Comments on Obama's 9/10/09 speech to Congress

Last night I watched President Obama’s speech to the joint session of Congress on health-care reform. His “plan” was essentially HR3200 warmed over (and widely different from Senator Baucus’ proposal of September 8). Aside from a very vague statement that he wants someone to look into health-care oriented tort reform, there was nothing new. He continued to malign all Americans like me who have concerns about whether the Congress is going about health-care reform in the right way. He offered almost no real justification for most elements of the “plan,” just the usual feel-good emotional appeals. His only factual statement that I recall is that 30 million Americans lack health insurance—an amazing drop from the 47 million that he has been asserting at every opportunity for the past 2 years. Are you going to vote for this very flawed and unpopular “plan” promoted by a President who cannot explain or justify it?