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Safetykitten

(5,162 posts)
8. Actually, we all did.
Mon Mar 4, 2013, 11:04 AM
Mar 2013

Yes, I know the republicans did much of it, but we stood by in glassy-eyed wonder as we gave our lives to a new drony//insurance company healthcare/we do not have to explain America. We are now just as guilty as we accept and say it's better if a Democrat does it; you know, the things we would be screaming like banshees over if Bush did it.

Really, what is OUR excuse? We stood by as millions of people are out of work, and the banks are doing fabulously, thank you. We are sold in whole to HC company insurance companies for future horrors and a "who would of thought that would happen" situation that will rear its ugly head to come. What will we say when SS and MC is put on table? How do we explain our side when a dreary future of never ending debt and diminished opportunities is realized?

We are just as guilty and even more. When the cycle of business presented an opportunity to change, to have a brushfire to clear the dead wood, we just propped it up and burned the good fields. Now we have a situation where business can never fail, are stronger than ever in getting what they want, and people are the victims.

So no, we do not get a pass.

The bill made sense ...... the republicans can't have that Angry Dragon Mar 2013 #1
One quibble... naaman fletcher Mar 2013 #2
So true. This is what it is like to live SheilaT Mar 2013 #14
Two more years mtasselin Mar 2013 #40
Agreed - for at least 40 years. n/t ProfessionalLeftist Mar 2013 #15
four Dems voted nay too including Reid HomerRamone Mar 2013 #3
Reid's vote was procedure related Mnpaul Mar 2013 #6
Thanks. Didn't know that. loudsue Mar 2013 #26
Reid voted AGAINST it?? loudsue Mar 2013 #7
See reply from MnPaul. Strictly procedural for a bill that is not going to pass (due LoisB Mar 2013 #10
Right out of the Nihilist playbook (NT) The Wizard Mar 2013 #4
When you're incapable of empathy, people don't matter NeeDeep Mar 2013 #5
Actually, we all did. Safetykitten Mar 2013 #8
No one gets a 'pass' but the OP is right. Zax2me Mar 2013 #12
Message auto-removed Jumpin Jack Fletch Mar 2013 #9
Damn skippy. progressoid Mar 2013 #11
Screen Star: Ronald - I hate labor - Reagan Plucketeer Mar 2013 #19
So-called Capitalists, or as FDR called them, economic royalists. K&R. Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #13
+10000 n/t ProfessionalLeftist Mar 2013 #17
It's a long-term project moondust Mar 2013 #16
actually have another date in mind PatrynXX Mar 2013 #18
x2 AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #21
Absolutely right Patryn fasttense Mar 2013 #36
The republicans were on the run and on the defensive badly nolabels Mar 2013 #37
Agree 1000% Tigress DEM Mar 2013 #38
Gay-Marrying Muslim Gun-Grabbers? Jeff In Milwaukee Mar 2013 #20
Gee, I thought they agreed not to use the filibuster. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #22
Exactly. You think this is bad? Vote rethug and see what you get. It'll be a hundred times worse. judesedit Mar 2013 #23
We subsidize and they jack up our gas/oil prices - makes sense? socialindependocrat Mar 2013 #24
This Is Proof That The Republicans Don't Care About The American People supercats Mar 2013 #25
The party of sociopaths through and through. They no longer represent the people. Initech Mar 2013 #27
Good cop, bad cop routine. blkmusclmachine Mar 2013 #28
yep Phlem Mar 2013 #32
Don't worry, Wal-Mart execs are being sent to the rescue, LOL just1voice Mar 2013 #29
K&R ReRe Mar 2013 #30
not surprising. unionthug777 Mar 2013 #31
Every single one of those fuckwads. lonestarnot Mar 2013 #33
Terrible excuse for a political party... Jamaal510 Mar 2013 #34
I don't see America in decline. John2 Mar 2013 #35
Interesting. But being at War with ourselves is a form of decline. Tigress DEM Mar 2013 #39
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