THE BULLY SPEAKS – AT 8:11 A.M. ET:  In the end, you have to believe that the president of the United States is a bully.  He has the characteristics of a bully:  He never picks on anyone his own size, he distorts the truth, he intimidates friends, and, when faced with real opposition, he runs away or caves in.

The bully was on fully display yesterday in Iowa, as The Politico reports:

IOWA CITY, Iowa — President Barack Obama challenged Republicans Thursday to bring on the debate if they plan to run on a platform of repealing the health care reform bill he signed into law just two days ago.

“My attitude is: Go for it," Obama said. "If these congressmen in Washington want to come here in Iowa and tell small-business owners that they plan to take away their tax credits and essentially raise their taxes, be my guest."

Obama hit the trail Thursday in Iowa to promote the crowning achievement of his first 14 months in office: a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s health care system. And he started his campaign for the new law in the state where his caucus win in 2008 set him on the road to the White House.

COMMENT:  What a crock.  How dumb does this man think we are?  We all know that the health-care monstrosity can't be repealed while he's still in the White House.  He'd veto any repeal legislation, and it takes two-thirds of Congress to override the veto.  Repeal and replace will have to wait until he's sent packing, and we hope that will happen in 2012.

The line he's using, that repeal would take things away from small-business owners, is a joke, but it's the obvious one.  One of the fundamental positions of the left is that someone else is trying to steal something from "the people."  Yes, there are benefits to the health bill, but, bottom line, we're all going to wind up paying for it, and those payments will outweigh, by quite a bit, any benefits.

But the bully will push on.  Now, he's also encountered Iran, and each day brings news that his position is crumbling more and more.  Bully.

March 26,  2010