Nationalized health care, embedded in a virtually indecipherable 2000 page bill, has come to town.  I was fairly certain, barring a miracle, the bill would pass due to the lopsided majority of "Democrat" Socialists in the House of Representatives.  And I see there was no miracle in the offing, the bill passed by a few votes - passing is passing.  Of course, the problem there is that, while the House contains a majority of Socialists, America at large does not.  Time after time the politicians lie about their true 'colors', and then show themselves for what they are with their unmasksable votes.  Obama himself is a good example of that.  His voting record during his brief stay in the Senate should have been a clear indicator of what was to come, but alas, the ignorant masses were enthralled by the propaganda flowing out of the press at the time.  The rest is regrettable history that, if we're lucky, historians will get to puzzle over for generations to come.

The most brazen example of a Socialist lying through his teeth to get elected is Bill Owens of the widely covered New York Congressional District 23 race.  Owens declared he was firmly and unequivocally against the "public option" component of the nationalized health care legislation.  Then, only hours after his election, he unapologetically recanted his position.  In other words, he audaciously lied his way into office, and now, the 23rd District, which the polled electorate indicated the majority opposed the "public option", is apparently stuck with the creep who represents Socialists, and not the constituency of the 23rd New York District.  If there was a way to sue Owens for fraud and deceptive advertising it should be done.  And as an aside, isn't it interesting that we have all sorts of regulatory standards for business hawking their wares in public venues on the truthfulness and accuracy of their claims, yet politicians can advertise a blatant lies, and there is no standard by which they are held to account.  None.

While the ignorant populace vexed over the war in Iraq - discontent fueled in part by a relentlessly hostile press - the Democratic Party was undergoing a little noticed transformation into a far left-wing organ controlled by a handful of very rich and therefore powerful Socialists.  So when the national elections rolled around a year ago, a disillusioned populace foolishly voted their wrath at conservatives generally, without knowing or considering what the Democratic Party had become.   Now at least some of these very foolish voters had realized their error.  Too late.

We are highly highly skeptical of the press we read suggesting the 2000 page assault on individual liberty and free market capitalism is not going to pass, in some form or another, within the Senate.  If it does fail - there's your miracle.  Hours before Congress slipped in the vote on a Saturday, Republican Congressman were on TV telling news anchors that Pelosi didn't have the votes to pass - it was bull.  Now on the same TV shows we hear the House bill is "DOA" in the Senate.  Don't believe it for a nanosecond.

So, what is the hope?  The hope is that the Democratic Party has now fully exposed itself for what it is, and that main-stream America rebells against them.  Just as many people voted their disgust with conservatives during the Presidential election cycle, they can voice their disgust again by bouncing the Socialists out of office - and that includes Obama.  The nationalization of health care, if it happens, is not permanent.  If the will of a properly aroused populace asserts it's authority over Congress, nationalized health care can be reversed.
 
And remember the Bill Owens model - the Democrats are lying, brazenly lying, to you and me about their intentions, and they must be measured by their deeds only.  Their words are worthless.  And those deeds speak volumes:  The Republic is under attack from within.