The Gantt Report
Now that President Barack Obama has prevailed and beaten back opposition to his Affordable Health Care Act it appears his road to reelection victory is somewhat of an Easy Street!
No, everyone is not ecstatic about the historic health care legislation that gives health care coverage to millions of Americans that didn’t have it but the seniors and children that need good health care love the legislation.
The frequent voting politically active seniors really like the legislation that saves Medicare, boosts Medicaid and lowers the costs of expensive prescription medications.
Yes, there was joy in the White House after a conservative Republican Supreme Court Justice cast the tie breaking vote to approve the legislation and change the way that America delivers health care to its citizens.
I’m happy for the success of President Obama’s health plan but I am not convinced that the plan is “universal” and covers every single American and it appears that insurance companies will continue to get rich off of the poor health decisions or bad luck of the people that are paying for health care coverage.
I wish the President would have fought harder for a “public option” that would allow people to buy into the Medicare system as opposed to buying high cost insurance from greedy health insurance agents.
Yes, the President is on a political roll right now. Will it roll Obama back into the Oval Office or will it roll the President back to his Chicago pizza parlor or back to his Hawaiian pineapple patch?
Let’s add seniors and children to the list of all of the people getting last minute Election oriented attention. White women got something, Hispanics got something, Wall Street got something, banks got something, agribusinesses got something and everybody is happy about getting some kind of political snack on their plates.
Black Americans are the only ones sitting at the political table watching everybody eat the political food given them while our plates are bone dry. It is insane, backwards and reactionary to sit at a table and watch others eat and claim that you are a diner!
If you don’t know, now you know! Black people in America have to depend on themselves. We have to depend on each other.
Government has always failed us. Politics have failed us. And, no one has failed to support, protect and respect the Black community and Black voters than politicians!
Congratulations to President Obama for his wonderful and meaningful health care accomplishments but that victory over fierce opposition is not enough to guarantee a win in the November election.
President Barack Obama must have an extraordinary turnout of Black voters nationwide to win reelection and improved health care alone is not enough to motivate the masses to vote in high numbers.
Perhaps the President can tell his white campaign advisors to spend some of that billion dollars in campaign money with Black vendors in Black communities.
Recently, Black media owners proposed a $17 million budget for election ads for Obama and representatives of the President’s campaign offered to spend one million dollars in political advertising with Black media outlets nationwide. That counter offer was an insult and the representatives that made that offer should be fired by the President.
Black voters are sick and tired of being made sick and tired so I guess the new health care act is better than nothing!
