I think Grayson is right on mark, and his RICH, so he doesn’t need any of the lobbyist money.

Glad to see some of the readers recognize the ULTIMATE problem is that Corps are allowed to wine, dine, and buy off politicians. This one problem is destroying America.

I know exactly what Obama’s big GOAL with this so-called reform bill is;

He knows he won’t get universal care, but he is satisfied with the end of “Preexisting conditions”.

That one change is a very big deal. Doesn’t help out the poor who will never afford health care though – he knows this and is counting on a better day.

Obama didn’t arrive by rocket from Krypton, to be nourished by our yellow Sun.  He still needs Democrats in Congress to not be pussies.  We might like stronger language from him, but that won’t speed things.  I think he may be letting things play out, now that the conservatives have enough rope…

It appears – to me, anyway – Obama is so focused on being the hero (peacemaker style), that he sees nothing else.

Meanwhile…

I have high hopes this will be the “Have you no decency?” moment for the health care debate, and for the Republicans. Grayson let ‘em have it with a full broadside, and miracle of miracles, Pelosi backed him up for a change.

This is something that depressed me even before I hit the pub today.

I’m a fan of Obama, and I’m a fan of the US democratic system, despite its flaws…

But right now I want to slap them both and scream “snap out of it, man!”

Yeah, Revolutions suck but so does not having your vote.  At the very least, you’ll have 30 million Texans reach for their rifles and say “Oh really?”

If the government doesn’t need to be scared of anything else, they certainly DO need to be afraid of a population that thinks that voting is useless.

Not sayin I approve.  I’m just sayin.

I dunno, Swordsbane. I haven’t experienced one first hand, but from the literature I’ve seen revolutions look like they pretty much suck. Even if it’s just a bunch of lame-asses and criminals in there, I wouldn’t wish even a fraction of our last couple of revolution’s consequences on us. I’ll put up with a lot of shit to save a few million lives. I guess I’m not all that principled when it comes down to it.

I blame the electoral system.

There’s a quick way to bring down the Electoral college: If 70% or more of the public vote goes one way, and the Electoral College goes the other, that will be the last time the Electoral college meets.  I guarantee it.  You want to see a revolution, try telling 140 million people that their vote no longer really counts.

You’re probably right about the odds though.  That’s a lot of wake-up calls that haven’t been heard yet.

Not so great, swordsbane.  I blame the electoral system.

That’s Democrats for you… snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

The REALLY sad thing is that this can all be turned around next year and government can start to work FOR the people again.

All it takes is for 51% of the voting public to stop trying to elect Democrats or Republicans.

What are the odds?