My feelings are SOOOOOOOO hurt. WAHHHHHHHH! I'm a little wimp who can't take it when people use curse words. WAHHHH!!!!
Here's what happened. Here's how they hurt my precious feelings:
The White House doesn't think that its productive to attack blue dog dems. They think that it MIGHT help a tiny bit, but they're frustrated about it because they're probably hearing from the blue dogs that it's just pushing them into the Republicans arms by weakening their standing in their districts, where they're being attacked VICIOUSLY by birther wackjobs AND liberals at the same time. The White House thinks that spending LIMITED RESOURCES on attacking Democrats is an INEFFECTIVE strategy when the GOP is launching an ALL OUT WAR on Democrats right now.
This hurts my feelings!!! Rahm used a mean curse word and I'm just a pathetic little crybaby who can't take it. WAHHHH!!!!
At a time when thugs are going to Democrats' townhalls and threatening the lives of Democratic officeholders with crazy signs and effigies, the MOST important thing we can do as liberal activists is go after Blue Dogs. They're the enemy! We need to spend all of our money attacking them so that we can get the PERFECT healthcare plan. Otherwise, if the plan is not perfect (but it still covers ALL americans), the world will end, and we will cry about it a bunch. We'll write a bunch of diaries that say the following:
"WAHHHH!!! All Americans now have healthcare, but not in a way that takes away insurance company profits! We could have done this a TINY bit more efficiently, and screwed over the bad guys (insurance companies) a bit more! Wahhh!! I hate Obama and Rahm and the Blue Dogs! Wahhhh!!! I hate the fact that all Americans now have healthcare, but that its delivered slightly less efficiently than I would have liked! Wahhh!!! I want the public option! I hope a slightly weaker bill doesn't even pass, BECAUSE I'D RATHER THAT PEOPLE DIE THAN TO ALLOW A BILL WITHOUT A PUBLIC OPTION TO PASS!!! I WANT PEOPLE TO DIE IF I DON'T GET MY PERFECT BILL! IT'S A PUBLIC OPTION OR NOTHING!!! WE NEED TO PRIMARY THESE DEWS IN R+15 DISTRICTS AND REPLACE THEM WITH PROGRESSIVES WHO WILL DEFINITELY WIN IN THE GENERAL ELECTION!!!! I TAKE MY CUES CLUB FOR GROWTH'S SCHOOL FOR POLITICAL STRATEGY! PS: WAHHHHH!!!"
[End of ANGRY snark]
Jesus. Get a grip people. If the bill that passes isn't perfect, we can tinker with it in future years. The most important threat to progressives right now is the Republican nutjobs who are armed to the teeth and full of racially motivated rage. And the 2nd most important thing is that we COVER EVERYONE. That's a moral imperative that rises above all other issues... I think some of you may have lost sight of that.......and honestly, healthcare is on the ropes right now. We need to cover everyone. That's the bottom line. Maybe you don't agree, but I thought that was what this was all about.