I am so mad that Republicans have blocked true reform and yet,

[rurallib]

thanks to incredibly inept leadership by the Democrats, Republicans look like the good guys WTF????
Republican numbers are going up. Why?? Why would anyone vote for a Republican for christsakes?
Because they have not been made to pay for their obstruction!!!
Harry Reid and Barack Obama (&Rahm Emmanuel) have been so busy trying to kiss the Republicans collective asses that they haven't had time to call them out and make them stand in the daylight and expose themselves as the obstructionists that they are. They have moved as one unit on everything. All they needed was one Democrat to royally fuck things up. And as we all know there will always be at least one Democrat that is more than willing to fuck things up.
So the Republicans have been able to throw all the blame on the Democrats for this failure. And of course the RW media has played this to the hilt.
They should have made them filibuster, made them stand in front of the country and look 'em in the eye and say "We don't care about you!" Then at least the American people would have had a clear look at the real enemy.

So what should have been played as a failure caused by the obstructionist republicans has become a failure of leadership because of a couple idiot democrats.
What Reid, Obama and Emanuel(he should get a huge chunk of blame) should have done is crafted a bill and stuck by it. Then called out the Grassleys, Demints etc of the world.
Instead, they let this wander, let the MINORITY call the shots and have now damn near split the party down the middle. Evidence of that is right here on DU.

Corporatist sons of bitches. Only worried about those corporate "campaign contributions."

Rant off. I am so fucking mad right now I could spit.
ETA - and 45,000 more will lose their lives and the Republicans get no blame.

[Ozymanithrax]

1. Because "Good" is a relative term and Republicans and Democrats have different definitions.

For a Republican or Conservative, having the individual freedom to watch your children die from disease because they have the privilege to live in a Capitalist society and are just too lazy to earn enough afford health insurance is good.

I don't claim to understand it. That is just an observation.

[DrDan]

2. you will not get away with calling the R's "obstructionists" with the middle-of-the-road voter

they fully support the administration on the escalation in Afghanistan. They will play that to the hilt. "Bipartisan" - and they can prove it.

[rurallib]

3. you're right. I forgot. Trillions for war but not one pennyt for health.

[blues90]

4. True re-form would have been single payer

And regulate the big Pharma and ins corps and hospital charges and find the fraud in medicare. ie , take the profit out.

[Ganja Ninja]

6. Right.

Republican's didn't block true reform. The Democrats caved in before they even sat down to the table.

[iceman66]

5. Sad but true.