It's been a bad week for the ACA, HealthCare, Democrats worried about re-election, President Obama's image and liberals everywhere.
For those of us who would call ourselves Democrats, it is time to stop running for the woods in this week of bad news.
The ACA roll-out has been bad. Yes, it has
The website is broken. Yes, it is.
The issues of insuring that those with health plans they like - either because of how it impacts their choice in doctor or the cost of the plan itself - has been the worst PR debacle since "read my lips, no new taxes" as one well-known writer has quipped.
But, it is time to stop hiding from the pain of these failures. Do we believe in a better health care system for our country, our children, our impoverished and our destitute or do we not believe in this? Are we going to let the politicians we elected and who supported our desire to see the most monumental improvement in our society by passing the ACA - some at cost to their political careers - to twist in the hot winds of imbalanced reporting, attacking republicans and ecstatic corporate fat cats?
No. No. A thousand times no.
Never forget that an entire legion of conservatives, tea partiers, companies, insurance conglomerates and rich tycoons has done everything at their disposal to block, defeat, destroy and dismantle this law. Your worried fear over the current issues with ACA is the greatest victory these groups could ever have wished for in the gauziest of dreams.
Fellow Dems: stop gnashing thy teeth and start vocally advocating for this law. It is a good law that attempted to make improvements on an incredibly complex system. We need to move FORWARD and IMPROVE the law; not allow its detractors to weaken and destroy it while we hide under our beds.
Tell your Uncle with Fox News implanted in his earpiece that while these issue stink, they are bumps on the road to a better country.
Write a letter or an email to your Dem congress person telling them to hold strong.
Put a sign out, write a diary post, make a comment on a blog in support of ACA and those who fought to see this change.
If we hide in trembling fear of the roll-out issues we are seeing and allow our elected Democrats to feel unsupported, we will give those who wish to see the ACA destroyed an opening.
If we allow the immense forces of the status quo that opening to scale back the victories we won with ACA, we shall regret it for decades.