Journalist Doing His Job: Jake Tapper Challenges Obama on Socialized Health Care (video)
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on July 1, 2009
Last week, the unthinkable happened.
Another American mainstream media journalist was observed doing his job, refusing to drink the Obama Kool-aid. A journalist from the MSM actually asked a tough question of POTUS to get to the truth about single-payer/socialized/government-run health care.
Here’s another promising shaft of light streaking through the scary darkness of the socialized health care forest of ObamaCare:
From NewsBusters:
During the June 23 White House press conference, ABC News reporter Jake Tapper sparred with Barack Obama over the details of the President’s universal health care plan, bluntly observing, “…If the government is offering a cheaper health care plan, then lots of employers will want to have their employees covered by that cheaper plan, which will not have to be for-profit, unlike private plans.”
Although there was laughter in the press conference, the exchanges became pointed. At one point, Tapper sarcastically observed that he appreciated Obama’s “Spock-like language about the logic of the health care plan.” Tapper’s question, about whether the so-called “public choice” option would actually allow employees to keep the current insurance plans they have now, was a follow-up to a similar one offered by USA Today’s David Jackson. After the President failed to answer that query, Tapper began by challenging, “I wonder if you could actually answer David’s? Is the public plan non-negotiable?” A testy Obama retorted, “All right, if that’s your question.”
He continued, “You think you’re going to- are you the ombudsman for the White House press corps? What’s your question- is that your question?” After pointing out how the public option could lead to employers choosing a cheaper, government plan, Tapper continued, “And then their employees would be signed up for this public plan, which would violate what you’re promising the American people, that they will not have to change health care plans if they like the plan they have.”
Following a long, somewhat vague response, Tapper tried one more time: “I’m sorry, but what about keeping your promise to the American people that they won’t have to change plans even if employers-” Obama interrupted and attempted to clarify, “Well, all right- when I say if you have your plan and you like it, and your doctor has a plan- or you have a doctor and you like your doctor, that you don’t have to change plans, what I’m saying is the government is not going to make you change plans under health reform.”
Click here for entire transcript. Keep it up, Jake. You’re serving your country by digging for the truth.
Here’s an interesting video I stumbled upon on YouTube. It includes Obama’s 2003 speech, addressing how he wants to dismantle our nation’s health care system.
Obama’s Public Plan Deception – It’s Not About Choice
Additional reading:
NewsBusters: ABC’s Jake Tapper Hits Obama for Specifics on Health Care Plan
Frugal Café Blog Zone: Who Would’ve Thought? WH Reporters Chip Reid and Helen Thomas Criticize Obama’s Manipulation of Media at Phony Town Hall (video)
The American Spectator: Gotta’ Love Those Dems on Health Care and House Dems’ Health Care Plan Includes Gov’t Plan
Gateway Pundit: Flashback: Pelosi Says Not Giving House Members 3 Days to Read Bill Is an “Absolute Outrage” (Video)
John Romano, Big Hollywood: Is America Waking Up?
Founding Bloggers: Horrific Health Care Headlines From UK – Our Socialized Medical Future!
Greg Gutfeld, Big Hollywood: Daily Gut: Why Obama Hates Obamacare
ObamaIsDumb.com: Obama challenged on Healthcare
Breitbart.tv: Obama Says It’s ‘Not Too Soon’ to Move on Health Care
Gateway Pundit: Dem Leader to GOP: If You Don’t Vote to Bankrupt Country With Libs You’re Unpatriotic
Big Hollywood: Steven Crowder Talks Socialized Obamacare With Neil Cavuto
Patterico’s Pontifications: Dialing 911 for Obamacare
Business & Media Institute: On Health Care (and Everything Else), What is the American Way?
