They don't give a rat's ass what policies we want
Dionysus
HEAD: Pelosi's liberal base is unraveling
Check out this post from DU yesterday:
I am so angry now I could spit. My hands are shaking as I write this....
I called Speaker Pelosi's office in California about 15 minutes ago. I
politely started to state my concerns about the removal of single payer
debate on the House floor (the Weiner amendment) & the removal of the
Kucinich amendment (allowing states to implement single payer). With just
one word: hold, I was put through by the office staff to the answering
machine. I left a message on the machine and then called the Washington
office.
I got right through and the second I told them what the call was about, I
was directed to an answering machine. I wasn't even told to hold.
So, I called right back and I said, I am calling to ask a question. Has
Nancy Pelosi directed her staff to not speak directly with those who call
about the Weiner Amendment or the Kucinich Amendment?
He told me the office has been INUNDATED with calls about these amendments
for the past two weeks and do to the volume of these calls, they just put
them through to voicemail.
So, I said that people who were calling to express their very concerns about
these issues were being relegated to an answering machine?
Pelosi's official staff policy is for her staff not to speak with those who
call about Single Payer. I wonder if they even listen to the messages or
they just go to automatic delete!
Anyway, at this point, I told him that Pelosi is ignoring these callers and
the issue of Single Payer and real health care reform at her own peril. I
told him the democratic/liberal base that the party has taken for granted
for so long is on the verge of breaking and that the health care reform will
be the final straw. I told him that the democratic leadership so poorly
represents the views & beliefs of their liberal base (the majority of
people) that they are giving us no reason to support the democrats. I told
him that the smartest, most creative part of the democratic party (the
progressive base) is seriously on the verge of third party and if this is
the way we are treated when we call about a life or death issue, they have
made the decision for us. I then told him that I will be making a video and
letting the blogosphere know that the Speaker is LITERALLLy ignoring mass
numbers of calls about these two amendments.
I will not let this type of disdain to the people go unanswered.
This is where we are at people. They don't give a rat's ass what policies we
want - they don't even want to hear our voices. Even though the MAJORITY of
Americans want a REAL public option (one where the actaul public can
enroll), we will not get it; just a ironic joke piece of legislation that
creates a phony public option that is more expensive then private insurance
and only 2% would be eligible for anyway. They get FLOODED...INUNDATED with
calls for the Weiner amendment and the Kucinich amendment...
They won't take your call. Even when the lines aren't busy and their staff
is free to taalk. I got through to both offices on the very first ring, all
three times I called.
So, KNOW that the people are speaking. Know that the calls are being made
and that the lines are ringing off the hook for real health care reform.
They just won't pick up the phone.
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"Hello, is there anybody there? "Hello, hello"! Funny stuff, eh!
"I wouldn't dignify you by peeing on your leg, it wouldn't be worth wasting
the urine," --Rep. Fortney "Pete" Stark (D-CA)
�If I am corrupt, it is because I take care of my district.� --John Murtha,
Democrat Member of the US House of Representatives.
� I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how;
but what is extraordinarily important is this � who will count the votes,
and how.� -- Joseph Stalin
�Democrats are the only reason to vote for Republicans�--Will Rogers
Dionysus
myobic
"Dionysus" <no.sur...@never.net> wrote in message
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> �If I am corrupt, it is because I take care of my district.� --John
> Murtha, Democrat Member of the US House of Representatives.
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> � I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how;
> but what is extraordinarily important is this � who will count the votes,
> and how.� -- Joseph Stalin
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> �Democrats are the only reason to vote for Republicans�--Will Rogers
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Dionysus
"myobic" <mi...@yourownbiz.com> wrote in message
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> Could Pelosi learn a lesson from Marie Antionette?
If the bitch would offer them cake, I'd kick in a buck toward a Twinkies run
for her.
Dionysus
>> �If I am corrupt, it is because I take care of my district.� --John
>> Murtha, Democrat Member of the US House of Representatives.
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>> � I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or
>> how; but what is extraordinarily important is this � who will count the
>> votes, and how.� -- Joseph Stalin
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>> �Democrats are the only reason to vote for Republicans�--Will Rogers
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Michael Coburn
This Subject Line is somewhat correct considering who started the
thread. It was started by Dionysus who represents the rightarded screech
monkeys. So the claim that the House of Representatives that represents
the majority of America does not "give a rat's ass" what "we" want is
correct. What the Dionysus screech monkeys want (the "we) is irrelevant
when compared to the majority. And neither the majority nor the screech
monkeys actually know what is in the bill. You could leave the bill on
line for a year and the majority of the people _STILL_ would not know
what is in the bill. The rightrarded have even less of a clue and do not
even care what is in the bill. For them it is "beat Obama and the
Democrats". All other priorities are rescinded.
>>> “If I am corrupt, it is because I take care of my district.” --John
>>> Murtha, Democrat Member of the US House of Representatives.
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>>> “ I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or
>>> how; but what is extraordinarily important is this — who will count
>>> the votes, and how.” -- Joseph Stalin
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>>> “Democrats are the only reason to vote for Republicans”--Will Rogers
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"Those are my opinions and you can't have em" -- Bart Simpson
Dionysus
"Michael Coburn" <mik...@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:15:53 -0500, Dionysus wrote:
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> This Subject Line is somewhat correct considering who started the
> thread. It was started by Dionysus who represents the rightarded screech
> monkeys. So the claim that the House of Representatives that represents
> the majority of America does not "give a rat's ass" what "we" want is
> correct. What the Dionysus screech monkeys want (the "we) is irrelevant
> when compared to the majority.
You are such a hemorrhoidal ass, Smelly Curmudgeon. Both the subject line
and the text are verbatim text from some pencil-neck punk on Democratic
Underground crying in his Maypo because Pig-Losi and the Dim Bulb From
Search Lightsearch aren't immediately taking the USA to a full blown
communist dictatorship, fool.
It's no wonder you are shunned by the truly inteligent here.
Dionysus