I just hope the teaparty crowd realizes this. Electing Brown does NOT mean the masses are with you.

I leave it to the masses to judge the wisdom of treating a Senate race like straw poll on healthcare.

Another group is scared to death of heath reform. The Republicans successfully sold them a pack of lies and they voted against Coakley, not for Brown. I actually heard this comment yesterday: “I don’t like all of Brown’s positions, but he’s only one vote”. Those people knew what they were voting for and against – we may disagree with their analysis, but they did what they think was best.

The final group is the yahoos who had no idea what either candidate stood for. Whether they are in agreement or not, they voted from ignorance. I saw plenty of that, unfortunately.

But – we need these corrections. If the country were run by loony liberals like me, there would be a lot of very unhappy people – probably unhappy enough to become violent extremists. If the Rush Limbaughs of the world took over, people like you and I might be forced underground, bitterly clenching our jaws lest we speak improperly and suffer the consequences. The constant tugging from both sides is what keeps the political pendulum somewhat near a place most of us can accept – we may not be happy with everything, but we aren’t driven to violence. So, overall this is a good thing even if I choke a bit saying that.

“In Scott Brown we have an irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, teabagging supporter of violence against woman and against politicians with whom he disagrees.”

I guess Rush is a bad guy?

Thank goodness the tea bag movement is national.

That said, the healthcare thing has been a disaster and should just be scrapped in favor of something far simple or smaller..

My greatest fear is that this will further energize the teaparty morons.

We need to get our act together. If we fail, it’s going to be a lot of conservative crap falling on our heads.

The problem here was health reform. The dumbass dems made it too far-reaching, too complicated, too confusing. My advice: start over and do it one simple step at at a time. For example, we might introduce a bill that prohibits discrimination on pre-existing conditions and LEAVE IT AT THAT. Don’t add anything else (especially pork!) and let the GOP explain why THAT is a bad idea. After that, move on to the next simple step. It doesn’t matter if it takes years – waiting years is better than never getting anything.

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and Kennedy would have been wrong too.
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The issue however is not what Kennedy supported, it’s Brown denying or trying to play down what he did. Brown is implying that Coakely’s ads are harsh and untrue. Harsh yes, but not untrue. He did support an amendment that would have allowed medical providers to refuse treatment to rape victims based on religious beliefs.
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Coakley’s ads are harsh, and true. That’s the point.

Nothing in this section shall impose any requirements upon any employee, physician or nurse of any facility to the extent that administering the contraception conflicts with a sincerely held religious belief.” – From Mass.gov.

Like I said – ultra-conservative.

As harsh as Coakley’s ads were/are – they are also accurate. Brown has a laissez-faire position on business – that’s french for “do nothing”. He did sponsor the Brown amendment that would “Provide Religious Exemption to Bill Allowing Doctors to Distribute Emergency Contraceptives to Rape Victims”.

Voting for Brown might feel good to scratch whatever itch you have, but when you take a closer look – I think he is a terrible candidate and the wrong man at the wrong time.