Reminds me of this scene:
This is the only way they are going to make this bill fly.
[last lines]
Thelma Dickerson: [with a cliff in front of them and cops behind them]
Thelma Dickerson: OK, then listen; let's not get caught.
Louise Sawyer: What're you talkin' about?
Thelma Dickerson: Let's keep goin'!
Louise Sawyer: What d'you mean?
Thelma Dickerson: ...Go.
Thelma Dickerson: [Thelma nods ahead of them]
Louise Sawyer: You sure?
Thelma Dickerson: Yeah.
First, this is not a compromise bill not matter how loudly people scream that it is. It is a partisan bill put forth by Democratic leadership without consideration of Republicans or the majority of the people. It has brought backroom politics back into the mainstream and even if it weren't such a flawed piece of legislation (remember this is the Senate's version, one which is not much of a compromise with the House version) is one that will have a horrible effect on politics in the United States.
To think that Obama ran as someone who would bring us together, offer hope, and change the status quo in Washington and see now that the only thing that is transparent is his and his party's utter disregard for the will of the people and their own promises to those same people.
The only people who acted in a bipartisan way were the Republicans and the few Democrats smart enough to vote no.
It is sad when probably the most truthful words spoken by Pelosi were that "we need to pass this bill so we can see what is in it." The effect that this legislation will have on our economy, the people it promises to entitle, and those that will pay for it is truly unknown. The estimates that have been given as to costs and how those costs will be paid for are based on very little (probably as much info as was used to create the housing mess we are currently in and as accurate as the costs of medicaid, medicare, and social security, programs already on the brink of bankruptcy.
This bill without compromise, without consideration, and without transparency will pass only with great cost to our nation, the individuals it pretends to save, the Democratic party, and democracy as a way of government. The long term health of our democracy has been injured by the Democratic party and the way they have "solved the health care problem."
Now citizens are left in the waiting room wondering, hoping, and praying that what we love will survive...
