President Obama flew to Dallas on November 6 to talk about ObamaCare. To greet him, Governor Rick Perry issued a press release.
President Obama deceived the American people by promising that anyone who liked their health care plan could keep it, but millions of Americans are now discovering that simply isn’t true. Now, he’s coming to Texas in a desperate attempt to salvage his ill-conceived and unpopular program from a Titanic fate by preaching expansion of the same Medicaid system he himself admits is broken. In Texas, where Medicaid already consumes a quarter of the state budget, we simply need the flexibility to implement fundamental, state-specific reforms to our Medicaid program, instead of a one-size-fits-all Washington mandate, before it bankrupts our state. Mr. President, Texans aren’t the reason Obamacare is crumbling; Obamacare is the reason Obamacare is crumbling.”
Obama came to Temple Emanu-El. Assembled there were “navigators” who have been hired by the Communities Foundation of Texas. They will try to help people enroll in the program by using the crippled www.healthcare.gov site.
There were also volunteers from the ecumenical – read liberal – Dallas Area Interfaith. They have raised $100,000 to distribute 30,000 pamphlets promoting ObamaCare. This was reported by the Dallas Morning News.
Note: that is over $3 apiece for a pamphlet. You can easily print 30,000 paperback books of 250 pages and a 4-color cover for $3.
The news report said that “the president used the appearance to ramp up pressure on Gov. Rick Perry to expand Medicaid.” So, this was a political showdown. The President said: “I know that sometimes this task is especially challenging here in the great Lone Star State.”
He made a promise: “This looks like a pretty motivated group. . . . I’m going to be right there with you the entire way.”
White House spokesman Jay Carney insisted that this visit was not a desperation move by the President to shore up support for ObamaCare, which is either MIA or DOA. “I can promise you that whether or not the website worked we would be going to places like Dallas, where the education effort and outreach effort is underway, to reach these dense pockets of uninsured Americans.”
You mean Obama was right here in Texas and no one arrested him and threw him under the lowest dungeon of one of our many prisons? What a wasted opportunity.
You would think this sneaky lying rat would be affraid to show his face in any red states I hope he stays out of are state we dont want his lies here Or his crooked healthcare
Since a majority of those who are already both sick without insurance and poor are able to struggle to register, one wonders why do they do it? Answer is they are after free tax subsidized offer to get Medicaid from states with federal subsidy to pay most or all of the premium. Obamacare authors expect young healthy workers who lose their company insurance that is short of Obamacare standards to sign up to avoid the $95 annual tax like 'penalty' for not buying! The government does prefer selling their mostly unneeded insurance now rather than having to give it when these people become sick, but either way they know that keeping the program alive long enough to destroy all hope of something better is their main goal. If needed, they can always just print the money and sell it to us as IOU's like they did with or SS payments before we seniors retired.
In time without enough doctors,etc., we will either die or find less costly ways to hire needed medical services from outside of the system or the nation.
Texas is one the few areas that are doing relatively well. You don't want to go in there and screw them up too!
your sheriffs must not understand their authority or the law. all sheriffs everywhere should be arresting these treasonist law breakers whenever they come into their territory
Amen there!
What's a hand full of more lies going to hurt. Come on people isn't it time to throw the towel in on Obama. Can't you here the world laughing at us.
It's happening now. The freeloading and/or certifiably insane Liberals from failed states are moving in and poisoning Texas with their warped brand of disfunctional politics.
Obama is not the desendants of slaves but the desentsand of slave owners. He is desendant of Arab ancestors, he has pulled the wool over Liberal idiots, that are too lazy to investigate , just followers. His objection is to break the middle class by getting them deeply in debt, and charging them for things like health care, 0% on houses and cars, taking middle class jobs .
If you depend on welfare or food stamps the middle class provide, then what is going to happen to you when they can't pay anymore? YOU BETTER THINK OF IMPEACHMENT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let see the sealed records
God save Gov. Perry — it must be great to have a governor that bold and honest. I have that low-life McAuliffe in my future and anticipate no honesty whatsoever until he is replaced.
SHERIFF JOE, THE TOUGHEST SHERIFF IN THE WEST, IS WAITING TO DO JUST THAT! HE LIVES BY HIS CONSTITUTIONSL DUTIES 100% WITH NO COMPRIMISE!
