Pelosi and other Democrats are bragging about how very conservative the newly-passed health insurance mandate really is. When the "best" that can be said about Obamacare is how conservative it is, Democratic Party hacks might want to rethink their support for it.
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Quoting Glenn Greenwald
"corporate control of the Government is one of the most serious problems, if not the single most serious problem, the nation faces.... To pretend that these interests were vanquished or 'neutralized' here ... is not just deeply misleading but, worse, helps conceal what remains the greatest threat to the democratic process: a threat that is not only stronger than ever, but has been made stronger as a result of the last several months."
A bill written by industry lobbyists, effectively celebrated by Democrats as being just as conservative as anything the Republicans would have come up with (if anything), and which still leaves millions uninsured is better than passing nothing? You who demanded that the left shut up and support this bill no matter how bad it got owe us three things: an explanation, an apology, and your complete and permanent retirement from political activism. You are less than worthless when it comes to fighting for progressive goals.
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