As Rob covered yesterday, the media are coming out with idiotic polls asking Americans who they "blame" for the government shutdown, and of course, informing us that Republicans are the dastardly culprits. To which we say . . . blame? Spread your arms and hug the shutdown, people.
Here's the poll the media should be taking: Who do you blame for passing ObamaCare?
In 2010, with the nation screaming for them to stop, the Democrats went ahead and passed the abomination that is ObamaCare, because their temporary huge majorities in the House and Senate gave them a "historic opportunity" to achieve a government takeover of health care. That has been the pre-eminent Democrat dream in this country for generations. It didn't matter that the legislation was a mess, nor that they had to abuse reconciliation, nor that they had to bribe people, nor that they had to lie to people about abortion, nor that they had to cook the numbers to create the illusion that it would reduce the deficit.
All that mattered was that they get it passed, because once government controlled health care, there would be no turning back.
Now, with the law as unpopular as ever, with government unable to function, with most job-creation of the part-time variety, with people losing the coverage they liked, with the exchanges not ready to roll . . . this entire national dysfunction can be traced back to ObamaCare. It is the root of every one of these problems. It is the most troublesome piece of legislation ever passed.
Who do you blame for the shutdown? The shutdown is a minor inconvenience for some, and quite a joy for others.
Who do you blame for ObamaCare? ObamaCare is a source of nothing but trouble for this nation. Not a single one of these problems would be happening if Democrats had not decided that nothing was more important than their "historic" opportunity to take over health care.
Take that poll. And punish the guilty party appropriately.
