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In reply to the discussion: Thank you, Dennis, for everything. [View all]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)And Kaptur didn't do any compromising either, as far as that goes. She never took half a loaf, or less than half.
Half-bills aren't an accomplishment.
If the 1964 Civil Rights Act had been handled like HCR was, Jim Crow would have stayed in full effect until 1968, and then been only half-removed.
No progressive that DID compromise after 1994 succeeded in helping her or his district, either.
You basically wanted Dennis to settle for being a DLC'er...which is what you become when you settle for compromise bills.
And since Dennis did come around and back what was left of Obama's healthcare bill in the end...what have you got to hold a grudge against him on?
Are you pissed off that he didn't settle for the stuff Bill Clinton thought was progressive? None of which was worth passing anyway after Clinton's version of HCR died? All Slick did was create a few national parks and one tax break for the poor. That was it. None of which makes up for signing Rush Limbaugh's wet dream of a "welfare reform" bill.