Doing the right thing

Continuing with the theme today of whether or not it is incompetence or malice, Dr. Paul Kengor seemingly answers the question in an article on Townhall.com entitled Saving Obama from Himself: The Machiavellian Thing vs. The Moral Thing. It's a clumsy title I know, but well worth the read. The money quote:

I'm greatly concerned with a toxic combination of inevitable rationing and what's being termed end-of-life counseling, which some fear may be mandatory . As someone who has been in the pro-life movement for years, plus studied history, politics, and, before that, worked full-time in healthcare-both as a hospital employee and reporter for healthcare publications-I've closely observed the long march by liberal "progressives" from the eugenics of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger to euthanasia. They got their way on abortion-which, according to the AP, is covered in the current government "healthcare" plan -and God help us if the door to euthanasia is cracked.

Go ahead and read the whole article. I won't spoil it by telling you which side Dr. Kengor comes out on. You'll just have to see.

I have a small quibble with the author however. "People problems" have been a "modern" concern of the left since their project was initiated. The left claims legitimacy by nominally expressing "the will of the people." But all people are individuals, with their own self interests. The problems for the left in a nominal democracy would seem insurmountable. It would be like herding cats. But these are, if anything, persistent folks, so they have to lie to us, use "creative" methods, change the terms of debate, and steal elections to achieve the goal of "expressing the will of the people." On the other hand, most leftist eventually succumb to the totalitarian temptation. It is much easier that way.

Changing subjects slightly, I was watching more of the Townhall meetings that are happening around the country, and the ways that Congressmen are either avoiding constituents, or are trying to berate and lecture them. Now some in Congress are committed "progressives," but many are just your normal unprincipled compromising wind sniffers. What could make them want to ram something down the throats of their constituents a against massive outpouring of disapproval? Someone has to be promising these guys something, and it would have to be big. My bet is on money.