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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (15491)	3/26/2010 6:09:25 PM
From: RetiredNow	7 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 42652

I love the US more than anyone I know. I love it even more now that we have fine folks like Obama and Pelosi running the country. The adults are now in charge, not the frothing hysterical right wing nuts. More reasons why the GOP is now in decline in the article below: theweek.com For the far right, he's now become Public Enemy Number One (or maybe Number Two since there's no one the haters hate more hatefully than Barack Obama). The obscene, threatening calls made to his office include the wish -- captured on tape -- that he was dead. What a pro-life message that is, echoing the recent assassination of Dr. George Tiller, murdered during Sunday services at his church. The venom is typical of the racial and homophobic epithets hurled at Members of Congress by the Tea Party mob last week. It’s a fringe movement. But that didn’t stop a group of Republican Congressmen -- all white, all men -- from urging the lunacy forward from the balcony outside the House Chamber. The temperament outside was reflected inside the Capitol itself, where a Republican "colleague" shouted that Stupak was a "baby killer." His true objection was that Stupak failed to be the bill killer Republicans had counted on. The ugly truth is that the GOP is married to the mob. And its members stand hostage to it. This is the second post-reform reality: The GOP’s fellow-traveling with extremists now threatens to marginalize it. Genuine danger lurks in the right wing’s darker recesses-- physical danger along with danger to the character of the country. But most Americans are alienated by extremism; there will be a political price paid by a party recklessly cruising to midterm elections on gossamer wingnuts. Polling shows independents inching back toward the Democrats and opinion on the health bill moving into positive territory. It will move more as facts experienced in daily life refute the fear-mongering of Beck, Limbaugh, and their congressional lackeys. If the GOP actually keeps its pledge to campaign on repealing the law, it will only accelerate its marginalization. The law will become increasingly popular between now and November. Some Republicans realize this, too, which is why the hedging has already begun. We’re hearing phrases like "repeal and replace" and "repeal and reform" employed by incumbents and candidates who have no intention of telling voters they want to take away their children's insurance, roll back tax cuts for small businesses and return dictatorial powers to the insurance industry. But it’s hard to drink your tea and dilute it too; the Republican base stands guard over its bitter brew, protecting its toxic purity.