Coburn: Angry Voters Feel 'Sense of betrayal'

Senator Tom Coburn In The Wall Street Journal ~ I spoke with thousands of voters at town-hall meetings this summer. What I gathered from them is that it's not just the proposed overhaul of health care that has them upset. Many also expressed a sense of betrayal.

In spite of their hope for change, it still appears that the government in Washington is run for its own benefit and the benefit of special interests—not for the benefit of the American people. The folks I met with also don't trust politicians in Washington to address mounting long-term challenges to our economy.

It's not just the attendees of town-halls meetings in Oklahoma. Voters across the country are telling Washington what's on their mind, if only more people inside the Beltway would listen. A Rasmussen poll released last month showed that 40% of voters said that cutting the deficit in half by 2012 should be President Barack Obama's top priority. Only 21% said health-care reform should be his No. 1 priority.

Read all of Coburn's column at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204731804574384622002177100.html.

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Anthony G. Martin: Gear Up For Healthcare Battle

Anthony G. Martin In The Columbia Conservative Examiner ~ It's time for Patriots of all stripes to gear up for the second round of battles over healthcare.

In spite of getting their hands slapped by voters back home, proponents of the Obama-backed version of 'healthcare reform' are now renewing the push to approve the legislation using 2 key tactics--they are dropping the so-called 'public option' of a government corporation that would offer low-cost insurance, and they are using the name of deceased Senator Ted Kennedy to push the bill.

Both tactics are separate parts of a 'Trojan Horse.' The goal is still a government takeover of healthcare.

Read all of Martin's column at http://www.examiner.com/x-3704-Columbia-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m9d1-Its-still-governmentrun-healthcare-without-public-option.

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