He's Taking Us for a Ride

So were you watching the news last week when Mr. Obama held a press conference at the White House with a group of doctors who support his health care initiative? I was. I found myself looking at the doctors and seriously doubting that I was really looking at "doctors." I said to myself: "they look like some White House staffers dressed up in white coats." Even when Mr. Obama made his entry on the scene, his smile seemed to reveal that it was all fake.

Well, I thought nothing of it until my wife reported that the "doctors" who showed up to support the president's program were part of a group funded by none other than George Soros. No wonder Mr. Obama was smiling from ear to ear... he knew this was spin and a major hoodwink for the American people. They didn't represent a cross section of doctors in America after all. Why should I have been surprised?

But you know the real tragedy in this story for me? It's the fact that in only 9 or 10 months of a new presidency, when I see the president on TV, pushing some new agenda, in a setting that indicates broad support, my first reaction is... right! It's sad that I cannot take this man at his word. There have been too many "set-ups", too much spin, and too many lies. My first reaction is doubt.

I know I'm only a basic guy, but I wonder if others feel the same way or see the same thing. Was it Graham Nash who sang: "Please come to Chicago for a ride"? Well, Mr. Obama sings: "Please Come to Chicago and I'll take you for a ride." Change the world indeed. Once again... some change is simply short-changed.