There is so much craziness out there about health care, that I feel like I have to reflexively defend everything Obama does and says. This becomes problematic for me when I don't agree with something he is doing. If I speak up, am I just adding to the chorus of nonsense that is out there about health care? Will it seem like I am giving up or siding with conservatives?
Not that my support or non-support matters... at all...to anyone...but I want to be clear... I too am displeased with certain aspects of how this debate is playing out.
First, I would actually like a much more progressive single payer system, but failing that, at least a strong public option. It really doesn't look like either is going to happen, so if I am critical, it is not because I think Obama is going to kill my grandma or Sarah Palin's kid. I am mad because I voted for a progressive president and representatives to get a progressive piece of legislation passed... and that isn't happening right now.
Also, corrupt dealings like this really make me angry. I expect better from Obama.
My solace being that if the other guy had won, we wouldn't be talking about this at all because republicans seem to be operating under the laughable assumption that there is nothing at all wrong with the current system of health care in this country (anyone who really thinks this needs to spend some quality time with the google, I certainly don't have the time nor inclination to explain all of the reasons why this is not true on my rinky-dink blog).
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