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It has been my assumption from the start that Obamacare, at least some watered-down somewhat de-socialized version of it, would squeak through Congress even if it takes a power-abusive nuclear option play to get the Democrats' ball into the end zone. 

So when it happens, no one will be able to say "I told you so".  Neither will they be able to accuse this renegade scribe of avoiding the political realities of Troika Amerika.

On the other hand, as a result of relentless protests and warnings about the president's proclivity to try and make each of his initiatives as expensive and socialistic as possible, even the Dear Leader has been forced, for many weeks now, to defend his rapidly devolving universal health care program(s) du jour. 

Socialized medicine is now being described as deficit neutral, waste-reducing and as conservatively priced as any complete overhaul of any system that accounts for 17% of a nation's economy could possibly be.

Unfortunately, with Congress' return to the Capitol after its summer break, town hall meetings and in-their-face rallies have come to a crashing halt.  The momentum has shifted slightly back to the Democrats who, despite their belittlement of a spontaneous movement that was able to take Obama's poll numbers down to reality as quickly as he could appoint three dozen czars, have seen a small up-tick in approval of their socialized medicine efforts.

The good news is that where there was zero accountability and transparency before the town hall meetings and protests there is now a token bi-partisanship (Obama realizes that blue dogs can be RINO's too) and an effort to be a tad bit more specific about the terms and cost of Obamacare.

The bad news is that while the success of protests against complete overhaul of the present system may have peaked, the farthest-left Democrats are reunited and are being buoyed by their komrades' encouragement. 

As the next wave of protests and media campaigns are being ramped up, Congressional Democrats appear to have forgotten the August shouts of their constituents.  They obviously need to remain in their comfort zones for as long as possible after their harrowing town hall experiences.

But on November 2, 2010 (start the countdown) Conservative, Republican, Independent and Libertarian voters with long memories will be just as eager to vote as Donald Duque and Minnie Mauss were the last time around.

Unafraid of the news media continuing the interrogations begun by those highly organized extremist astro-turfers, disgruntled neocon fringers, gun-toting nazi terrorist and the rest of the vast right wing conspiracy (at least the Clintons aren't afraid to admit it), they are once again able to bask in the light of the president's perpetual propaganda flame and the flailing of hands that spreads the smoke of obfuscation at Joe's and Nancy's inane press conferences.

During this weekend dedicated to a brave voyage of discovery, take heart in the words of Christopher Columbus and determine to continue your efforts in this fight against irresponsible spending and governmental overburdening despite the odds that are so strongly against our complete success...

"By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination."

In these threatening times we do not need to re-discover our great nation and we certainly should not go along with those who would arbitrarily overhaul everything in it for an agenda that, since its inception, has been foreign to the United States of America.

The greatness of America has already been discovered and built upon.  All we need to do now is take it back so that the greatness can be preserved.

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