LA Times tonight publishes a powerful letter from not your ordinary Obama volunteer . It reflects what many of us here keep saying. Anne LaMotte is the author of it. She is a well known writer. It is worth a read and it shows how serious the repercussions will be if Obama fails. This author begs Obama to dump Grassley. And Enzi. And Snowe. It is time to do what he promised. Deliver real healthcare reform. She then wonders who is advising him because he appears to be a different man right now. ...
Anne lists the many promises made to bring us out of the Bush nightmare. Promises like restoring the Constitution. Ending Bush economic policies and more. Tonight Anne La Mott speaks for millions I think. Quit trying to date Grassley. The GOP doesn’t want you POTUS. They just don’t.
I hope like Anne hopes- that Obama after his vacation wakes up and ends the pursuit of the GOP.
Now having said that- after losing Teddy Kennedy- and the faith Kennedy had in Obama to save this nation- I feel even more strongly Democrats have to come through. The Kennedy family has given the eulogy to POTUS at the funeral. That is the highest honor and compliment from the Kennedy family. It is also a real statement, once again from the Kennedy family for Obama to take the torch. Teddy passed this torch to Obama at the convention. Its time for Obama to take it and lead us. We cannot fail.
latimes.com
Opinion
President Obama: Healthcare; you promised.
An open letter reminds the president of the major campaign vow that got him into the White House.
August 27, 2009
I am afraid there has been a misunderstanding since that election in 2008, during which 66,882,230 Americans cast their votes for you. Perhaps one of your trusted advisors has given you bum information. Maybe they told you that we voted for you -- walked, marched, prayed, fund-raised and knocked on doors for you -- because we hoped you would try to reunite the country. Of the total votes cast that long-ago November day, I'm guessing that about 1,575 people wanted you to try to reconcile the toxic bipartisanship that culminated in those Sarah Palin rallies.
The other 66,880,655 of us wanted universal healthcare.
We did not vote for you to see if you could get Chuck Grassley or Michael Enzi to date you. The spectacle of you wooing them fills us with horror and even disgust. We recoil as from hot flame at each mention of your new friends. Believe me, I know exactly how painful this can be, how reminiscent of 7th-grade yearning to be popular, because I went through it myself this summer. I did not lower my bar quite as low as you have, but I was sitting on the couch one afternoon, thinking that this adorable guy and I were totally on the same sheet of music -- he had given me absolutely every indication that we were -- and were moving into the kissing stage. Out of nowhere, I thought to ask him if he liked me in the same way I liked him.
He said, in so many words, no.
And Mr. President, that is what the Republicans are saying to you: They are just not that into you, sir.
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We did not know exactly how you would proceed to restore our beloved Constitution...But you said you would...I hate to sound like a betrayed 7-year-old, but you said. And we believed you. Now you seem to have abandoned the dream. That is why moderates and liberals and progressives like myself all seem a little tense this summer. It is time to call your spirit back. We will be here to help when you get back from vacation. We want to help you get over the disappointment of Mr. Grassley's cold shoulder, ...even that nice Olympia Snowe standing you up. We can and will take to the streets again, march and hold peaceful rallies. . .But we need you to shake off the dust of the journey and remember the promises of Dr. King, and we need you to lead us toward what is no longer so distant a shore. ...
Trusting you, Mr. Obama
Anne Lamott
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