Tonight’s debate was an interesting one, particularly when it came to each candidate’s decisions regarding the “friendliness scale.” Before the debate, Hillary’s campaign and ads had been fairly negative, with Obama being positive. The debate seems to have played out in much the same way.
The biggest flap of the debate was centered on health care, with Hillary accusing Obama of “leaving out” 15 million Americans in his “universal” health care plan, and Obama shooting back that her plan did nothing to lower costs or to help people pay for insurance. (In fact, all it does is criminalize those people who, for whatever reason, choose not to purchase health insurance.)
The kicker is that most of those people don’t have insurance because they cannot afford it. Hillary would make those people criminals, and fine them for not buying something that they can’t afford, just like with car insurance. The only problem was that Obama didn’t use the operative word “criminalize,” because he’s trying to be nice — even though that’s precisely what Hillary wants to do.
Both candidates want you to believe that they’re just going to give you health care. That’s a problem. But the bigger problem is that Hillary wants to put you in jail if you don’t accept hers.
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