Obama overestimates his support, gets the smackdown.
At a town hall meeting yesterday, US president Barack Obama made the mistake of saying the AARP was a supporter of the currently before congress healthcare proposals as they relate to seniors. What Obama didn’t do though, apparently, is fact check that statement ahead of time. The AARP came out in contradiction to him, saying escentially if the bill took away from medicare benefits for seniors it wouldn’t be supported.
Clearly, the group is more than a little cautious where this bill’s concerned–and who wouldn’t be? It’s pretty well larger than life right now. And, clearly, Barack Obama’s going through a tiny bit of an overconfidence phase. Sorry, Barack. Apparently you don’t get to guarantee support for something just by opening your mouth. Next time, before you declare an organization’s intent to support something, maybe you aught to make sure that organization actually supports the said something. Just a thought, of which the opinionated fool has plenty.
