On April 1, 2014, President Barack Obama triumphantly
announced that 7.1 million Americans had selected a health insurance plan
through Obamacare. In doing so, he nastily labeled his political opposition
uncaring and unfeeling. “Why are folks working so hard for people not to have
health insurance?” Obama asked. “Why are they so mad about the idea of people
having health insurance?”
That night, Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert sat behind
his desk at “The Colbert Report,” playing his version of a conservative:
vicious, mean and cruel. “I wish I could come to you with some good news, but
the worst imaginable thing has happened: Millions of Americans are going to get
health care.”
This is why conservatives lose. They lose because while
they proclaim that Obama’s signature legislation fails on the merits, raising
costs and lowering access to vital services, the left surges forth with a
different message: Conservatives are rotten to the core.
This message doesn’t just emanate from politicians in
Washington. Entertainers like Colbert parrot back White House talking points in
the guise of mockery. For many young people who get their news from Colbert,
the only conservatism they see comes out of the mouth of a hard-core leftist
playing a conservative who doesn’t exist. There is no conservative sitting up
nights wondering how to deprive Americans of health insurance. But many young
people don’t know that….To Read More……..
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