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Aug 16, 2009 14:33

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090816/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_health_care_overhaul

White House appears ready to drop 'public option ( Read more... )

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dana_pants August 17 2009, 08:02:07 UTC
Sigh.

I really really wish our congressmen weren't a bunch of fucking pussies. I feel like real change will never happen in this country. Whether it's left or right wing. We are too damned enamored with the status quo in this country.

That is all.

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halloween August 17 2009, 15:22:41 UTC
Dramatic change cannot politically happen in a two-party system nation, whether it's this country or the UK, etc.

Well, it can, but it's very rare. The two parties, have to, by default, stay as close to the middle as possible. If one party goes too far one way or another, the other will take up those positions to gain more ground.

The 'Pubs went waay too far socially right and took up a crazy foreign policy, so the Dems swept it up. But at the end of the day, the Dems are still Dems. The President didn't change anything about the nature of his party.

On behalf of alll you liberals thought it'd happen? I'm sorry you didn't know. It was bound to happen that the President's party would get in the way of his ideas. It's a bitter lesson.

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unicursal August 18 2009, 08:24:38 UTC
well, fuck. there goes my chance at surgery anytime soon.

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