Anonymous White House official "The 'left of the left...are forgetting why we're in this'"

[brentspeak]

Who is the corporate lickspittle/DLC piece-of-dirt behind this statement? Why are these people in a Democratic White House, and why are they in any position to affect our lives?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/18/AR2009081803655.html

"I don't understand why the left of the left has decided that this is their Waterloo," said a senior White House adviser, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "We've gotten to this point where health care on the left is determined by the breadth of the public option. I don't understand how that has become the measure of whether what we achieve is health-care reform."

"It's a mystifying thing," he added. "We're forgetting why we are in this."

[tularetom]

1. If I had one guess

I'd say it was Mr DLC here.

[peacebird]

9. that reptilian slug looks like a caricature perfect slimy politico...

It nauseated me when Obama choose him. I know Rahm is a pit bull, and at the time I hoped that Obama knew what he was doing and I hoped he could control him...
now I fear that Rahm is not only a corporation loving DLC whore BUT a corporation loving DLC whore who is doing exactly what Obama wants - which means Obama is even more DLC than I thought.

[ShortnFiery]

15. I'm disgusted by that statement. If no public option, no more loyalty

for Obama and his seemingly beloved blue dogs in Congress.

[yourout]

2. Anonymous American Citizen "You forget why you were elected and that you will need our support again

[jannyk]

3. Well, Fuck You Anonymous!!!

Unless we get Health Care for ALL Americans, regardless of their ability to pay - there is NO reform!!!

[depakid]

WaPo and their anonymous sources have SO much credibility

:boring:

[burning rain]

19. Over drinks, Dana Milbank told Chris Cillizza that...

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[lapfog_1]

4. IT says a lot that he or she choose to remain anonymous. - n/t

[Dr Fate]

5. Rush Limbaugh, Lou Dobbs, etc. are always attacking "the far left" as well.

n/t

[tnlefty]

7. And DUers attack those they perceive to be 'the far left"

as well. :shrug:

[Dr Fate]

10. Ironic that Rush hates them too- no matter how much they suck up to the far right. n/t

n/t

[xchrom]

6. Mr or Ms Anonymous can kiss my ass long and deeply -- keep them busy

so they don't keep saying stuip horse shit about The Left.

[Hieronymus]

8. A statement like that wouldn't be made without the president's

knowledge. What's wrong with Obama, that he won't fight?
I predict he's a one term president if he doesn't get healthcare done.

[cleveramerican]

11. Triangulation 101

slap the left so you don't have to move right.

[Dr Fate]

12. More like: Move right or maintain the status quo, then attempt to blame the "far left."

BOOGA BOOGA! The "far left" boggie man is gonna GETCHA!!!

[rug]

13. "the breadth of the public option". What a cold-blooded view of human suffering.

[debbierlus]

14. The left of the left are the MAJORITY of Americans when it comes to wanting government guranteed

Access to affordable health insurance and wanting a public or single payer option.

We are all left now!

[scarletwoman]

16. Anonymous White House official can kiss my lefty ass. (nt)

[Blasphemer]

17. It's not just "the left of the left" people

The majority of the country know that the health insurance industry is nothing but an institutionalized crime syndicate. People are either dying or drowning in debt simply because they are trying to stay ALIVE and the are "mystified" that people don't want to be stuck with mandated for-profit insurance? The same insurance cartel that is making millions off of the sick and suffering? Get real. These people need to get the hell out of their ivory towers.

[donco6]

18. Why? Because it's a civil rights issue.

Health care is a human right. It's worth a Waterloo. If he's "mystified", he needs to search his own soul. Too bad he'll just find the underlying asshole.