Medicaid has turned into a bottomless pit of spending for the state's 'share'
No wonder most states declined to expand Medicaid, even with the feds promising to pick up 100% of the cost of the expansion for at least 3 years…
Sadly, as a nearly lifelong Texan I can assure you that Gov. Perry is pretty terrible. Like many so-called “conservative” officeholders, he is actually of the crony capitalist variety. People in the know here LOL’d when he campaigned for President as a small-government, anti-regulation Republican. Though Republicans have held every major state office and controlled the legislature for years, Texas small businesses have been the victims of a continuous expansion of the state regulatory and licensing regime. In almost every case this has been done in a way to limit or control competition to the benefit of existing, mostly large businesses, or simply to pad the pockets of the state. Every two years the legislature meets and adds dozens more businesses to the list of those you cannot operate with licensing, or expands those requirements to force out small operators. Furthermore, the Texas legislature regularly passes invasive “social engineering” laws that are directly hostile to individual liberty. And if you live within 100 miles of the border, you do not even have freedom to travel. And while he talks a good game about border security, in reality the primary consideration of the state government has been to ensure a steady supply of low-wage workers to the service and construction industry. Also, this is the man who tried to build the Trans-Texas Corridor. Google it if you want to see just how fake his limited government credentials are.
Sadly, as a nearly lifelong Texan I can assure you that Gov. Perry is pretty terrible. Like many so-called “conservative” officeholders, he is actually of the crony capitalist variety. People in the know here LOL’d when he campaigned for President as a small-government, anti-regulation Republican. Though Republicans have held every major state office and controlled the legislature for years, Texas small businesses have been the victims of a continuous expansion of the state regulatory and licensing regime. In almost every case this has been done in a way to limit or control competition to the benefit of existing, mostly large businesses, or simply to pad the pockets of the state. Every two years the legislature meets and adds dozens more businesses to the list of those you cannot operate with licensing, or expands those requirements to force out small operators. Furthermore, the Texas legislature regularly passes invasive “social engineering” laws that are directly hostile to individual liberty. And if you live within 100 miles of the border, you do not even have freedom to travel. And while he talks a good game about border security, in reality the primary consideration of the state government has been to ensure a steady supply of low-wage workers to the service and construction industry. Also, this is the man who tried to build the Trans-Texas Corridor. Google it if you want to see just how fake his limited government credentials are.
Another OBAMA "Promise". “This looks like a pretty motivated group. . . . I’m going to be right there with you the entire way.”
Oh REALLY???? What a crock of manure! That guy is more disengaged than nearly any other human being I have ever seen! If anyone were more out of touch, disconnected and out of the loop than he is…I would suspect that they are either drunk, comatose, or DEAD!
Rick Perry,is one of the best governor in the USA,Texas vote for him again and again..why? because he is honest and he demonstrate time and time we can do every thing we want with out the government..texas is the best in jobs,freedom and religion…remember the fight to keep the nativity in Austin…and is in the same place.the gov. have the b$$.in place and he will defend the constitution of the USA.He can be our next president…
Very true, something else no one has brought up, what about the little tiny preemies? Will they be saved, or will they be too costly? With administration that believes in full term abortion, I have no hope for these innocent little ones.
You're right, Perry's turned into a fine governor because he listens and learns, can't ask more than that of ANY politician… except that they also be Conservative and a Constitutionalist, of course. Now he needs to stop the mayor of San Antonio from giving the Alamo to the UN.
Gov. Perry has certainly increased my opinion of him. We need more people to stand up to Barack and set him straight.
As for McAuliffe in our future, not to worry, I think he will end up hanging himself with his corruption.
That sucks. I would have moved to Texas but I just can't afford it. But I would have counteracted at least one of the libs who ruin places for others. My only hope is we can find a way to separate into two states. One that is the liberal cities and the rest which is the conservative countryside folks.
Wish Perry hadn't screwed up his presidential campaign. He'd have been far more likely to win that Romney.
If we separated, in a very short time the Blue State Marxist Welfare broke country would be waging war on the Red State Capitalist work-ethic rich country. But, since we Reds would have all our Constitutional rights unfettered, we'd have guns to defend ourselves.
Thank you for saving me the trouble of saying it. Peoples memories of Perry are skewed when he finally does something right.
Liberalism is a CANCER that will Ruin & Destroy America.
He did in fact say; "I’m going to be right there with you the entire way.” Does that mean all the way to the morgue? Or all the way to your false treatements? Or is it all the way till my next flight outta hear? Its just more of the same ole blaaaa. Say one thing & do another.
