Comments on: Dear Senator: Please Pass Public Option and Save My Life

By: TalkingStick

TalkingStick — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:18:14 +0000

I share your helpless feelings much of the time and then tell myself to be patient. The people are often if not always ahead of the politicians and we can hope for them to catch up. This past cycle I did try to go to as many candidate events and question them on specific issues, to at least get their attention.

No matter the power of a government the ground they tread on gets shakier the longer they ignore the wishes and interests of the people. But I hate to contemplate how much unrest may escalate before change.

By: NCGal

NCGal — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:55:34 +0000

Yes, the Iraq war protests were ignored, as well. I still remember so vividly being at a massive NYC protest against the war in early 2003. I was volunteering with an anti-war organization & helping collect donations. It was an incredible day, one I’ll never forget.

Regardless of the outcome of that & of progressive efforts now, we have to do what we believe to be the right thing. And hope that Obama & Congress listen to the people & take action on behalf of the voters & not on behalf of the lobbyists.

By: j.cro

j.cro — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:31:40 +0000

EXACTLY!! These are the same people that don’t think twice about gunning down or murdering an abortion provider in order to save the life of an non-viable fetus.

It doesn’t make any sense and we’ll drive ourselves crazy trying to figure it out.

By: j.cro

j.cro — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:29:11 +0000

I’ve seen it - how about the protests against the Iraq war? That is my most recent memory of our elected officials deciding to ignore their constituents.

However, I have to agree with you… Haven’t the last two election cycles proven that we can elect officials at a grassroots level and candidates don’t necessarily need corporate cash coffers to get them into office?

I’m pretty much stunned and feel helpless a lot of the time. I keep waiting for that pendulum to swing back from the right but it seems to be stuck.

I want to scream - LISTEN TO US!! We count and what we have to say and think is IMPORTANT! Pass the damn health care reform already!

By: Teddy Partridge

Teddy Partridge — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:25:49 +0000

Keep up the pressure, Tula, and thanks for the update. I think there’s a note in there somewhere from me for my Senator, Dianne Feinstein.

There are really two outcomes possible here: Americans get the health care reform we voted for and deserve. Or else we watch hundreds of millions of Americans turn our backs on the system.

It’s simple: do they give us what we want or do we de-legitimize them?

By: Blub

Blub — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:20:05 +0000

nah. You need those to re-write the Bible to suit your political party’s propaganda. What these people lack are moral compasses – and souls.

By: Margot

Margot — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:17:54 +0000

Voting.
What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.
I’m very very angry.

By: foothillsmike

foothillsmike — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:14:47 +0000

I couldn’t believe that someone who is supposed to be writing the legislation was so ignorant as to not even know what kind of health care they have in UK, France etc. Unfreaking believable

By: t0dd

t0dd — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:11:06 +0000

Don’t expect Conrad to be at all moved by such constituent messages. He is a disgusting, deplorable individual, just like Max Baucus. They lack conscience and empathy; they only want to serve their corporate overlords and are unconcerned with whatever the consequences of that might be. Increased life loss and bankruptcy are fair game as long as insurance companies prosper.

By: WarOnWarOff

WarOnWarOff — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:10:27 +0000

It is certainly not democracy or even, as the right wingers love to say, a “republic.”

It’s a racket.