maven&meddler

“I’m still not giving up. I want every Senator who’s not in the pocket of the private insurers or Big Pharma to introduce and vote for a “Ted Kennedy Medicare for All” amendment to whatever bill Reid takes to the floor. And if this fails, a “Ted Kennedy Real Public Option for All” amendment. Let every Senate Democratic who doesn’t have the guts to vote for either of them be known and counted.”

Robert Reich

Gosh, he is spot on once again. Reich expresses exactly why I half-heartedly battle on for this tired, compromised, bastardized excuse for a health insurance reform effort. Had this been back in the olden times, and a real life baby, the midwife would have taken pity on the sleeping Mother, done the only right thing and taken the malformed and hopeless child out to the river in the dark of night.

In a futile effort to be all nice, warm and fuzzy … oh, and bipartisan, Dems have given away the store, their daughters and signed the country and citizens over in a bizarre reverse mortgage called a ‘public option’.

It’s so weird watching Pelosi and others trying to put a good face on any of this, patting each other on the back for a job not well done.

Aren’t they tired of bending over yet … without so much as a goodnight kiss?

Go forth, dear Maven reader and take a good look at Reich’s blog by clicking here.

Then get on the phone or email and let your Congressional delegation know that none of what we’ve seen is even close to being good enough.