Amen! Sheriff Joe needs to run for president.
Well, for once Perry shoots straight. How refreshing to hear a politician actually say what's on the minds of millions of Americans.
Unfortunately, Governor Perry has decided to step down as the leader of Texas. We will soon sucumb to the liberals and the “takers” of the world. I see all of the people moving here from the Western and Northern states that they destroyed with their liberal ideas and social policies.
I am from texas too and agree 110%………the guy talks a big game of being free of the feds but when texas ha that explosion in West he was the first whiner in line for a fed handout……
obama does
the real dense pockets are in the heads of Barak Insane Obama and his partners in crime.
The invasive,"100 mile Border Zone," came in under Bill Clinton. It is a national law that Perry can't do anything about.
Michina, write a book, run for office, or do SOMETHING to get your information spread around the country!
It’s turning out to be the same way here in Florida, all these damn Yankees!
Like our Governor Walker here in Wisconsin, Perry isn't afraid to give Obama the finger. I love it!!
I am astounded that someone actually has had the good sense to look past web sites that are not to be found , and come up with the same truth that I did, I agree 100 percent, please don't let anyone keep you from writing this, people really need to open their brain and put it in drive, yes, we have been fooled now let's fix it!!!!
We've been lucky with governor's so far with George Bush and Rick Perry, although I would like Perry to run again, Greg Abbott would be very similar to Perry. He has fought all of Texas' legal battles as the State A.G. Houston is more liberal than Dallas, if you saw the video of Obama's visit to Dallas, I would guess there were 40-50 people show up, even many of those didn't look too happy he was here. Obama hates our state, so just stay the hell out!!
Who is recording how many citizens, who had health care & lost it because of Obummercare , are now DEAD, how many more will DIE ,because of this LIER & the fool Dem's who followed him.
“Money is the barometer of a society’s virtue. But when you see that in order to produce it, you need to obtain permission from those who produce nothing…you will know that your society is doomed. Ayn Rand” WAKE UP AMERICA!!!
Perry is a powerful organizer and politician. He get things done while representing the values of Texans. Rick Perry is a great governor and I fear his loss in this his last term. God bless, Rick Perry!
Perry is a powerful organizer and politician. He gets things done while representing the values of Texans. Rick Perry is a great governor and I fear his loss in this his last term. God bless, Rick Perry!
I guess the Rangers were on the border chasing drug dealers. They know where to catch Obama when they get around to it.
Roy Fredrichsen Houston
Maxine, you must mean Our State. I guess that like most people, you pronounce it as "r" instead of "ow-er", hence , the mis-spelling. Any way, I agree with your intent and thank you for your stance.
Agree 100%, the middle class are the one's that are suffering. Think impeachment, what more do you need, phony Birth certificate, phony obama care,
Perry and Obama are BOTH bilderbergs. This whole showdown thing is just designed to make Perry look conservative. Remember that he tried to award the I35 Corrider project to a Spanish company without bids. We stopped him. Then he let the bids to the same company for PARTS of that same corrider.
Don't believe the media. Perry is NOT conservative.
Secede and be free of lies and corruption!
You impeach a LEGAL President, you arrest an illegal one like Obama, try him for treason, and punish him accordingly.
He listened to advisers. When he discovered how unpopular the I35 proposal was, he not only rescinded his offer he completely voided it, then publicly apologized to the citizens of Texas for ever making the proposal in the first place. Perry RESPONDS to the wishes of the people and tries to do what the people want, how many politicians (besides Cruz) do that?
At least Perry isn't afraid of the far left wing, radical extremist the D.C. GOP is afraid of. Perry isn't afraid to call a FAILURE a FAILURE. Perry isn't afraid to call Obama a bare face LIAR. Too bad the GOP leadership is.
Uninsured, near zero income from Obama jobs and economic policies; though I had 3 jobs at the same time before Obama, and I totally refuse obamacare in all its forms and refuse to pay any penalties on it for my refusal. As a heart patient with other major health problems, I have few illusions that my chances at long survival without health care is likely, though I do get some care, that is until Obama finally finishes undermining the VA health care system. In my case and in others this quote is very apt; "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!" Our U.S. Constitution, the principles upon which our republic were founded, liberty, freedom and justice and state and especially personal sovereignty as secured and maintained through continued national sovereignty under God and through support of our God given rights must never be infringed. God Bless America and our friends in England, Israel and the other longtime friends the current regime backstabs. Amen.