I am watching the President's speech at Pete's amidst the clamor of glassware and the conversations of the uninterested.
Mr. Obama says its a time for action and the season for bickering is over. He says insurance companies are evil and that opponents of his plan are spreading lies and misinformation.
Its always the boogie man....The insurance jackyls who terminate coverage and let people die whimsically.
Its sort of like judging the character of an entire class of people based on their occupation. I know some insurance people....Maybe I should soap their windows.....
"Its bizarre," says the guy next to me as he leaves the restaurant. A couple to my left says they don't want to pay for the insurance of others and they hate those Cadillac plans the public employees have.
The President is flattering John McCain as he calls for a ban on coverage restrictions on pre-existing conditions.
Now he is chastising small business for not providing coverage.....Like the convenience store owner who is paying higher and higher taxes is made to feel the villian for being unable to pay for insurance.

People who can afford insurance will have to buy it says Mr. Obama.
Now he is ripping at Palin over the death panels...
"It is a lie, plain and simple, " he said.
The applause is getting more sparse, the more people he disses.
Somebody just heckled him and Speaker Pelosi gave a dirty look.
With all the regulation of the insurance industry, why are they so evil ? Is the State of New York Department of Insurance corrupt ? How did this evil grow ?
Now the pitch....the government bureaucracy is somehow more efficient and more compassionate than the regulated private sector.
Dave Mance texted me. He says a single payer plan will relieve SMC of the $2million in "charity" treatment they provide each year. URGENT- He saw this post and called to tell me he supports the public option but not single payer..."
Dave is seriously smitten by Barack....Like a tingle up his leg smitten.
Mr. Obama is throwing the "public option" under the bus. Says progressives need to be open to ideas that accomplish their core goals.
"If Americans cannot find affordable coverage , we will provide you will a choice....." the President said.
"I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits."
What about the 8% employer surcharge....the 35% insurance company fee.....the $3800 citizen contribution.
The Bush Whacking has begun.....He inherited a trillion dollar deficit.
Speaking to seniors....says debate over Medicare has been distorted....
We have lost interest....Tom Constanza, Majesta and Cabrina are talking about the Beers for Bears fundraiser and how many places are participating.....Now we are talking about computers.....and the President is in the background....
I'd best pay attention.
"Most of these costs will be paid for money already being spent."
"I will continue to seek common ground....but I will not waste time with those who have made the calculation that it is better to kill this bill than pass it...."
Threatens to call out those who misrepresent.
You see Americans would embrace these policies if only they understood.
Now he is reading a death bed email from the late Senator Edward Kennedy.
Networks cutaway to shots of Mrs Kennedy and the children of the late Lion of the Senate.
Playing the Teddy card. "We came here not to fear the future , but to shape it..."
Good speech...but its Congress that passes bills.. Time will tell.
Speech over....