Neoavatara: Guess What? Health Care Is Expensive
Betsy’s Page: How “best health practices” works in Britain
Gary Graham, Big Hollywood: Obama-Care Can Kill You
Hot Air: Obamateurism of the Day (“Let Me Be Perfectly Clear…”) and Who says no in a government-run health-care system? and Poll: Obama slipping further on economy and Obama: Let’s work together to destroy American health care by year’s end and Video: Are the elderly cost effective? and Oh my: Health care, amnesty, climate change bills all suddenly in trouble and Dems retreating on healthcare and Video: ObamaCare an “Old Joke”; Update: Cost now $1.6 trillion
Inoperable Terran: House health-care bill adds $600 billion in new taxes and Oh my: Health care, amnesty, climate change bills all suddenly in trouble
Founding Bloggers: Horrific Health Care Headlines From UK – Our Socialized Medical Future!
Frugal Café Blog Zone: Ronald Reagan’s Clarity… “The Gipper” Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine and Bad News: Sen. Feingold Admits What We’ve Suspected All Along: Obama’s “Public” Health Care Plan Meant to Ultimately Push Americans to Single-Payer Health Care and A “Must Read” » American Thinker: “Back to ACORN General Hospital” | Obama’s Single-Payer Health Care Nightmare
Clinging to G & G: “>How the NEW healthcare will effect me. Now, think about how it will effect you.
Goodtimepolitics: Canada has a Boom in Private Health Care Business and The White House Admits Americans Will Be Forced Out of Their Current Health Care Plans
Hot Air Green Room: Obamacare faces a backlash from the Center-Left and Rocks, Hard Places & Obamacare
JustOneMinute: If The Rain And Clouds Aren’t Depressing You…
Jewish World Review: Far East illustrates the limitations and dangers of universal health care
BBC News: Mother killed after care failures
Adam Baldwin, Big Hollywood: ‘Global Citizenship’: An Unsustainable Social Injustice
Roll Call News: Baucus Aides Warn K Street
Infidels Paradise: Obama/Dems Cutting Tens Of Billions In Medicare After Saying It Was A Sin To Do So
John Goodman, Cato’s Letter (pdf): Five Myths of Socialized Medicine
The B.S. Report: Easy As ABC…President Obama’s Official “State-Run” Media
American Thinker: Back to ACORN General Hospital
Michelle Malkin: Obama picks Obamacare advocate as surgeon general; O: “We are going to get this done” and More Soros-bots outnumbered at NY health care counterprotest and Get ready for health care tax-apalooza and Welcome to Obamacare Theater and Not a surprise: SEIU & Wal-Mart unite behind Obamacare and Who’s funding the Obamacare Astroturf campaign? and Obamacare ground troops at the airport and The drug companies sell out and The Obamacare horror story you won’t hear and Caught on tape: SEIU thuggery and Obamacare bogus statistic of the day and Obamacare bogus statistic of the day, Pt. 2 and Undercover at an Obama health care meet-up and Mobilizing against Obamacare and www.facesofgovernmenthealthcare.com
The Lonely Conservative: Obama will get the best health care possible for his family, even if you can’t
The Obamacare Show: Two dissenting docs challenge Dear Leader
Health Care B.S.: FREE MARKET? WHAT FREE MARKET? and WHAT A PUBLIC PLAN IS REALLY FOR
NObama Blog: Welcome to Obamacare Theater
Nice Deb: ObamaCare=Public Option=Single Payer=Socialized Medicine
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This is great.
When Helen Thomas confronts Gibbs about the “transparency” in this administration, you have to realize that the cracks are widening.
America will beat this, and hopefully learn a lesson.
2010.. we vote again.
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You know why I am certain a public plan would be great for me.?
Because every member of Congress has one.
And you know that members of Congress aren’t going to stand for anything less than the best for them and their families.
If it’s good enough for Congress…It’s good enough for me.
I find it humorous to listen to folks like Senator Grassley rail against a public plan when the public pay for $75 dollars out of every $100 dollars of HIS healthcare premiums
Go to youtube and watch how defensive he got when a member of the audience asked him about that.
His answer will just kill you!!!
Thanks so much for the heads up on the video, Norris – I will definitely check it out. It sounds interesting.
Do you have a URL for it, perchance?