On Nov 4, 2013, at 10:17 AM, Glenn moyer <[email protected]> wrote:
> And back to Magill's statement. The democrats could have placed a bill > before the American people with this statement, "Medicare will be extended to > all Americans at birth" on the first day of Obama's presidency. The American > people had given the democrats the mandate and the power to do so! The > American people would have supported Obama and the democrats to enact a > single payer system like most of the world has adopted, except the countries > whose governments have been overthrown by the international war industry! > > During the two years the democrats had power, it seemed like they did not > address the many serious issues many supporters believed they would, and > seemed to be focused on a huge complicated fake debate around healthcare > reform. Honestly, it seemed to me that the marketing of the Obama campaign > had been so successful that the democrats were deliberately wasting time > until the Republicans could retake the House and the media could sing about > partisan gridlock. Dear Glenn, While I largely feel sympathy with the second paragraph, I could not disagree more strongly with the first. Blue Dog Democrats in many cases acted like or even worse than the core Republicans, and the Koch inspired ‘tea partiers’ threats - with the (Republican controlled) Supreme Court having hugely enhanced and unleashed the previously regulated abilities of Republican States’ officials, corporate $$$, and even secreted influences by foreign powers… all this and more stood in the way of the better minded and frequently well-intentioned core of the Democrats. Magill ALSO seems to forget (or hide the fact) that the Supreme Court which gave Bush the election that Gore had just won... still reigned (supreme)… and TWO OUT OF THREE is not by any means, an unchecked or unbalanced domination. We certainly could improve the rosters of both parties… but as you’ve agreed, there is a MAJOR difference between them. Sincerely, Rick Conrad
