Dean: I'm going to fight for a public option until we get one (and the bat is back)

[cali]

by Gov Howard Dean MD
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Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 11:27:13 AM PST

I'm going to fight for a public option until we get one. It really is that simple.

The American people want the choice of a public option. I'm going to stand up for what the majority of the American people want again and again and again and I'm going to keep doing it until we win.

Now is not the time to give up and accept less. With 40 Senators on the record in support of passing a public option by majority vote, we've proven that the majority of Senate Democrats are ready to get the job done. All it takes now is leadership. It only takes one senator to offer an amendment from the Senate floor to bring the inclusion of a public option to a vote this year.

So today, we're bringing back the bat.

Democrats in Washington think that if they pass healthcare reform by the end of March, they'll be done no matter what's in the bill. But they're wrong. If the bill doesn't include a public option, we're not going away and we will not forget.

Send Washington a message that they understand.

We will prevail in this fight this year.

And if Democrats in Washington don't deliver, we will not stop because of their failure of leadership. We will not stop because Democrats in Washington say it's done. We will not wait 20 years -- 10 years -- we will not wait a single year -- because we will not stop until every American has the option to voluntarily buy into a program like Medicare.

Send Democrats in Washington a message: Get on board or get out of the way.

HIT THE BAT

We will not stop until we win and it's up to us to make sure Democrats in Washington get the message.

Thank you for everything you do.

-Howard

Governor Howard Dean, M.D.
Founder, Democracy for America

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/10/844836/-Im-going-to-fight-for-a-public-option-until-we-get-one

[Kingofalldems]

1. K and R for Dr. Dean

[Sebastian Doyle]

2. YEEAARRGGHH!

The BAT is Back!! :kick:

[mdmc]

3. YeaaahaaaaaaaHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh!

[HughMoran]

4. Glad you posted this - I saw it on my BB, but forgot to post it

K&R

[democrank]

5. Kicking for the good doctor

If anyone here at DU is tired of the DLC corporate wing and wants to see how a leader from the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party acts, watch Howard Dean. He says what he means and means what he says.

[louis-t]

6. "the bat is back"

Oh, I thought you meant Mean Jean.

[Oregone]

7. He will have to get past Dr Evil Kucinich first!

You will not get a public option unless you give him one mill-yeon dollars

[GreenTea]

8. So far 41 Dem senators signed for Public Option - All 41 republicans oppose - Need just 9 more Dems!

VP Joe Biden would be the deciding 51st vote for the public option if necessary.

However, if the Democrats get 10 more signatures, they could pass the Public Option without the help of VP Biden (and without the need for any of the 41 corporate whore obstructionist republican assholes)!

[ProSense]

9. Dean knows that

the fight doesn't end when the bill is passed:

Now is not the time to give up and accept less. With 40 Senators on the record in support of passing a public option by majority vote, we've proven that the majority of Senate Democrats are ready to get the job done. All it takes now is leadership. It only takes one senator to offer an amendment from the Senate floor to bring the inclusion of a public option to a vote this year.

So today, we're bringing back the bat.

Democrats in Washington think that if they pass healthcare reform by the end of March, they'll be done no matter what's in the bill. But they're wrong. If the bill doesn't include a public option, we're not going away and we will not forget.

[WonderGrunion]

10. I have a signed bat from Howard Dean.

He signed a bat I painted the blue of the Dean campaign and adorned with Dean for America stickers. It was at a public campaign stop in Bangor. He was over an hour late that night to a paid fundraiser later in the evening. He stayed to make sure that everyone that came to see him had been thanked and he signed all the autographs everyone wanted signed.

That's how I knew that Howie was the real deal. He put the average voters wants and needs ahead of the money men.

[LaPera]

11. Didn't Dean also use a blue bat when he played hockey in the NHL for the Minnesota Vikings?