Have you heard the Republican refrain — If health care passes then Democrats are going to get beat in November.  Since Republicans CONSTANTLY LIE, let’s consider just how sincere this claim is. Don’t Republicans want Democrats to lose in November?  Of course, they do.  Why would they warn the Democrats?  Wouldn’t you want to keep this ‘knowledge’ to yourself and get an advantage?  Clearly, the OPPOSITE is true — if Democrats fail to pass Health Care Reform, they are going to get beat badly.  Obama understands this.

If Democrats pass even piss-poor health reform, they will do much better in November.  The health care system is so utterly and completely BROKEN that even piss-poor health reform will help.  For example, if nothing more was done than to make it illegal to reject people with pre-existing conditions, this would be a significant improvement.  It would not come close to fixing the system — but an improvement nonetheless.  Secondly, if insurance companies could not longer drop coverage when people get sick — a common practice today — it would, again, be a significant improvement.  Make health insurance more affordable and limit insurance companies profits would continue to improve the system.

Don’t you think that people are noticing how Republicans have behaved?  You have Republicans telling the unemployed they are lazy because they can’t find a job — meanwhile, Republicans make it easy for companies to export jobs.  You have Republicans telling America that we can’t afford health insurance but can afford executive bonuses, bank bailouts, and wars.  America spends $800B – $1T on the Department of Defense  PER YEAR.  I would cut it by 90% and pull all the troops back from all over the world.  It is just nonsense that America is the military of the world — we can’t afford it!

Also, does ANYBODY think this is the last health care reform bill there will be?  Republicans constantly vow that they will repeal it all when they get their chance but this is a silly threat.   First, Republicans have  to win back the White House, Senate, and the House.  This is unlikely for some time and, just as with Medicare and Social Security, there is no turning once health care reform, like this, are in place.  Will it be Republicans that repeal pre-existing conditions and/or allow insurance companies to drop sick people.  If they do, there to power will be short lived.  The more likely scenario is that Democrats will get strength from this passage, and there will be cries to go further and further.

People are pissed at the Democrats — but election time is not until November — Democrats have WASTED the last year trying to appease Republicans.  There is a little evidence that this appeasement is ending.  Obama has acted more forcefully in the last week than he has acted in his entire presidency.   He FINALLY realizes that he needs to ignore political consequences and DO THE RIGHT THING.  Ironically, if he does the right thing, there will be NO POLITICAL consequences and Republicans are confirming this with their ‘warnings’.  Of course, Obama is not yet doing the RIGHT THING — mostly doing just SOMETHING — but that is better than a few weeks ago.

Unfortunately,  Republicans act in one accord because they are the party of MONEY — it is very easy for them to figure out their position.  Democrats have a much harder time because it is more diverse.  In fact, Democrats represent what America use to be — lots of different opinions.  if you are gun-crazed, or an anti-abortion nut, there are Democrats that represent that.  But since Republicans have only ONE opinion, the number of diverse opinions in America is concentrated within the Democrats.  Pretty much whatever your point of view is — there is a Democrat that represents it — this is clearly not the case if you are a Republican.  Republicans are white, religious, and only worried about money.  Diverge from time — even a little — and you will be run out of the Republican party.

America is Doomed.