It's very difficult for us little people to get the attention of our oh so wise and "pragmatic" leaders who believe they must compromise away any benefits for the common man and woman in order to tweak the health insurance system in this country.  One simple and quite effective way to ge their attention is easy, simple and fun.  Next time the Democrats interrupt your dinner with a fundraising call just say no.

Tell the poor underpaid schmuck on the phone to please write down that you will not send one more penny to the Democratic Party or it's candidates unless they pass a real healthcare reform bill that at minimum includes a strong public option.  Tell them that you aren't about to reward their cowardice with more money unless and until they accomplish what they were elected to accomplish on healthcare reform.

Believe me, you will feel better and the call won't take very long at all.  Once the "no, no and Hell no!" responses start piling up on the fundraising consultant's desk I can assure you the Democrats tune will begin to change.  But unless and until they think the well might be drying up for them they will continue to service the special interest needs of the insurance parasites and laugh all the way to the bank.

This is somethig we can all do that sure can't hurt and just might help get the attention of those pathetic cowards we call DC Democrats.

I just saw on Yahoo news that the AP is running a story saying Obama is going to abandon the public option which is the only really decent aspect of his health insurance reform plan.  Here is how the article startes out:

WASHINGTON - Bowing to Republican pressure and an uneasy public, President Barack Obama's administration signaled Sunday it is ready to abandon the idea of giving Americans the option of government-run insurance as part of a new health care system.

Facing mounting opposition to the overhaul, administration officials left open the chance for a compromise with Republicans that would include health insurance cooperatives instead of a government-run plan.

If this is true, then there's no longer any reason for progressives to pretend that the health insurance reform effort is worth supporting.  If Obama abandons even his weak public option proposal then progressives need to kill the bill and come back in January unapologetically with the Medicare for All bill and insist Obama support it instead of engaging in yet another attempt to kowtow to the preferences of the most reactionary, greedy and unpatriotic forces in American politics.  I have been disappointed far too many times already by Obama. 

If he doesn't even have the balls to stick to his own public option plan then I move from the deeply disappointed column to disgusted.  Who exactly does he think elected him?  I see no reason for the public or any progressive to support a moderate Republican President (which is what he's turning out to be) who is so weak he cannot accomplish the one things he said "must" happen this year.   They elected and expected a Democrat and look what they got.  Another weak, cowardly, craven and calculating politician without the courage of what he says are his convictions.