FACT - polls of the American public demonstrate an overwhelming majority support a public health care option.FACT - the representatives elected to represent the American public, have intentionally destroyed any chance of getting a true public option on behalf of the insurance and pharmaceutical lobbiests.
What has transpired in the US senate over the past 2 weeks is not just disgraceful and disgusting, but it is downright unconstitutional. Yet again the White House has allowed special interest groups and lobbyists to wipe their proverbial arses with the very document that was supposed to make their nation so great.
And while I would love to blame Joe Lieberman...(there is a special place in hell set aside for this schmuck)...I am afraid there is no one to blame but Mr. Obama and his White House.
The lack of balls they have shown over and over again since there arrival is disgusting. Where is the AUDACITY? Where is the HOPE? Guantanamo flip-flop, the abuse photos flip-flop, 30K troops to Afghanistan... The never ending list of ballslessness of this administration to make the tough decisions.
While I am no political expert I am fairly knowledgeable on the subject of leadership. You cannot lead by constantly seeking compromise. You cannot lead without showing where you stand and what you believe. You cannot lead without a fire and fight. Obama's silence during the health care debate is astoundingly cowardly. Crickets...nothing but crickets.
As a 'liberal' minded person I was as hopeful and ecstatic as anyone else on that historic November evening. Today I hope that I am not the only one that feels dismayed and betrayed.
Howard Dean is right - the current bill must be killed and sent back up for compromise - it is the only way to send a message to the lobbyists that they can no longer buy and sell policy. Then, Obama a must wake up the beast and fight for the true public option. He must use all tactics possible...the American people who voted for him deserve that fight.
Please grow a pairMr. Obama.
That's my opinion and it should be yours too.
"You know who should have been on the cover of TIME magazine? The lobbyists." - Arianna Huffington
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