If Liz were Queen

If a public option were to be piggybacked onto Medicare the savings would be huge for average Americans and the overall American economy.

As a recent article in Truthout said:  ” Insurance middlemen could be eliminated; investigators who ferret out “preexisting conditions” wouldn’t be needed; doctors could save on administrative costs; the burden on U.S. industry providing health benefits could be reduced; and more money could be freed to cover the nearly 50 million uninsured or for actual doctoring.

For a nation facing multiple fiscal crises - all complicated by the costs of health care - one might think that the most sure thing in the health care debate would be to allow a cost-saving public option, which as President Barack Obama says would help keep private health insurers “honest” regarding their promises to trim waste and control premiums.”

According to a New York Times/CBS poll, that point is obvious to 72 percent of the American people who favor “offering everyone a government administered health insurance plan like Medicare that would compete with private health insurance plans.”

It’s also reflected in a study cited by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and other insurance industry defenders saying that 119 million Americans would bolt from their private insurers to the public option if they were given the chance.

Admitting that two out of every three Americans want out of their private healthcare insurance, what the hell does this say about the lack of quality of health insurance that are being offered? Grassley is admitting then that BECAUSE AMERICANS WOULD PREFER GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE INSURANCE IT CAN’T BE ALLOWED–WHY?  Because rich insurance companies and their “investors” could no longer scam the American people?  TOO DAMN BAD.  TOO DAMN BAD THAT AN INDUSTRY WHO HAS BEEN SCAMMING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE COULD NOT SURVIVE.

It’s time to get rid of politicians who do not support public healthcare insurance because these are the politicians who represent their own pocketbooks and rich investors–not ordinary Americans.

And it is bullshit that it would hurt the economy to have a public option.  Millions of Americans would be paying less for healthcare and would have more money to spend on other things and boost the economy.  That is the problem without economy now–too much of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few.  Also small businesses–those with less than 100 employees could attract quality employees that they cannot now because they cannot afford the big private healthcare packages that mega corporations can.

PUBLIC HEALTHCARE NOW AND NO TO THE RE-ELECTION OF ANY POLITICIAN WHO SAYS NO.

If Grassley is your Senator, vote for someone else the next time around.  He doesn’t represent you.

QUEEN’S COMMENTS: It is laughable that neocons like Paul Wolfowitz, one of the architects of the Iraq War are trying to goad Obama into taking a strong stand to support the Iranians.  Conservatives like Wolfowitz are such fools to not be able to see how such an endorsement would be used against the protesters to convince those on the fence to join the Iranian establishment–”If the USA is for it, it must be bad.”

Obama is wise to keep his mouth shut on this issue.

Note: of course, if jackasses like Wolfowitz had their way, we would invade Iran to help out in the civil war.

QUEEN’S COMMENTS:  There is one option on this one.  Either Democrats fight like hell.  They are after all the majority and there is no damn reason why the healthcare bill cannot be passed WITH THE PUBLIC OPTION WHICH 76% OF ALL AMERICANS SUPPORT.

or they pull one of their hedge fund democratic bullshit strategies and act like they really wanted the public option and did all they could but they were out numbered. “Gee, I did everything Icould but it is better so save some than lose all. . . “   I can just hear the justification now for caving into  corporate interests one more time.

JUST REMEMBER FOLKS, IT’S ALL BULLSHIT. They are not outnumbered on the public option.  The overwhelming majority of Americans want it.

Either our elected officials represent the majority, or they represent special interest to the detriment of the majority.

IT REALLY IS JUST THAT SIMPLE.

Better for Democrats to stand firm on this.  Even if we lose.  BELIEVE ME.  THOSE DEMOCRATS WHO VOTE AGAINST THE PUBLIC OPTION AND MANY OF THE REPUBLICANS AS WELL WILL NEVER BE RE-ELECTED.

LET’S PUT DEMOCRACY TO A REAL TEST.

IF OBAMA DROPS THE PUBLIC OPTION, HE IS TOAST IN 2012.   This is the one issue on which all progressive Democrats will make a clean break with the party.

FURTHERMORE ANY DEMOCRAT WHO VOTES AGAINST THE PUBLIC OPTION IS TOAST IN 2012  AND 2012.

GO AHEAD, AS CLINT SAID, “MAKE MY DAY.”

WE ARE FED UP WITH CORPORATE REPRESENTATION AND REPRESENTATION OF THE RICH TO THE EXCLUSION OF ORDINARY AMERICANS.

QUEEN’S COMMENTS:  With so many disappointments, I guess we can count our blessings that Tom Dashle was found out before he was elected to be Secretary of Health (Not that Max Baucus who is in charge of the Senate committee drafting the healthcare plan is much better).

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle said on Wednesday that the Obama White House would likely have to scrap a public option for health insurance coverage if it wanted to get the votes needed to pass systematic change.

“We’ve come too far and gained too much momentum for our efforts to fail over disagreement on one single issue,” the Senator and one-time HHS Secretary nominee said,  [ BULLSHIT.  This is nothing but a corporate bully tactic from deep pockets Daschle.  The only part of the already watered down health care proposal that even has any teeth (and baby teeth at that) is the public option.  If Obama compromises on this he can kiss 2012 goodbye as all American will see him as a corproate patsy and pushover.]

