Reply #6: the teabaggers were out there marching [View All]

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but the Progressives never were, and Congress could see that.

The right also gets fired up and works hard even when down. The progressives, if DU really represented them, quit when they don't get everything they want.

IMO even if we somehow got single payer they'd be finding fault with it. They find fault with everything, so being "superior" is part of it.

They also don't consider consequences. All the wimp/toughness talk - if Obama really did what they supposedly advocate, it would not necessarily result in anything good. So he vetoed the bill with no public option because it had none - my thinking is the same exact posters would be talking about how cold hearted that was and the millions who could have been insured had he just compromised.

They seem to know so much better how to handle things, but that is only in their minds.