As we all know only too well, they always do things bigger 'over there' and that includes things like going to war, sending men into space and carefully constructing astronomically huge government cock-ups! The unmitigated disaster that is 'Obamacare' cannot be described by the usual cliché as a 'train crash' because it is on far too grand a scale for such a simple metaphor. It is more like collecting every single one of those giant, mile-long trains they go in for 'over there' and hurling them into the Grand Canyon. Oh-oh, Duff's on one again, you are probably muttering; he's splashing about in his usual hyperbole, take no notice. Maybe, after all, why should I change the habit of a lifetime? But consider these quite extraordinary events.
First of all the President of the United States has admitted to repeatedly telling a lie. Of course, telling lies goes with the job but admitting to it is unprecedented! Then, yesterday, we had a previous President of the United States, and a member of the same political party as the current office-holder, telling him that he must find ways and means of undoing the current law in order that those lies are made truth! Now, as we all know, when it comes to lying ex-President Clinton (for it was he!) is something of an expert and Obama would do well to listen. If he doesn't, then dozens? scores? hundreds? of Democrat Congressmen fearful of the voters' revenge at next year's election will, whilst hiding behind President Clinton, find the 'courage' to start hollerin' for Obama to put right his lying lies!
Of course, it is only a matter of time before babies start dying because their parents' medical insurance, which Obama had promised they could keep, was in fact cancelled leaving them with no cover because they could not afford the increased premiums. There is nothing like a few dying babies whose deaths can be laid at the door of lying politicians to whip up real fury in the populace. Who knows, perhaps even the editorial boards of the 'Obama Trumpet' in New York and the 'Washington Agit-Post' might sit up and take notice.
What is absolutely crucial now is for the Republicans to set aside their internal quarrels and get their act together by starting a steady, concerted, even monotonous, chant of "We Told You So! We Told You So!" Who knows, perhaps that might just win them control of both Houses next year.