Thursday, January 27, 2011

The Obami put the CYN in cynical

Pointed out after the latest SOTU speech:

Tuesday's speech was filled with rhetorical flourishes that raise questions about the president's seriousness and his slipperiness. Witness his offer to back the GOP on medical liability reform. He's made that offer before: in his July 2009 address on health care to the Joint Session of Congress.

His declaration of support for legal reform during that address brought Republican Senators and Congressmen to their feet cheering. A couple of weeks later, the White House sent forward its proposal: a small pot of money for states to run demonstration projects on increasing patient safety. There was one hitch: if a state had passed medical liability reform, it couldn't apply for the funds.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/01/26/karl-rove-state-union-speech-raises-questions-obamas-seriousness-slipperiness/#ixzz1CH1X4X2Z

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