Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Obama: 'On the precipice' of health care change, though 'differences' remain
USA Today - 4 hours ago
President Obama, surrounded by Senate Democratic leaders, said today "we are on the precipice" of major health care changes, though "there are still some ...
All the news stories mention the "precipice" quote, none of them mention that, um, a precipice is something you fall off of, splattering to your death, if you're not careful. I'm just trying to imagine if Bush had said this about Social Security reform. There would have been jokes galore about Republicans off of the cliff and onto the Third Rail. But for Obama, the polysyllable gets quoted without an eye being batted. Is this the soft bigotry of lowered expectations?
posted by gbarto at 4:41 PM
 
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