the woodshed: Why America is screwed, part 7,598,341

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Because if you look in an encylopedia under "utterly useless sell-out bastards" you will find the brief reference "See: 'Senate Democrats'"

West End Bob said...: We're not surprised, are we, Rev. ? ? ? ?; 10:06 PM
Rev.Paperboy said...: No, not surprised -- appalled, but not surprised.; 10:22 PM
JJ said...: There's no public option???

Oh fuck; 10:30 PM
Tom Degan said...: Oh, fuck is right!

The public option is obviously as dead as a doornail. My advice to the progressives is to take what they can get now.

I don't know what kind of health care reform will come out of this session, but I strongly suspect it won't be much. There is, however a silver lining behind this very dark cloud. I am reminded of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Don't be embarrassed if you've never heard of it, there really isn't a hell of a lot to remember about it; a mere pittance, really - a scrap of leftovers tossed out to "American Negros" (in the parlance of the age) in order to appease them. But it made the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - the one we remember - all the more easier seven years later.

We'll live to fight another day.

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Tom Degan; 11:38 AM