To Rahm Emanuel,
I thought you were supposed to be tough. I heard you were a fighter. I didn't know you'd be fighting against real health insurance reform. I didn't know you'd be fighting against the millions of people like me who elected Barack Obama.
You started the compromise by not putting single payer, universal health insurance on the table. BusinessWeek is saying that the health insurance lobby "has already won." You compromised with big Pharma, agreed not to negotiate and as Tommy Christopher has pointed out, you covered it up.
Now, you're putting on the "Rahm Show'" and calling ads going after lobbyist funded politician "f**king stupid"?
No, your compromises and politics over people attitude are stupid. People's lives and health are at stake so you're worse than stupid, worse even then f**king stupid -- you're deadly.
Those protesters at the town hall meeting actually do have a point, as misguided as they are in attacking health insurance reform. The government isn't listening to the American people -- not the crazy minority the hooligans represent but the majority of us.
Listen to the people, Rahm. There is a majority out here that counts on Barack Obama and people like you to keep his promises on the two issues intertwined here - real health care reform and ending the corrupt culture of lobbyists in Washington. The way to weed out those lobbyists is to shine a bright light on the Senators and Congresspeople that they've paid off, no matter what party they are in.
I had been thinking the biggest enemy to real health insurance reform was Montana Senator Max Baucus but I'll be damned if now I don't think it's you, Rahm.
If you want crazy, blind, suicidal loyalty...become a Republican.
In the meantime, I continue to churn out my own health insurance reform videos. And they attack Democrats, too, sometimes. And if you don't like it, too f**cking bad.
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The real issue here for me, is that Rahm is a proto-typical Democratic Leadership Council Democrat. Why no one is refering to the DLC leftovers anymore is a testiment to their burrowing into the fabric of the Party, and our losing sight of them. I STILL support President Obama, but, I have no illusions about the impact of having a DLC Democrat as Chief of Staff and the damage that can do to a progressive agenda. In my opinion, that was the Presidents first major error in judgement.
Progressive Activists or Progressives in general, are not obligated to spare Obama or other 'Dems' from harsh criticism just because they are entrenched at the trough. If Reid, Rahm, Baucus, et al will not fight for US, then I am prepared to fight them. My first act has been to withhold contributions from anyone ( Obama included) that does not show some heart for progressive goals,.... I didn't have the money to spare anyhow.
Want great cre of the uninsured, ban McDonald's and make people bike to work.
Bill Maher is right, we are stupid but it is for many other reasons than he would attest to.
enough money to run for re-election................
and progressives (and everyone else by the way) have been screwed.
The real problem is that neither Rahm nor Barack get up every morning with the gut feeling that all Americans are entitled, that is we have a right, to universal health care.
The battle becomes not over the right to care, but to the right to insurance to cover the payments for care.
Being on the side that wants to force people to buy insurance is not a smart position to be in.
We have already lost that battle.
Thanks, Rahm.
And Obama.
Its pretty bad when we have to fight the "good guys " as hard as the greed mongers and corporations. This administration is anything but progressive.
There I was standing with my petition wondering what in the hell I was going door to door asking people to support. What at first had looked like a way to humanize our health care system, get coverage to people, and stop the abusive practices of an industry that traded lives for profits now was beginning to look like another big giveaway to the health insurance corporations only this time it was bringing them 45 million new customers who would be forced to buy their henious policies. So now I've dropped my petitions. I frankly don't care if health care reform passes or not. Rahm and his gang of blue dogs rolled me and yes, I'm critical of my fellow Democrats.
The beauty of truth.
Don't stop. What you're doing is important.
And Rahm, if we don't get real health care reform, I won't blame Republicans. There's nothing you can do with Republicans, they're just irresponsible children. I'll blame the Democrats. It will be life-long Democrats like me chewing up Democrats. You better hear that f**king good. There is no reason this can't get done, I don't believe anything you say to the contrary, and I expect real results. I mean REAL results. If I get a watered down mess I will know who did it, and I will not be happy.
Last time I checked, we still have the power at the voting booth. Unless they know something we don't?
Obama = Bush with a brain. We have been had. Wake and impeach him!
And one more thing. When Emanuel says that dems who attack other dems are f----------g stupid, he is attacking other dems, which makes him.....