If you’re concerned about the proposed government takeover of health care, the President of the United States thinks that you are getting “all wee-wee’d up.”
Don’t ask me what it means to be “all wee-wee’d up.” From what I could gather, it’s something that Unreasonable People — you know, pro-lifers, people who cling to guns and religion — do in late August.
The press didn’t know what it meant, either, so they asked Robert Gibbs, Obama’s press secretary. After a few frat-boy smirks, Gibbs (who has been fielding a lot of questions like this lately) explained that Americans have been doing a lot of “bed-wetting” and “getting all riled up for no particular reason.”
Funny, I can think of a number of reasons for getting riled up right off the top of my head. So, apparently, can a lot of other people.
Instead of addressing real concerns about euthanasia and socialism, Obama spouts nonsense lines such as, “now, come on!” (actual quote), and “I don’t find Canadians particularly scary” (actual quote), and, of course, the now infamous “wee-wee” line.
This makes me wonder: what if the only people who have actually read this health care tome are those of us with the questions? Maybe the reason that our politicians can’t (or won’t) give us straight answers on their bill is that they have no idea what the straight answers even are.
Dave Ramsey, the renowned financial planner, once advised against investing in anything unless that investment could be adequately explained to a 7th grader. This piece of advice probably holds the world record in the category of “Least-Followed-by-Politicians.”
Note also that Ramsey said to explain it to a 7th grader, not like a 7th grader. If we are ever to make any progress in this health-care debate, Obama has to move away from accusing his critics of bed-wetting and towards some semblance of civilized, content-based discourse.
We invite the President to do something new in this debate. Join us in a game of “answer the question.” Otherwise, this little Piggie won’t play.
