After 8 years of being here at DU I have come to this very strong conclusion [View All]

[LynneSin]

There are just some folks who won't be happy no matter what the democrats say.

Democrats could promise every american a new car and there would still be DUers to find something to bitch about it like the paint color is wrong or the engine isn't powerful enough.

No matter how full the glass is they will still see it mostly empty.

I never voted for Obama because I thought he was capable of fixing everything. I voted for him because I thought he had the best chance to take this country in the direction I would like to see it go. And I never NEVER thought that Obama would solve these problems in less than a year. Healthcare took decades to get royally f*cked-up and it won't fix itself in 6 months. But Obama has taken us further with healthcare than any other president ever.

I'm sure some of you will reply back and whine until you're blue in the face about how I'm a bad democrat or I don't love my country or I'm a sellout. Opinions are like assholes - everyone has one (myself included).

But I keep reminding myself that we DUers are not the Majority of the democratic party, we're not even a small minority. We're Political Armchair Quarterbacks who think we can do it better than any democrat elected to office.

I think Obama had a great speech and it was very to the point. I feel that he can get the public option passed but he spelled out exactly what the public option was and insured us that it was not 'government taking over your healthcare'. My 2 biggest concerns are always the pre-existing conditions and high costs of coverage - to be honest they rank way higher than the public option (although PO is still very important).

It was a good speech and I'm proud that I campaigned for Obama!