I am sick of the SKY IS FALLING, the SKY IS FALLING crowd [View All]

[wndycty]

Do I want a more robust public option? HELL YES!

However, I also know that we are getting a whole of a lot more than we could have ever imagined in 2004, 2000 and even 1992.

We need to get this bill passed, we need to lobby hard for the public option to be more robust, but I am not ready to call it dead in the water, I am not ready to say we have been sold out, I am not ready to feel like I have been betrayed.

After its passed and signed into law, we need to immediately start working on ways to make it better with amendments, rules, etc.

So many progressives and DUers are always ready to scream bloody murder for what we are not getting as opposed to celebrate what we are getting.

I know some of you will tell me I am not a true progressive, or I am willing to compromise too quickly, but I will counter that by saying there is a certain pragmatism that needs to be applied.

Don't stop fighting to make the bill better, but at the same time remember this whole "the SKY IS FALLING, the SKY IS FALLING" meme is counter productive.