As sick as the Scott Brown win in Massachussetts makes me — I love how Republicans, self-styled patriots, flee to the anti-constitutional technique of filibuster whenever it looks like equality is on the horizon, as if 41% minority were somehow a majority — this AP text makes me all the more nauseated:
Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said Coakley’s loss won’t deter his colleagues from continuing their practice of blaming George W. Bush’s administration … Wall Street watched the election closely. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 116 points … Across Massachusetts, voters who had been bombarded with phone calls and dizzied with nonstop campaign commercials for Coakley and Brown gave a fitting turnout despite intermittent snow and rain statewide
Since when did the Associated Press start allowing Bill O’Reilly to write wire service copy? They even fell for “tea party” being grassroots. And NPR posted it rather than their own content.
Now with a 41% minority and astroturfing, millionaires are going to be allowed to tell tens of millions of other Americans and me that we don’t deserve health care.
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The Democrats still hold the majority, but let’s be honest, they weren’t any more likely to do anything useful with it two days ago as they are today. They’ve given ground constantly, and they’re somehow still shocked to discover that the Republicans are taking more.
I’m tired of being told to vote against the Republican party. I want to have a good reason to vote for the Democrats. I just don’t see it happening any time soon.
Remember when I said that we all knew that someone would get thrown under the bus on health care? Who would’ve guessed that it would be all of us?