I had the 'pleasure' of meeting with one of Congressman Obey's staff members, Paul Carver, on Super Tuesday in the Congressman's absence. Obey is the Congressman who represents Wausau and the surrounding area, and who is the 'Big Dog' so far as appropriations go in the new world controlled by the Democrats. Congressman Obey has the reputation of a 'pit bull' and it appears that he hires in his own image. The staff person, Paul Carver, is a native of England and had an attitude that was apparent from the very moment he walked out of his area and stated that ours weren't the names he had been expecting. We had the pleasure of Mr. Carver's presence since the House of Representatives isn't in session this week. I have no idea if the Congressman would've been more hospitable, less hospitable or about the same.
We were representing the National Association of Health Underwriters, a well-respected association in Washington,D.C. NAHU represents 20,000 insurance agents and brokers who collectively handle the health care insurance coverage for some 150 million citizens. We wanted to discuss the legislation that we expect which will affect health insurance for every citizen of the United States.
Mr. Carver proceeded to rant about how great socialized medicine was, how rotten insurance companies were, and berated us when we said we hadn't watched the so-called 'documentary' Sicko that had been advanced by Michael Moore. Then he decided it would be more fun if he elicited comments from us that he could flame. As we each became aware that this man was all about bullying and had no interest in learning anything, since he obviously knew everything, we ended our meeting as graciously as was possible.
During the rant, however, he did say that he believed in socialized health care for the United States, just like that in his old home, England. We tried to offer information for his consideration, but he had no interest. It was as if he were saying, "Don't confuse me with facts because my mind is made up." He based much of his argument on the Michael Moore 'documentary' "Sicko". He 'knew' that Cuba had better health care than the U.S., as did England, the Netherlands, Canada and a few other countries that flew out in his diatribe too quickly to be noted.
This is but one example of the 'ruling elite' that populate our nation's capitol. The concept of these people being employed by we voters is simply a concept so foreign as to be laughable from their perspectives. In defense of most of the 'staffers', they are well-educated, courteous and only too happy to meet with any citizens. Some, unfortunately, are like Paul Carver. I hope he is a citizen, but I don't know that for sure. It certainly seemed that he'd be much happier back in his homeland of England.
We went to Washington. D.C., the capitol of our country, to meet with and discuss health care with our elected representatives. We were not well-received by Mr. Carver who represented Congressman Obey. We were actually treated with a rudeness that I've not experienced since my encounter with a former Congressman from the South Side of Milwaukee whose name was Jerry.
These are the Democrats, the very officials who supposedly represent the 'underdog'. They turn my stomach. They don't represent, so much as they misrepresent, the down-trodden. So long as they are able to maintain their personal positions of power, it seems they're very satisfied. And, we electors seem so gullible that we continue to re-elect these elitists.