QUEEN’S COMMENTS:  I recently read that a poll showed that 76% of the American people support a public option.

To put things in their proper perspective that is approximately 234 million Americans who want a public option.

THE AMA DON’T EVEN SPEAK FOR THE MAJORITY OF PHYSICIANS IN THE USA!  MUCH LESS THE PEOPLE!

On the other side of the coin we have the American Medical Association.  According to WIKI, their membership continues to dwindle.  Currently their membership of 244, 589 represents barely 19% of all practicing physicians in the USA so they can’t even say that they speak for the doctors in this county.

Is our Congess going to allow a minority special interest group to have the final say in an issue that affects millions of Americans?

I hope not.

QUEEN’S ADDENDUM: bY the way,  hedge fund democrats, if you think that  you can stick some clause into this bill that nullifies the public option (so you can continue to play both sides) DON’T.  Not unless you want the Democrats to lose both houses of Congress in 2010.  The public option must stay if you want Democrats to stay in power.  Otherwise you can expect the line in the sand to be washed away in 2010.

NOW THERE IS A REAL THREAT THAT OBAMA SHOULD HEED, EVEN IF  EMMANUEL AND  OTHER CLINTON RAT PACKERS ARE TOO ARROGANT TO SEE THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL!

Don’t try to trick the American people by playing both ends agains the middle.  We are already fed up with your doing that and you haven’t even been in office 6 months yet.

QUEEN’S COMMENTS:  All the kings money and all the kings horses couldn’t buy a win for Terry McAuliffe in the Democratic Primary for Governor a few weeks ago.

Terry McAuliffe, one of the favorite sons among the Democratic hedge fund Clinton ratpack got a severe whopping in the recent Democratic Primary  for Governor in the state of Virginia.  The 30 representatives who stood up Tuesday and said no to George Bush’s war and no to funding for the IMF should take heart and not cringe from threats delivered by Nancy Pelosi, Rahm Emmanuel and others from the Multimillionaire set of the Democrats.

The Democratic Primary for governor was not even close. So who cares if the ratpack supports you or not.  They don’t get it.  You don’t need them and the American people damn sure don’t need them.

When I voted for Barack Obama last fall I was not voting for a reinstatement of the Clinton rat pack.  That is the message that the Democrats in Virginia gave as well only a few weeks ago.  If they were in agreement with Obama and his administration, McAuliffe would have won hands down.  He had the biggest Democratic brand and the most money and yet he was beaten to a pulp by his lesser known competiton:  51% to McAuliffe’s 26%.

So much for your threats Emmanuel.  You can expect more of the same in 2010 and 2012.  If you keep it up, Obama will be a one-term president.

Maxine Waters from California THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN.  You are a champ who can be counted on to vote for the right thing every time.  I remember it was you who last year call the telecom immunity bill that that the Hedge Fund Democrats supported “lipstick on a pig.”

Diane Watson from California, Thank you.

Peter Welch from Vermont, thank you.

Lynn Woolsey from California, thank you

Jared Polis from Colorado, thank you

Jose Serrano from New York, thank you

Carol Shea-Porter from New Hampshire, thank you.

Jackie Spieier from California, thank you

John Tierney of New York, thank you

Niki Tsongas from Massachusetts, thank you.

Barbara Lee from California, thank you.

Zoe Lofgren from California, thank you

Eric  Massa from New York, thank  you.  It can’t be easy to say no when people are threatening  your job–especially when these are the same lying jackasses who said they are against George Bush’s war–until they were elected.  Don’t worry.  they may threaten you now but the voter will remember in 2010 and 2012 who stood up for the people and who did not.  If the Hedge Fund Democrats think they will replace the 30 with their own sorry yes men, they should remember the recent lesson of Terry McAuliffe in Virginia.  No one could be a bigger darling of the Hedge Fund Democrats than Terry McAuliffe and look what happened to him.

Jim McGovern from MA, Thank you for vote.  You are among the most decent politicians in Congress today.  I appreciate your recent visit to Colombia and your frank and honest report on the abuses that continue unabated in that country.  I hope you can keep the members of the House directed to a firm NO. but who knows what Obama has planned now that he has made sure that IMF has the funds to do their dirty work and with Alvaro Uribe coming to DC on June 29 to meet with Obama

Michael Michaud from Maine.  Thank you

Donald Payne from New Jersey,  Thank you.

Chellie Pingree from Maine, thank you

Alan Grayson from Florida.  Thank  you Alan.  We know it’s not easy to say no when people like Rahm Emmanual are threatening you.

Raul Grijalva from Arizona.  Thank  you for your courage to say no.

Michael Honda from California.  Thank  you Michael for voting against a bill that would give $108 billiion of useless debt to the people of the USA.

Marcy Kaptur from Ohio.  Thank you for voting against approval of George Bush’s war.

Dennis Kucinich you are the one who should have been President and not Barack Obama!.  Too bad corporate America was allowed to decide who could and could not participate in debates during the Democratic Primary and too bad that more of the Millionaire gutless Members of the Democrat Party didn’t stand up for you. You are the best of the best #1