I must have read someone who miscounted earlier; the speech that President Obama is planning to give in just a few moments is his 29th attempt to sell the American people on the idea that the steaming pile of crap healthcare he's pimping is actually a bouquet of roses.

Based upon the excerpts already released, his delivery could run the gamut of emotions from angry and exasperated to shrill and preachy.

Don't you bitter clingers get it?

Yeah, I think I might just live blog this. Almost showtime...

8:03--Someone turn down the volume of Hillary's suit.

8:09--I can't recall ever seeing so many false smiles in one place. Well, since the last time Congress was on TV, at least.

8:11--The Won walks in. The camera flashes to Michelle, and quickly cuts away from the sour expression on her face. Wonder what her issue was?

8:14--Michelle again as Barack takes the podium. She's irritated at someone or something... doubt we'll ever find out what.

8:16--Pelosi officially presents Obama. And it begins...

8:17--Proudly claims we have "pulled this economy back from the brink." I hope he's not counting his chickens.

8:19--to the meat, and first of his pre-released comments about health care reform.

8:20--the scolding begins. Not doing too bad in his tone just yet. Think he can keep it under wraps for long?

8:22--Did Pelosi have more work done to her face? It looks like a too-tight mask.

8:23--They cut again, briefly, to the First Lady. Scowling. Again.

8:26--"Build on what works, and fix what doesn't." Who can disagree with that? Apparently, those writing the bills...

8:27--He's not doing bad with the tone of his delivery, but the message itself sounds week.

8:28--Spoke too soon. Got preachy, but settled back down after the applause line.

8:30--Going into his promises, starting to get a bit of attitude... not bad, but you can see the frustration.

8:32--Making all sorts of promises that make private insurance tough, if not untenable when competing against the government. He's not offering anything substantially different that what the American people have already decided that they don't want.

8:37--Spend 8 hours in a project management class today. Now I'm watching what some claim is a very smart man attempting to lie to the American people, claiming that a series of goals is a plan. There is no plan. I repeat. HE ISN"T OFFERING A PLAN. HE'S JUST A OFFERING A WISHLIST.

8:38--Someone shouted out "LIE!" when he claimed his plan wouldn't insure illegal aliens. I didn't know the GAO was being represented here tonight...

8:41--tuned out for a minute. sorry.

8:43--health care is somehow like college... McCain is looking at Obama like he's an idiot.

8:44--Claims he won't sign a plan that adds "one dime" to our deficits, now or in the future. Ballsy, to lie that boldly. And yes, Obots, the GAO agrees that this is a blatant lie.

8:48--Won't touch (or reform) Medicare... and wants an additional system? Why? Are Social Security and Medicare not inefficient or bankrupting what is left of the economy fast enough?

8:54--Can't focus...claims "my door is always open, though he hasn't asked a Republican to come through it to work on Health care since April.

8:56--cue violins... here comes Ted Kennedy's body being propped up on top of Paul Wellstone.

8:58--still pimping the bloated corpse.

8:59--still pimping the bloated corpse.

9:00--tries to compare Social Security and Medicare to his plan. Utterly ignores that both of those plans had popular public support, and this plan is in the negative and losing ground every day.

9:01--Claims more government is the answer to our problems. And he was serious.

9:03. Finally, mercifully, over.

29 times, and still sounding the same flat note. President Obama is still lying and claiming he has a plan. A laundry list of unsupportable wishes is not a plan.
What a waste of time.

What a waste of an Administration.

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