Wednesday, September 9, 2009

The Obama Speech: An Analysis

John Hinderaker, one of the three authors of the Power Line blog, does a masterful job of picking out lines in Obama health care speech given tonight and showing where they are incorrect, misleading, or simply falsehoods. For example, he quotes Obama as saying:
Now, I have no interest in putting insurance companies out of business.
Then Hinderaker responds:
Really? We've all seen the YouTube video where Obama says that under his plan, private health insurance will be driven into extinction over a period of ten to twenty years. Has he changed his mind? When? Why? Does President Obama fail to understand the ubiquity of YouTube? Does he not understand that many millions of Americans consider him a liar when he says things like this?
The whole article is worth your time and effort.