If Liz were Queen

Robert Kuttner, the co-founder and co-editor of the American prospect got it right in his post “Killing yourself with kindness” that appeared in the Huffington Post.

“Ever since Obama’s first efforts to reach out to Republicans, with his cabinet appointment of two Republicans, Gates at Defense and LaHood at Transportation, and his appeasement of Republican tax-cutting demands in the stimulus package, the Republican opposition has made it clear that no goodwill gesture, no effort to meet them halfway signals anything other than weakness. They are out to destroy his presidency, pure and simple. Nothing makes this clearer than the battle over health insurance reform.”

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Mr. President, you have nothing to lose by standing up for what you really believe in. You spoke the truth in June of 2008 when you said that Single Payer is the best solution.  It was then and it still is today.

Forget about politics and the side show Bobs and do the right thing for the American people who elected you.

Don’t let us down.

We need a real healthcare solution!  a fake solution is worse than none at all.

Believe me, if you really go for it, the American people will stand with you as we stood with Lyndon Johnson for Medicare.

We can end the corruption, but not without a real leader.

STOP LISTENING TO THE STRATEGISTS AND LISTEN TO YOUR HEART.

You know the right thing.  What would your mother tell you to do?  What was easy, or what was right?  When you think of healthcare, remember her.