I was doing some pre-production research when I got yet another email from DCCC, promising that if I made a contribution, I would get to sit at dinner with President Obama. As much as I love President Obama ( I pray for him every night)I am not so much in love in with DCCC.
What jives me is that the Democrats are now in charge. Get that? The Dems are in charge. By golly, we have 60% majority in the Senate, and majority in the House. And yet, you want ME to believe that the Republicans truly pose a credible threat to ANYTHING that the Dems do?
For serious?
Sorry, but this line of nonsense "...but with your help, we can defeat the Republican plan to..." needs to stop and it needs to STOP now.
President Obama can do only so much without a cooperative and activist Legislature. Since he is trying to devolve the power grab that the Executive had during the Bush years, a well working legislature is key to that.
The Democrats have been a disappointment in this. Many times, when my friends start moaning about President Obama I point out the Dem legislature is also to blame for foot dragging, for listening to the big bosses, and general cowardice.
And yes, this directly goes to the bailout of the banks without regulation and health care reform. The Legislature, in the name of the people, bailed out banks without any checks on how the money was used, and did it with alacrity. With HCR, it has been months, and with it no real regulation of insurance companies with a strong, robust public option.
This is not due to Republican obsfucation.
This is a Democrat responsibility, and what we have seen is how much in the pocket some Democrats are with insurance lobbyists, and what we have seen is pure cowardice in representing the people who elected them for change.
Thank goodness we do have a few, like Rep. Grayson, who simply could not take anymore BS from the Republican talking heads. But honestly what we need is for him ( he's a most impressive person, by the way) is to bust some heads on his side of the aisle and point out that Dems job is to represent people like him- people living and working in tenements and ghettos and trailer parks.
DCCC- enough. Not a penny more until a strong, universal public option is passed along HCR. If you guys cannot do that, then perhaps you are not fit to govern.
To relax, tell me what type of pie I should bake.