It would appear that the Democratic party is backing off of it's "transparency in government" goal.
House Democrats blocked the public from attending the unveiling ceremony of their health-care bill Thursday morning, allowing only pre-approved visitors whose names appeared on lists to enter the event at the West side of the Capitol.
Only pre-approved visitors are allowed to hear what the massive health care bill is going to do? And they've gone so far as to block off normally public entrances. If they are unwilling to let the public hear about the bill, can we expect to get the promised 72 hours for everyone to read the bill before voting occurs? The Obama administration seems to be breaking a lot of campaign promises. I wonder if anyone in real journalism will notice.
UPDATE: Looks like the promise to leave the final bill up online for 72 hours has been officially broken.
House Democrats blocked the public from attending the unveiling ceremony of their health-care bill Thursday morning, allowing only pre-approved visitors whose names appeared on lists to enter the event at the West side of the Capitol.
Only pre-approved visitors are allowed to hear what the massive health care bill is going to do? And they've gone so far as to block off normally public entrances. If they are unwilling to let the public hear about the bill, can we expect to get the promised 72 hours for everyone to read the bill before voting occurs? The Obama administration seems to be breaking a lot of campaign promises. I wonder if anyone in real journalism will notice.
UPDATE: Looks like the promise to leave the final bill up online for 72 hours has been officially broken.
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In case there was any doubt left about who is running the show. (hint, it's not by the people, of the people, or for the people)
But of course, when you know better than Americans what is good for them, if they don't want it, you just have to force them to take it, right? And if that's not democracy, screw democracy, you can just lock the doors so they can't see it and ram it through whether they like it or not.
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