During the House debate opponents to HCR unanimously decided to refer to the bill as "this flawed bill." Like affixing damn to Yankee, this shorthand usefully signaled the speakers' ideology and perhaps geography. And as I nodded and bobbed in the sea of talking points, hearing that f-word would quickly reorient me as to which side was up.
But what a mild taint is that word, "flawed." Why, I could even accept it being said about me (unlike being called a baby killer or a democracy destroyer, for which I would not stand.) I thought, too, what flawed people are these Republicans, well, and those Democrats, also. And congress--not just the flawed members, but the whole flawed institution. Added up they are a big flawed big government.
And do you know who and what else? Small businesses. Flawed and rife with failures and bad judgments made by flawed businesswomen and men. Oh my, this could get tiresome. So I'll end the rant with the briefest mention of our brave, but flawed, troops and religious leaders who, I believe, would agree with a hearty, "Amen!"
We will never be efficient or correct enough to suit all or any of us. All we can do is apply our flawed efforts for health and peace and justice. And they who are without flaws can cast their no votes.