Truly tragic. Not likely to have 50 Democrats in the Senate to support the Public Option

[berni_mccoy]

Excellent diary by nyceve with a video interview with Cong. Van Hollen at the link. http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/2/1/832409/-Rep.-Chris-Van-Hollen-(video):-Unlikely-50-Senate-votes-for-Public-Option

I simply have a hard time believing we can't get 50 Dems behind a Public Option in the Senate. This is where the voters of MA truly screwed up.

[Cronus Protagonist]

1. Not likely?

They can't call 59 people and be certain?

[liberal_at_heart]

2. It's not the voters that screwed up. It's Congress

We were never going to get the public option. We couldn't get it with 60 votes. Hell, we probably couldn't have gotten it with 80 votes. Either the democrats are completely spineless or they have been bought off by the insurance companies or maybe it's both.

[berni_mccoy]

3. Right, because Brown's going to vote for it.

[liberal_at_heart]

7. We couldn't get it with 60 votes

What makes you think we would have gotten it with Coakley in office? The voters are pissed at Congress and in November the voters will have their say.

[berni_mccoy]

15. You tell me, would it be easier to convince Coakley to support it or Brown?

[liberal_at_heart]

17. I'm not going to argue with you

We were never going to get the Public Option. I don't care who is in office. The insurance companies have bought them all.

[cutlassmama]

19. you are correct.

[Tippy]

4. Call your Senators....Tell them you know 60 is not needed the Constitutions says so

[Subdivisions]

5. It never ceases to amaze me how many of you still do not get it...

THERE IS GOING TO BE NO LEGISLATION PASSED THAT DOES NOT ENRICH CORPORATIONS.

The Congress of the Coporate Persons of America will not shoot themselves in their own collective foot. They are selected and elected by corporations; they are funded by corporations; they are rewarded by corporations; and they can be destroyed by corporations.

We keep debating this public option and that single payer when, in the end, the result is going to be the same: somehow, some way, the corporations will PROFIT from any legislation that is passed. And when corporations profit, especially regarding healthcare, we pay.

Our government exists of, by, and for the corporations. And what the corporations say goes, will go.

Until We the People do something about it.


Edit: Grammar.

[Tippy]

8. Nothing ventured nothing gained.....

[Subdivisions]

12. I don't mean that we should not fight for what we want. But

in the end the corporations will come out the winner, not us.

[liberal_at_heart]

9. You hit the nail on the head

[winyanstaz]

11. exactly....

[Wapsie B]

6. If true then why do we care if Dems have a majority in the Senate?

What benefit is it if the repugs/Blue Dogs/DLC Democrats block any truly progressive legislation?

[Tippy]

10. Sit ting around, pissing and moaning will accomplish nothing MAKE THOSE CALLS

[liberal_at_heart]

16. We've been calling and writing. They are not listening.

The only thing that will make them take notice is losing their job.

[leftstreet]

13. I bet the midterms will see 'robust' voter turnout! n/t

[tabbycat31]

14. we need to know where every Dem stands on the p/o

and get in contact with their offices to either urge them to push for it or thank them for supporting it.

[onehandle]

18. The voters of MA got theirs already.

And now they have Senator Softcore.