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

Posted By Daniel Greenfield On November 16, 2013 @ 10:32 am In The Point | 14 Comments

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.


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