mr. Romney's healthcare advisor Norm Coleman says that Obamacare will never be repealed, and he isn't contradicted by the campaign, either. 

3) Mr. Romney's campaign website says that on his first day in office he will "grant waivers to all 50 states."  That sounds good until you recognize that these waivers are only good for one year and apply ONLY to government employee health insurance plans.  The massive disruption to private plans, including millions of people being tossed off of their employer plans, while everybody's costs go up, Medicare gets cut and massive new taxes and death panels go into place, would still happen right on schedule. 

4) That same page, to his credit, says that he wants to "repeal and replace Obamacare," but the problem here is what he intends to replace it WITH.  It would appear from his statement that "states and individuals" hold the solution what he really intends is to implement Romneycare in all 50 states, by federal fiat, and it is hard to see how that is significantly better than the Obamacare we have now.

So, there you have it.  It is said that "the truth shall set you free," but you must first realize that "the truth is where you find it."  Hopefully we find it and set ourselves free before it's too late.