The thing that’s disturbing to me right now is that everyone on both sides of health-care reform are debating all the side issues but not the primary issue. I don’t care as much about what President Obama did or did not lie about during his speech — or whether Joe Wilson caught him in a lie — as much as I care about the parts of Obama’s speech in which he was making truthful promises.

Isn’t it bad enough that Barack Obama wants to force healthy people to buy health insurance to subsidize the coverage to people with pre-existing conditions the insurance companies will be forced by law to give? That’s a straight socialist wealth transfer scheme — and fascistic to boot, since for the first time ever it requires people to buy a commercial product or face government punishment. And the forced auto liability insurance argument isn’t accurate; nobody is forced by law to drive or own a car. They could ride with friends or take the bus. How do you decline forced health insurance — kill yourself?

That this is evil and contrary to American values of independence — and unconstitutional to boot — is getting far less coverage on blogs, talk radio, and Fox News than all these distractions about Obama lying, whether Joe Wilson should apologize, and whether the roots are grass or astroturf.