The more I learn about Nancy Pelosi’s version of Obamacare, the less I like it. The bill creates 111 new federal agencies. There is one rule about federal agencies, when you create one, it never dies. What we do not need is more federal agencies. We need fewer federal agencies. In fact, we need a smaller federal government overall. That would solve so many of the problems that we are having in this country that all except the federal employees impacted, we would all cheer the day they were eliminated.

The Wall Street Journal calls Nancy Pelosi’s version of Obamacare the worst bill ever written for Congress. That is saying some because there have been some truly dreadful bills come before Congress. To be labeled the worst, you really had to work to get that designation. It was not something that you got just for showing up.

Democrats that have consumed their gallon of Democrat Kool-Aid are saying that the Pelosi version of Obamacare is ready to be passed as written. I tried to read the bill, but the legal wording was too baffling and hard to understand. I will rely on the people that have the experience in reading this type of material to give me a summary of what is included. There are some like the Heritage Foundation and NCPA (National Center for Policy Analysis) that give excellent reviews of the monstrosity. Now, their analysis will have a conservative bias. But, I share their conservative principles so that fits exactly my take on the situation. I have not differed at all from the NCPA or Heritage Foundation on any item in the bill.

The elections that are being held today will impact this bill greatly. If the Democrats sweep the three major races (Governor in Virginia and New Jersey and the House in District 23 of New York), then this bill will get passed before we can say Jack Robinson. If the Republicans sweep the three major races, then the bill will face much tougher sledding. The reason is the “Blue Dog” Democrats. These are Democrats in the House and Senate that were elected from Republican leaning districts. They tend to be more conservative than the Democrat party generally. But, they cave if Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid even so much as blow in their direction. A sweep by the Republicans will give these Democrats a wake-up call to say that they better be watching what they do if they want to return in 2012. A sweep by the Democrats tells them that the Republicans are too weak to challenge them during their re-election campaigns.

From scattered news reports, there appears to be some voter fraud occurring in New Jersey. Now, that would be a shock. New Jersey is so corrupt that if the Republican wins, he probably actually got 75-80% of the vote. There are already reports of people that went to vote and found they already voted. That could only occur during one of ACORN’s famous voter fraud pushes. Look for areas where over 100% of the voters in a precinct voted. There have already been 3000 absentee votes that came in without matching signatures. The Democrats are trying to have those votes counted. You can guess which way those votes are expected to go. You can also guess where those votes actually came from. Expect more of this type of thing as the day progresses.

In Virginia, the Democrat is so far behind that even ACORN could not save him. In New York, ACORN could save the Democrat, but ACORN does not have a presence in this part of the state. It is a conservative rural area. ACORN only works in the more liberal areas and tends to stick to cities. Do not expect much voter fraud in these two states, unless Mr. Deeds in Virginia starts to get close. But, that is not expected to happen.

The country waits on the outcome of these votes to see which way things will go. Will the Republicans be energized by wins or will the Democrats. Whoever gets energized by the wins will have a big say in how this healthcare legislation goes from hereon out.

Barack Obama and other Democrats have been telling us since the House bill was introduced that Obamacare will not cover illegal aliens. Obama even devoted part of his Saturday address to repeat that illegal aliens will not be covered by the Obamacare bill. Today, that has been refuted by the Congressional Budget Office. They report that the bill will include illegal aliens.

The way it would work is that everyone living in the country will be covered. There are no provisions to check the immigration status on anyone. So, if an illegal alien signed up for Obamacare, they would be covered and nobody would check to kick them out. The bill does state that undocumented immigrants will not be covered. That means that illegal aliens will be covered because nobody will check their paperwork to discover that they are illegal.

The other insidious nature of Obamacare is that as the plan is introduced, the limits on what can be done will not be reached. After Obamacare has been used for a couple of years the shortages will start. At that point we can either give up this benefit or endure rationing. We will be just like every other country that has introduced socialized medicine; we will endure rationing over giving up the benefit. That means the time to fight Obamacare is now, not after it is passed.

Mike Gallagher from KKNT and the National Center for Policy Analysis will be delivering a petition to Congress next week. The petition is in opposition to Obamacare. Currently there are 1.2 million signatures on the petition. The original goal was 1 million signatures. They are now hoping that they make it to 1.5 million signatures before next week. My wife and I have signed the petition. I signed in the first 100,000. My wife signed when the number reached 500,000. Here is the link: Free Our Health Care Now Online Petition

The Democrats keep saying that we should keep the debate open and honest. They are strongly hinting that it is the people opposing the Obamacare bill that are not telling the truth. But, whenever anyone checks on the facts, Barack Obama and the Congressional Democrats are wrong and the people opposing the bill are right. We would love an open and honest debate on the issues of this bill. What we get from the supporters are lies and attacks. What we get from the people opposing the bill is passion on the prospect of losing their current healthcare coverage and facts. We do not get personal attacks from the people opposing the bill.

You might get some that will say that when you say that Barack Obama lied to us that is a personal attack. No, that is not a personal attack. It is a fact. There is a huge difference between an attack that falsely accuses someone of something and giving facts about someone. When you tell facts, you are not attacking. You are just clearing the air. Just to make sure we all are on the same page, if you know something is false before you say it that is a lie. An error is if you believe something to be true and it turns out to be false. Since the Democrats supposedly wrote the bill, they are expected to know what is in the bill before they come out and discuss it with the public. The people opposing the bill only know what has been published, not what is behind closed doors. It is a pretty sad commentary that the public knows a bill better than the people that supposedly wrote it.

Democrats may ultimately get this bill passed. It does not take effect until 2013. So, if we elect enough people that oppose the Obamacare bill we might be able to get it killed through the back door. That is a long shot. Democrats that vote for this bill will have a difficult time getting re-elected come 2010. That fear might be enough to keep this bill from being actually voted on in the Senate. The best thing right now would be for Harry Reid to bury the bill where the sun doesn’t shine. Hugh Hewitt has a plan to donate money to Danny Tarkanian, Harry Reid’s opponent in the Nevada Senate race. Hugh has also targeted a Colorado Congressional seat. To get the links go to Hughhewitt.townhall.com.  I participated in the plan to donate and then write to the target and tell them why. Hopefully it is having some impact.

We can stop Obamacare, soon to be Kennedycare. But it will take strength from people like us to give Republicans with noodles for spines a chance to stand tall. We have to rely on notoriously unreliable Republicans to stand against the onslaught of Democrats. It can be done, but the Republicans need to know that you are there.