Funny how your wrong statement sn't even supported by your example with the withddrawal of the rquest for the payout for Nebraska after public outcry
Change "special interests" to "their own interests" and he is spot on, including why he both took the deal and "withdrawal of the request". The VAST majority of those bastards are in it for themselves and themselves only. They only help their party because it helps them.
Hell, you are willing to pass a horrible health care bill that should be against just about everything you stand for. Why? Some long shot hope that you can fix it later or build upon it with the risk that if you don't we are stuck with the pharma/insurance bailout bill? Are you really that willing to sell your soul with only hope that you might be able to purchase it back from the devil at some later date?
I forget who, but I saw a great post here not long ago concerning this issue. Basically saying the Dems should scrap both bills in their entirety and call the Repubs on their bluff. Hold public hearings and get a crapton of experts to testify in front of Congress during the entire process of forming a new bill. Invite the Republicans to each and every meeting and broadcast every last bit of it on C-span.
The public does want health care reform but they don't want this. You guys have made it extremely easy for the Republicans to act as obstructionists with impunity. They simply claim they are blocking a bill that was formed behind closed doors with tons of backroom deals, special exemptions, and a few downright bribes. Put it all out in front of the public as it happens and as it is formed and "death panels" will gain no traction. Plus the added benefit of just maybe getting a semi-decent bill out of Congress that doesn't require special exemptions to people who donated to the political party in power or a billion dollars of taxpayer funded bribery to pass. Maybe we could get a bill that is actually good us America as a whole and not this 2,000+ page craptastic bill that most was almost definitely written by the health insurance/big pharma themselves.
Even you understand that what we have seen over the last year is not how to go about changing a system that is so vital to the citizens of this country. Hell, its not how to go about passing any law in my book and I bet yours too. Unfortunately, the party must come first at times for the greater good, eh? That is where you and I differ. Fuck the parties, fuck the career politicians only out for themselves, fuck the backroom deals and special exemptions for political donors, fuck the parties whose only goal is to remain/gain power by any means necessary.
I am truly disapointed that Obama has abandoned his promise of increased transparency but I think it is still a great opportunity for the Democrats. Show the American people the transparency they were promised and allow them to see the other side included and obstructing. No more 2K page bills released an hour before they are voted upon and all that other nonsense.
I am not alone and we are fed up with the status quo from both of the parties. It is truly sad that the best we can hope for right now is gridlock. Your side had a chance to change that and imo they still do. The question is, will they and will the progressives you support get behind the cause in full force or will they simply continue to participate in the status quo?
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