I used to "worship" President Obama. But I am losing hope. It looks like he is trying to please every body. Someone who tries to please everybody, ends up pleasing nobody. This is time to show some leadership.
In June,the president said that the public option is necessary for any meaningful reform. "Any plan I sign must include....a public option" he said last month. Now he is back pedaling because the Republicans are making too much noise. Also some democrats called he "blue dogs" are against a public option. The insurance companies don't want the public option either! No surprise there. Any reform without a public option will be like putting lipstick on a pig.
This is the time for the democratic party to stand together as a party and for the president to show some leadership. If the party cannot enact health reform with the public option in it, with super majorities in both houses and the control of the white house, the democrats do not deserve to be in power. I will not vote this party again.
I have written to the white house and to the Secretary of HHS, Kathleen Sibelius, about my frustrations with them. Please write or call the white house and your representative. We need health care reform now and we need to cover ALL Americans.
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