Senate Follies

[Red Knight]

I just got done watching about 40 minutes of C-Span and--God, was it depressing.

First of all, Tom Carper(DEMOCRAT)gets up and insists that any health care reform be bi-partisan. He cites the 80-20 rule. Let's pass the 80 percent we agree on and put the other 20 percent aside. In that 20 percent he wants to put aside? THE PUBLIC OPTION! It's the only part that IS worth a damn but because there's no bi-partisan support he wants to "put it aside" and pass something else.

Of course he's full of it. HE doesn't want the public option--many Dems don't. Why don't they want it? Because the insurance industry told them they don't want it. Right, Max Baucus?

It was sickening to watch this creature try to shoot down reform and laughable that he would cling to some excuse of "bi-partisan" support. I hope you people in Delaware give this guy an earful.

Whose side is he on? It isn't the American people.

As my blood was boiling, thank God--Feingold spoke next. Russ demanded that ANY reform HAD to include a STRONG public option or it was worthless.

Now THIS is a representative who cares about the people.

But the truth is that Democrats in the senate are trying to kill this.

That's the sad, horrifying truth. This is why single payer wasn't even allowed in. If that was allowed they might have to compromise toward some sort of public option. Keep it out and they can compromise it all away.

I'm disgusted.

Then--just for laughs--Judd Gregg(Obama wanted this guy?)red in the face, makes a speech about the supplemental war funding and breaks into a fifteen minute rant about one billion dollars that was dropped into the fundamental for the cash-for-clunkers plan. You--know, something that may help save a few jobs by encouraging car sales. Now I don't know much about the plan but his complaint is that it wasn't paid for--or pay/go.

Well---these supplementals aren't funded anyway. We're borrowing anyway.

But he didn't mind the 90 billion dollars going to the black holes of Afghanistan and Iraq. He worried about the ONE billion for this program.

He blasted the Dems and Obama for it.

Grassley came on and blasted the Dems for something else.

There's your precious bi-partisanship, Carper.

The Republicans don't give a crap about bi-partisanship at all. On a bill as important as healthcare reform, why does a guy like Carper care?

You know why. Because he doesn't want it.

That's the way it is, and if the Dems fail on this--something that should be a slam dunk and would be if they didn't stop themselves, we have no hope for reform until we all crash and burn--until our weekly payments become so high we have to drop coverage, or we get a serious illness that leaves us bankrupt. When enough of us are poor and without coverage and the insurance companies can't bleed anyone, they'll have to change something I guess. In the meantime--Carper has great healthcare so what's the rush?

76 percent of the public wants some type of public option.

We need to let these guys know that loud and clear. And yes--I've already contacted my senators, Casey and Specter. I was told Casey does support a public option and I'm holding him to that. I haven't heard from Spector but you can bet that this "democrat" will hear from me in the primary if he doesn't support a proper plan.

Call your reps! Make noise!