Buurdland wrote:Grave_n_idle wrote:60% of Americans favour a public option. That's present tense, I'm not talking about ancient history. That's why I also mentioned 'amendment' in the context, after I mentioned the bill's creation. If the process were democratic, Republicans wouldn't be acting obstructive over what they are calling Obamacare, along party lines - they would be pushing for the public option that almost a supermajority want.
I feel like I've basically said that all before. How odd.
Regarding the Wisconsin situation, and how it compares to the healthcare option - politicians playing politics. Not sure what your complaint is. Unless you complained when Republicans were stringing Democrats along with filibuster games, you should have no real complaints about Democrats using whatever tricks are currently at
their disposal.
Me - I wanted up-or-down votes both times... but I can see why politicians would play with whatever tools are at their disposal to get or block certain results.
My complaint is that Liberals are trying to act like what the Republicans was so horrible when they do the same. As you said politicians play politics, scapegoating one side to gain publicity only makes your side a bunch of hypocritic masks.
America needs healthcare reform. The massive majority supports some form of healthcare reform. The democratic thing, then - is to reform healthcare,
Republicans blocked healthcare reform rather than participate. They had the chance to give input, they demanded concessions (like the loss of the public option), and got their way... and STILL acted undemocratically, by voting along party lines to oppose.
I don't have a problem with them using 'tricks'. I have problems with them placing partisanship before need, and opposing the democratic will of the people.
In the case of Wisconsin, Walker is acting autocratically and unilaterally - not democratically. There is no consensus, nor has it been shown to be the will of the people. Opposing autocratic draconian powerplay with the same sort of tricks is not hypocritical. Because the situations are not the same.
You might as well argue that a girl who screams when she's being raped, but doesn't scream when she consents, is being hypocritical.