Is this is “Change” we are truly after?

Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. once said, “if my fellow citizens want to go to hell, I will help them. It’s my job.”

In today’s world, with the recent signing of the Health Care Reform Bill by President Barack Hussein Obama Tuesday, “We the people” need to ask if we want to go to hell or have our elected officials drag us to hell?

Last November, the majority of Americans voted for “change” and “hope.” These are two words that hold broad meaning when describing anything, whether it be politics or a broken down tractor that you “changed” the oil in and “hope” that it still runs.

The American people voted for a man who pressed the bipartisanship issue. He vied for a new political scheme in Washington and getting rid of the old backroom practices that went on. The interesting aspect of this is that he implemented many “Chicago” style politics while trying to gain support for his Obama-care. Julia Duin of the “Washington Times” reports, “Mr. Obama issued an executive order affirming prohibitions in current law and in the health care legislation against taxpayer money going to abortions.”

The executive order was done in direct correlation with Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan who decided to switch his vote after Mr. Obama’s executive order.

Abortion must not be the main focus of this executive order; it must be that Mr. Obama needs to win Democrats over just to secure votes for his bill. We all understand that Washington is a town created on the idea of “you scratch my back I will scratch yours.” Is this not the type of politics that President Obama talked of stopping in Washington?

The sad thing is that Americans seem to feel as though their voices are not being heard, which has brought the president’s approval rating down to 36 percent according to Rasmussen Reports. MSNBC’s most recent poll, which is still being voted on has 67 percent of Americans “angry” with the legislation and only 25 percent excited about the legislation.

Rep. John Boehner from Ohio was quoted saying, “This is a somber day for the American people. By signing this bill, President Obama is abandoning our founding principle that government governs best when it governs closest to the people. Americans have never felt more disconnected from their government than they do today.”

The approaching midterm elections can be the closest precursor to tell how the American people as a whole feel about the legislation. After the shocking election of Senator Scott Brown in Massachusetts, Americans can only do two things right now: “hope” that “change” will make its way to Capitol Hill.