Claudius had it right.
Today I read that President Obama has said a public health insurance option is not really all that necessary to his health care reforms..
Bullshit!!!
I have written letters to the editor, been a guest and a host on talk radio WSAR Fall River,MA and WHJJ Providence RI, I wrote a half page editorial published in the Providence Journal, made phone calls before the election into Ohio and Florida, fought with my family members and done everything I can to fight for Obama and the policies he supposedly stood for. I did all this along with millions of others who gave their time and sweat to rid ourselves of the corporate controlled and directed Bush administration. We won. So we thought. We won a majority in both houses and won the Presidency but once again the gutless, spineless Democrats are backing down in face of the Republican marching bulldogs!!
We wanted a public option and we wanted the end of life consultations but one by one Democrats have compromised these issues in the face of Republican lies and in the name of "bi-partisanship"... what a laugh!!!.. its a polite word for gutless cave ins with those that call Obama a Marxist, an angry black man, a fascist and liar and not even a citizen and say Liberals hate America.. . What will we "compromise" in the interests of "bipartisanship" with these folks next week??
Its a fact. Both parties are in bed with special interests and this is the latest example.
I am 65 years old and a Vietnam Era Vet and frankly I am getting to the point where I just dont care, in fact part of me hopes, Democrats will get the screwing they deserve next election if they once again show themselves to be cowardly and lacking in conviction and determination. I called my Senator and told his chief of staff that Americans elected Democrats to lead and that Roosevelt did not hesitate to ridicule and attack Republicans because he knew that they had no intention of doing anything other than pretend one thing and be another. People want strong leadership and Democrats dont provide it.
You want to know why Republicans have the edge on national security in spite of their military disasters?? My brother in South Carolina said it best when he asked, "How can I expect Democrats to fight to protect this country when they wont even fight for themselves?" Here is another example.
My wife and I are both disgusted with this lack of fight and determination and cave in to Republican bulldogs that this President and the Democrats are showing.
I am beginning to think Democrats deserve to lose and this country needs to suffer more. I am tired of trying to help middle class people who do not want help and tired of supporting Democrats with no backbone. Fuck them all. I am reminded of the PBS series I Claudius when at the end the Emperor Claudius gives up on trying to reform the decaying empire and says " Let the poisons hatch out" Same for this place. Let people get what they deserve.
(Someone talk me down...say it isnt so..)