Sold out on the healthcare bill, I decided to call Pelosi's office today. The second I said I was a life-long Democrat I was, without any word whatsoever, sent to voicemail.
They apparently don't want to have a dialogue with Democrats? Well, if that's the case I say we make sure she has no reason to talk with us at all. I say we pour as much cash as we can afford into a primary challenge to her, and while we're at it I say we start looking for a candidate to run against our sitting President come 2012, because "Sans Testicles" is not a nickname I want for the guy sitting in the White House.
Here's what I said on Pelosi's voicemail (paraphrasing):
Screw you Nancy Pelosi, I'm not going to support a healthcare bill that ends up being a giveaway to the insurance companies just so you and our ball-less President can say they got a bill passed.
I'm a lifelong Democrat and a 25 year resident of the State of California, and I refuse to be treated in this way by the President I voted for and a purported Democratic leader in the House who can't stand up to Congresspeople from her own party.
I was informed this past month that my health insurance premiums would be rising an addition 15% in the first quarter next year and my options were to drop to a lower priced plan but I'd have to requalify. Being my meds are quite expensive there's no chance I could get a better price, and without a strong public option I'm screwed.
So screw you Nancy, and come reelection time I'm sending the equivalent amount in dollars to whoever has the stones to run against you. And now I'm clicking to my Daily Kos page and letting loose.
Which brings us to now.
Call her office at 202-225-0100 or 202-225-4965 and tell her you're ready to support any real Democrat who will oppose her in 2010.
And I'm serious about that Obama challenge in '12, at this point progressive Democrats have NOTHING to lose by doing so.
Healthcare
Climate Change Regulation
Banking Regulation
Don't Ask Don't Tell
Afghanistan
Same Sex Marriage
This has become a failed Presidency.