I chose to critique Michael Reagan's column from the article titled "The Republican Party and the government shutdown: Two diverse opinions" because of his use of sarcasm and wit, and the fact that the article makes total sense to me. He uses a play-by-play strategy to basically predict likely political outcomes if the implementation of Obamacare goes full speed ahead.
I believe his intended audience are Conservatives because he leans towards the
Conservative view of the government. Michael Reagan is the adopted son of Ronald Reagan which
helps support my belief of his Conservative views.
He starts off by saying to continue to let "every American voter -- low-information as
well as high-information -- hear over and over again that it is the bad Republicans and
conservatives who want to kill Obamacare." Fine with him, no big deal. But he goes on to suggest
that, if this political battle continues, by January everyone will have had the opportunity to
see for themselves the "hard realities" of Obamacare. "Hard realities" meaning the lie that any
given American will be able to keep their family doctor under the new health car law. Americans
will also see ridiculous spikes, up to 20 or 100 percent, in monthly insurance plan premiums. Not
cool Obama, not cool. Unless, you are a Democrat then you should be very happy signing your
checks to the insurance company, with a noticeably higher amount, just like the rest of the
country.
He reassures Republicans that people will realize what a "poorly planned and sloppily
launched" health care scheme this is and that they (Conservatives) can breathe easy. The point
that Michael makes that really hits home with me is that "America is getting to see the stark
difference between the Republican and Democrat parties." Before this class, the only difference I
knew between the two parties was that one was represented by a donkey and the other by an
elephant. The contrasting views, and possible results of the 2014 midterm elections that he
brings up, highlight the two parties differences.
In conclusion I believe that his stance on the health care issues are very clear and
concise, and make sense to his readers.
