For once, focus your bloodlust on Republicans --instead of the DLC/Firebaggers/ANYONE WITHOUT AN (R)

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67. Hey there fellow dem.

I've been waging my own debate Upthread, hadn't gotten around to seeing how the rest of this thread was playing out. This post of yours caught my eye though. The whole time I was reading it I couldn't but help reflect on how the corporatists slowly took over the GOP. Todays republicans are not even remotely close in ideology to what was considered moderate conservativeism of the Eisenhower era.

Their party was taken over, and ours is being taken over by the same corporate intrests. My hat is off to you because you are NOT gonna sell out on your principles. The suckers on the right...well they sold out, hopefully many of them will figure that out at some point but that's not why I wanted to speak with you.

I heard something on the radio, (progressive radio AM 1090) and now I dearly wish I could tell you WHO I heard it from but this may be a source of encouragement for you regarding The Affordable Healthcare Act. Apparently, there is a little discussed addition to the act put in there by Sen. Bernie Sanders. If memory serves, in 2016, the addition grants the states an ability to improve on the new health care law. In Vermont, Sen. Sanders has already gotten state approval to improve on the Affordable Healthcare Act changing it over to a full single payer system In 2016. Currently, Sen. Sanders is lobbying to get things moved up to 2014 for his state.

The radio discussion went on to say that Vermont will not be the only state to do this by 2016. They talked about how once the American Public got to see the success of those single payer states they would force their own states to do the same. The discussion went on about how Canada had to go through something similar, that their health care system wasn't at first accepted by all provinces but needed time to evolve.

I dearly wish I could provide a link for you bvar22, perhaps you could find out more over at Senator Sanders's website. Fwiw Thom Hartman and Sen. Sanders feel that this Affordable Healthcare Act is a step in the right direction. I would follow either of these guys off a cliff if that is where they thought it wise to lead me. That said, after reading this very post of yours that I am responding to, I am damn proud to have you on our side.
I only posted that bit that I heard on the radio, not to be yet another voice of disagreement, but to perhaps give you a small measure of hope.