Why is the President Yelling at Me?

You know? I thought that I had outgrown the need for lectures on my behavior when I moved out of my parents house oh so many years ago. Apparently not, because wow I feel almost guilty for something after listening to the talking to that I got from the President of the United States yesterday.

The President, again flanked by people in white lab coats and blue scrubs, entered East Room of the White House to urge Congress to pass the latest version of his healthcare bill. He proceeded to tell me that this version of the bill even included many of the proposals from the healthcare summit last week. Wow! Really? Tort reform? The ability to buy and sell insurance across state lines? No, oh okay. I'm sorry, Mr President I didn't mean to interrupt, please continue....

The President continues, "I spent seven hours at a summit where Democrats and Republicans engaged in a public and very substantive discussion about health care. " Wait, wait Mr President, I watched that very public "debate" and all I took away was that my senators and congressmen like to talk and tell stories about constituents.......oh, oh, again I'm sorry you say you gained valued information..okay, I'm sorry for interrupting again, please continue

"Now, the proposal I put forward gives Americans more control over their health insurance and their health care by holding insurance companies more accountable. It builds on the current system where most Americans get their health insurance from their employer. If you like your plan, you can keep your plan. If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. I can tell you as the father of two young girls, I would not want any plan that interferes with the relationship between a family and their doctor. " But Mr President, what if my employer decides that he can no longer pay for my insurance, that its cheaper to pay the fine for not having insurance, how do I keep the coverage that I like then? COBRA? Okay well that's limited in time and very expensive to maintain......oh I'm asking too many questions again, I'm sorry, please go on.

"We have debated this issue thoroughly, not just for the past year but for decades. Reform has already passed the House with a majority. It has already passed the Senate with a supermajority of 60 votes. And now it deserves the same kind of up or down vote that was cast on welfare reform, that was cast on the Children's Health Insurance Program, that was used for COBRA health coverage for the unemployed, and, by the way, for both Bush tax cuts --- all of which had to pass Congress with nothing more than a simple majority. " OKAY WHOA HOLD IT! I CANNOT TAKE IT ANYMORE!! Debated this issue for a year? How can you debate when one of the parties is literally locked out of the negotiations? These bills passed with the earmarks and special favors that you now say have been removed. Now here's the kicker - YOU Mr President have said that you cant govern by using the "simple majority" approach to healthcare. In 2007 you said that we have to break from the 50+1 pattern of Presidential politics, that you can't govern. What happened to that approach Mr President. What happened to the man who said that he would rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term one? If you think you can't govern with a 50+1 strategy then WHY WHY WHY are you using it?

Stop force feeding YOUR union funded agenda down the throats of the American people. Stop leaving town when we come to talk. Listen to us for once!!!

I would love for my President to be angry and condescending when he is talking to terrorists or nations who threaten us, I don't want him to be when he is talking to the American people. Stop waving your finger at me Mr President, I've tuned you out.