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275. I was not faulting you or your post in any way. I'd been wondering as I was reading down the thread

Tue Jan 20, 2015, 09:57 PM

Jan 2015

Your post just happened to be the one that prompted me to ask the question. Probably should have asked someone else.

Going to the issue you were trying to address: "why some would settle for ACA instead of single payer or a public option."

Did we have a choice not to "settle?"

First, we elected the guy who said "strong public option and no individual mandate" over the woman who said "indvidual mandate."

There were demonstrations. There were marches. IIRC, one group of doctors mI arched across country, but I could be misremembering that.

There were articles galore on the net and in tangible media.. Broadcasts. Ed Shultz was doing shows about how great the need was and shows broadcasting from free clinics. Bill Moyers did quite a few of his shows. One of them was about a female doctor who asked someone inside the gate if they could pass a note to Obama. The Secret Service detained here for questioning, but no one passed the note.

Didn't a retired insurance executive get in the mix as well, blowing the whistle on his own industry?

Someone in the House even tried to pass a drug reimportation bill and, reportedly, the white House shut it down.

I sent more emails and made more phone calls to my Rep, both my Senators and the WH than I ever have before or since. At least twice a week. And my Rep and Senators were quite liberal and, in theory, should not have required any imploring. One of whom was Kennedy, who called health care "the cause of my life." (and it was). And in the White House was the man who ran on exactly what I was asking him to do (if single payer was impossible). I had donated as much as I humanly could to his campaign. In theory, I did not need to keep after any of them. I did it anyway, to make sure.

That's off the top of my head. If I did some googling, I'd probably find a lot more.

Was there something more that could have been done within the law and we citizens missed it?

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? Action_Patrol Jan 2015 #59

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''Shouldn't Democrats be disgusted with these FACTS?'' DeSwiss Jan 2015 #277

Sadly, in America, the rule is... nikto Jan 2015 #286

Have you ever once addressed the 27 day figure? joshcryer Jan 2015 #288

I never mentioned the length of the super majority, which, by the way, was more than 27 days ... Scuba Jan 2015 #297

I have always advocated Obama dropping a massive legislation plan. joshcryer Jan 2015 #298

Any comment on Democratic Party ineffectiveness while holding a simple majority? December 2014? Scuba Jan 2015 #301

Sure. joshcryer Jan 2015 #304

Interesting. To me this is less about Obama than the Democratic Party in Washington as a whole. Scuba Jan 2015 #308

Reid freaking created the virtual filibuster. joshcryer Jan 2015 #313

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"All we got was a heritage foundation health insurance give away" geek tragedy Jan 2015 #290

Health Insurance is not equal to Health Care harun Jan 2015 #307

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Blue Dogs almost always vote with the GOP. AtomicKitten Jan 2015 #324

facts under obama meant we needed a filibuster proof majority + franken was not sworn in for months. pansypoo53219 Jan 2015 #293

Any comment on Democratic Party ineffectiveness while holding a simple majority? December 2014? Scuba Jan 2015 #302

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Perhaps you can enlighten me. What did I get wrong? Scuba Jan 2015 #303

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My thoughts exactly. onlyadream Jan 2015 #312

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K&R. Oligarchy Theater. woo me with science Jan 2015 #315

I see quite a few "but LIEBERMAN!1!!" posts here. pa28 Jan 2015 #331