ObamaCare is the First Time that Obama’s Policies Had Clear and Visible Results

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Obama has been responsible for a lot of disasters, but ObamaCare was the first time that there was a clear and undeniable connection between his branded policy and people’s lives.

Huge fortunes were wasted on various stimulus programs, but the lost money is invisible. It shows up on national debt billboards, but no one shows up at your door telling you that you have to pay your share of it right now. If they did, Obama would be long gone.

Similarly his disasters in Afghanistan, Libya, Egypt, etc had narrow consequences. Even the large number of soldiers killed and wounded were in narrow circles. And without the media constantly shining a spotlight, the way that it did under Bush, most Americans remain detached from what’s going on overseas.

Obama’s policies on the environment frequently hit people in the wallet, but again the connection was carefully disguised.

ObamaCare however couldn’t be disguised. It was billed as his major policy achievement. Obama wanted to take credit for it. And no matter how much time the media spends lying about “substandard” plans that aren’t really insurance at all, the consequences can’t be covered up. You can’t lie about what’s happening to millions of people. Or you can try at any rate, but it won’t work.

Small impact news gets drowned out by top-down messaging. Big impact news spreads vertically. Everyone has a friend, family member or co-worker with a cancellation notice. Once something happens to too many people, it can no longer be covered up or lied about.

The consequences of Obama’s disasters were traditionally camouflaged because there was no clear and obvious path from him to the outcome. But with ObamaCare, a fortune was spent by both sides branding a policy with his name on it. And the policy has had ugly consequences for a sizable swath of the population.

What may seem obvious to us is coming as a slow dull revelation to millions of people, many of whom voted twice for Obama. They’re seeing the consequences for the first time.

The old saying about a conservative being a liberal who was mugged applies here. Obama mugged millions of Americans and took their health plans.

  • timmysfriend

    Jesus Daniel do you ever rest??

    • DogmaelJones1

      I’ve frequently asked Daniel that very question. He seems tireless and nearly omniscient. He hasn’t answered me about whether or not he ever rests, so I’m free to hypothesize that he has a secret time-warp/black hole device that he disappears into, and then reemerges into real time with fifty pages of copy that he produced in abstentia and posts every two minutes.

      • Randy CA

        It is actually kind of hard to keep up with him. I don’t know how he has time to search out what he writes about, let alone, write what he writes.

        • DogmaelJones1

          And it’s all first-class, original thinking, too. I can’t keep up with him either, but I’m grateful he does what he does. He’s more informative than is Fox News.

          • timmysfriend

            I don’t know how he does it but I hope he never stops! I check in all day just to read his post. I love him and Richard Fernandez!

          • Daniel Greenfield

            Richard is great.

          • Daniel Greenfield

            Yes, but with much worse hair.

    • Daniel Greenfield

      Sleep would be nice. Perhaps one day.

  • Opinionated_Vogon

    “Everyone has a friend, family member or co-worker with a cancellation notice.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USG_gjaEYak

    Cheers,

    O.V.

  • timmysfriend

    Oh and I forgot, he’s funny too.

  • timpottorff

    Daniel is absolutely brilliant. His observations are so precise. We are really blessed to have some one with this much horsepower on our side. ( Are there any ‘What Would Daniel Greenfield Do’ t-shirts available online somewhere? ).

    • Jason

      There are lots of places that do custom T shirts. Zazzle is one that comes to mind, you can order online.

  • Jason

    Strike the iron while it’s hot. Now’s the time to start talking about the other stuff as well. Most people dont trust Obama anymore, and we need to keep that distrust up, remind them of the lies.

  • Lanna

    So Folks, Sit back and watch the lieing progressive machine go to work to destroy your healthcare and your lives, they don’t give a darn about your lives…its all about control and destruction..they hate America and freedom!