'All About the 60' - A Response
A "Senate Democratic Chief of Staff", hiding behind anonymity, has a hard time concealing his/her haughty disdain for us progressives as she/he deigns to provide us a lesson in civics. She/he displays clairvoyance predicting how we, the 'angry mob' will react if 'with...a Senate Democratic Caucus that holds 98% of its members but still fails to pass healthcare reform.' This, of course, presumes that any bill is 'reform' and worth passing without considering alternatives like letting a bad bill fail and then spending the next 11 months(as the healthcare crisis worsens) explaining to the public that failure was caused by Republicans and DINOs. Maybe this strategy would add to the majority and we could try again.
Instead, Mr/Ms. Anonymous wags her/his finger at US, lecturing, 'If progressives REALLY want to transform America, they'll make an issue of the anti-democratic rules of the Senate which make real change virtually impossible.' Gee, wouldn't that require a Constitutional amendment (is it 66 senators and 3/4 of the States?)? I seem to remember plenty of 'real change' when the Democrats were in the minority. I don't see Democratic senators making a stink about the rules, why should we lowly hoi polloi?
Then, he/she wraps up by calling us 'stupid.'
Hey Ms./Mr. Condescension, kiss my ass!











