Reply #243: Please don't lump all Canadian DUers together

[LiberalLovinLug]

I have been one of Obama's harshest critics. I went from being thrilled (and jealous) in November of '08 when I saw what I thought was progressive Hope and Change coming to the USA. I was crying with joy listening to his acceptance speech. I was so happy for all of you, my liberal brothers and sisters down south of the 49th.

But like many of you, that initial thrill has slowly eroded after each right-of-center appointment, position taken, and promise abandoned. I was particularly appalled at his utter lack of fight for at least a Public Option for medical insurance, EVEN THOUGH 70% OF THOSE POLLED WERE IN SUPPORT OF IT! I was disgusted, but not surprised, to not find ANY real journalism or investigation on our medical system, (or Frances, Australian, British, whatever...) during the debate before the new insurance bill was passed. I expected that lack of effort from FAUX News, but even CNN only had GOP blowhards explaining the "failure" of our system to the American viewer.

Also, I tune in to American politics because what happens down there greatly effects us up here. We have 1/10th the people and economy. We are tied through Free Trade agreements. And many Americans might rightly assume that the US is Canada's largest trading partner, buy may be surprised to learn that the reverse is also true. Our nations are in bed together, we've been giving the business to each other in more ways than one for a century.

And I'd like to find these mythological "limousine liberals" sipping martinis. Beats me how you could get to a position of having a personal limousine driver, sipping a drink in the back seat, by being a left wing activist and advocate.

To use a great Canadian artist's words and song, Leonard Cohen, I went from this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU-RuR-qO4Y

It's coming through a hole in the air,
from those nights in Tiananmen Square.
It's coming from the feel
that this ain't exactly real,
or it's real, but it ain't exactly there.
From the wars against disorder,
from the sirens night and day,
from the fires of the homeless,
from the ashes of the gay:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.


To this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F8QM3tjkTE&feature=related

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
Thats how it goes
Everybody knows