Episode 61: Other ObamaCare Promise-Breakers, More Guns Means Less Violence, and Sympathy For Open Marriages

Summary: President Obama gave something of an apology in November for his promise that if you liked your health care plan or doctor, you could keep them, period. Turns out what he meant was that if he liked them, you could keep them. And he turned out to be very difficult to please. But he’s not the only one who was going around making that promise. “More guns, more violence”, so goes the mantra that, apparently, many liberal politicians and their voters keep chanting. However, there were some maps made by the United Nations office on Drugs and Crime that tend to set this mantra on its ear. Now that same-sex marriage has been accepted by some states, it’s no longer a draw for the evening news, so ABC News in America has decided to move on to the next big thing; open marriage. This is what passes for “news” in the 21st century; one-sided advocacy journalism. Mentioned links: 10 SENATE DEMS WHO SHOULD APOLOGIZE FOR OBAMACARE U.N. MAPS SHOW U.S. HIGH IN GUN OWNERSHIP, LOW IN HOMICIDES ABC Preaches the 'Gospel of Polyamory' Getting some shopping done? If you're going to shop at Amazon, please consider clicking on my affiliate link. Thanks! You can listen to “Consider This!” on the Blubrry Network if you like. You can find podcasts and save them to your MyCast list, and come back anytime and listen to the latest episodes. Similarly, Player.fm allows you to subscribe to podcasts and play all the latest episodes from your browser. The Stitcher Network is another possibility. Again, you can find podcasts, add them to your favorites, and then either listen to them on the web site, stream them to your smart phone, or to some snazzy GM, Ford, and BMW car. If you do download Stitcher to your phone, please use the promo code “ConsiderThis” to let them know where you heard about it. Of course, you can always subscribe via iTunes as well. And please leave a comment letting them know how you like it. I really appreciate listener ratings on iTunes, which can also lead to having more listeners, and more ratings! Keep the ball rollin’! And if you have some other podcatcher or RSS reader, click here to get the direct feed and paste it wherever you need it. I would love it if you would spread the word about the podcast! Click the Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Digg or LinkedIn icons below (or all of them!) to recommend "Consider This!" to your social media audience. Show transcript President Obama gave something of an apology in November for his promise that if you liked your health care plan or doctor, you could keep them, period. Turns out what he meant was that if he liked them, you could keep them. And he turned out to be very difficult to please. But he’s not the only one who was going around making that promise. There’s a link in the show notes for the occasions where these Senators went and did likewise, but here’s the list of names: SEN. MARY LANDRIEU (D-LA) SEN. KAY HAGAN (D-NC) SEN. MARK BEGICH (D-AK) SEN. MICHAEL BENNET (D-CO) SEN. PATTY MURRAY (D-WA) SEN. TOM HARKIN (D-IA) SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY) SEN. DICK DURBIN (D-IL) SEN. HARRY REID (D-NV) SEN. MAX BAUCUS (D-MT) Baucus actually wrote most of the bill that eventually became ObamaCare, and was a major player in health care policy for decades before, so his transgression is especially grievous. They were fed a line, which a few of them at least should have known to be false, and parroted it to the people. The American people were not promised a website; they were promised that they could keep their plan and doctor. Will these Democrats pay a price for this? Will saying something so transparently false hurt them at the ballot box? Do Democratic voters really want people who lie this brazenly, or are just tools for those that do, representing them? Will they vote them out? We’ll see, but hold not thy breath. --- “More guns, more violence”, so goes the mantra that, apparently,