How can any sane person take the Republicans seriously? They are so obviously opposed to any progress in this country, and as far as I can see they're not even trying to hide it anymore.
To the Republicans, if anything is being done that might bring an ounce of benefit to President Obama, they're against it. And they're willing to crow about it far and wide.
I just saw John Cornyn on one of those crappy cable news interviews. No matter what they said to him, he spun it as something terrible that we would have anything the president might want. Then there was Ben Stein, and the same thing. Then there was another Republican, and at that point I turned it off without hearing one syllable out of his lying mouth.
I was just reading that Newt Gingrich now thinks that majority rule in the Congress is some kind of anti-American plot. Of course we all can remember very well the Republican years, when they were singing a different tune. Just speaking for myself, I don't remember very many incidences of them looking out for the minority party's interests and opinions.
Note to Congress: We need decent health care reform. Kick the obstructionist Republicans aside. It is obvious to one and to all that they are not interested in contributing positively to the effort. This effort or any other. Get it done. Do it. Vote already!
Showing posts with label health-care. Show all posts
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Congress Crushed By Calls
Hmm, I hadn't actually heard of this. There was some organized effort to call Congress, everyone the same day. And today was the day, and the report is that Congress.
They met their goal of 100,000 calls and went on for 200,000.
So that's good news. I hope it does some good. It's stunning how obstinate Congress is, especially the guys on our own side, the Democrats, who we voted for. If I carried on my life like these guys do, turning their back on the people, I'd have a hard time showing my face in public.
I can't figure out the White House and President Obama, why they don't seem to be putting the screws to Congress for something we want. Wasn't it the President himself back in April who was ballyhooing the public option? I know it was.
All the "playing nice" I don't get. The Republicans are out to massacre us in 2010. They're not opposing this on philosophical grounds or for any good reason. It's all political posturing, hoping it will fail so they can take advantage of that. We need to massacre them first by being united and getting something done.
They met their goal of 100,000 calls and went on for 200,000.
So that's good news. I hope it does some good. It's stunning how obstinate Congress is, especially the guys on our own side, the Democrats, who we voted for. If I carried on my life like these guys do, turning their back on the people, I'd have a hard time showing my face in public.
I can't figure out the White House and President Obama, why they don't seem to be putting the screws to Congress for something we want. Wasn't it the President himself back in April who was ballyhooing the public option? I know it was.
All the "playing nice" I don't get. The Republicans are out to massacre us in 2010. They're not opposing this on philosophical grounds or for any good reason. It's all political posturing, hoping it will fail so they can take advantage of that. We need to massacre them first by being united and getting something done.
Thursday, September 03, 2009
He Got His Finger Bit Off?
Oh no, remind me not to go to any public health care events. People are packing guns, fighting, and now some guy got his finger bit off.
Look up the names if you're interested in the details. But the way I remember it, the guy who did the biting was a pro-health care reform supporter and the guy who was bit was anti. The news accounts said, ironically, that the guy who got bit has his medical coverage through Medicare. So the next time the Fickle Finger of Fate points at you, perhaps don't be caught biting the finger that's paying your bills.
One other detail I saw, the anti guy threw the first punch. But only the guy who did the biting will be charged. Maybe if he spits the finger out they'll let him go. Or when it passes they can fish it out of the water.
It's no laughing matter. At least it wouldn't be if it were my hand involved. But I stay home, especially when crazy mobs are in evidence.
(We want to see a match between the biter and Mike Tyson.)
Look up the names if you're interested in the details. But the way I remember it, the guy who did the biting was a pro-health care reform supporter and the guy who was bit was anti. The news accounts said, ironically, that the guy who got bit has his medical coverage through Medicare. So the next time the Fickle Finger of Fate points at you, perhaps don't be caught biting the finger that's paying your bills.
One other detail I saw, the anti guy threw the first punch. But only the guy who did the biting will be charged. Maybe if he spits the finger out they'll let him go. Or when it passes they can fish it out of the water.
It's no laughing matter. At least it wouldn't be if it were my hand involved. But I stay home, especially when crazy mobs are in evidence.
(We want to see a match between the biter and Mike Tyson.)
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Michelle Bachmann Now Pro-Choice
Arch conservative crazy person, Michelle Bachmann, Republican Congresswoman from Peabrain, Minnesota, had this to say about health care:
"That's why people need to continue to go to the town halls, continue to melt the phone lines of their liberal members of Congress, and let them know, under no certain circumstances will I give the government control over my body and my health care decisions."Oh boy, where to start! Such stunning stupidity.
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Rachel Maddow
Rachel gave a devastating report tonight on the corporations and Republican fat cat interests behind the supposed "average middle class Americans" protesting the idea of health care reform.
This has to be very funny to the fat cat interests, because they're making millions and stand to make millions more if the rest of us suffer with a crappy health care system. And how funny must it be to them that with a few "patriotic" manipulations of these people, they'll go shout down their congressman or congresswoman over something that would probably do them good, reform.
Even if you're a Republican, an average middle class American, you're suffering the same crappy health care system the rest of us are. The insurance companies aren't going to come around and give you a discount because you torpedoed your own interests. You're being used.
You're going to get old and sick, or have preexisting conditions, or lose your health care because you're out of work, or you suddenly find yourself too poor to pay for it. It's stupid to work against your own interests on behalf of these manipulative fat cats.
This has to be very funny to the fat cat interests, because they're making millions and stand to make millions more if the rest of us suffer with a crappy health care system. And how funny must it be to them that with a few "patriotic" manipulations of these people, they'll go shout down their congressman or congresswoman over something that would probably do them good, reform.
Even if you're a Republican, an average middle class American, you're suffering the same crappy health care system the rest of us are. The insurance companies aren't going to come around and give you a discount because you torpedoed your own interests. You're being used.
You're going to get old and sick, or have preexisting conditions, or lose your health care because you're out of work, or you suddenly find yourself too poor to pay for it. It's stupid to work against your own interests on behalf of these manipulative fat cats.
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