A short open letter to Hillary and her supporters.

[liberaldemocrat7]

Dear Hillary

I'm one of those people invisible to YOU. Where could I find you this year when the Democrats took over congress and who could have introduced a bill to repeal the junk Medicare part D which does not help most middle class people and place the prescription drug benefit in Medicare part B which implies that the prescription drug benefit would not have any extra premiums or deductibles or coverage gaps and medication would get covered at 80 percent. In that bill I wanted you to introduce would have a repeal of the means test in Medicare Part B which will turn Medicare into Welfare care and not help the middle class. Where was the bill that would repeal the FICA tax cap at 90,000 dollars or so and tax all of a persons income for social security purposes and to exempt the first $10,000 dollars of income to help lower income people.

For other people not just me, where could they find you when people need a real minimum wage of $10 an hour and not $7.25 that will take 2 years to take effect while businesses get even more huge tax breaks in return for the paltry increase in the minimum wage?

Yes, Mr. Bush appears blind to people like me and many others especially children, but you should "know" better and do better than the third coming of Herbert Hoover.

So if you redeem yourself Senator Clinton, whose office I have called over the last number of years to see about lowering HMO costs until I bailed because the prices got too high and also asked about repeal and replacement of Medicare Part D, by introducing these 2 bills I might even support you in the New York primary.

Until then, I can't see you Mrs. Clinton. Bill, overall did a decent job as President but he did throw people on welfare under the bus because there appears a segment of society who appear stupid and mean, but Bill believed he had to pander to them to get his second term.

I don't want you to pander to this stupid and mean segment of society. This segmnent of society went to Nazi rallies in Germany in the 1930's and did nothing while Jews, lost their homes and businesses and jobs and eventually got incinerated. You Shouldn't pander to this segment in this country today.


You remain invisible to me Mrs. Clinton.


And now to direct this to everyone and not just Hillary's supporters when will you people wake up and realize that if you want to get past the flibuster and veto for the next 17 months you're going to have to threaten, yes I said threaten the contributors to the GOP with consumer boycotts.

That means calling some of the biggest contributors and making the legislative demands that the Republicans refuse to enact into law. I don't just vent for venting. I vent for action.

You can go to my website http://www.dmocrats.org and send that letter to [e-mail] and if thousands of people send it we can figuratively knock the Republicans over the left field wall for a grand slam home run.

[ChiciB1]

1. Clap, Clap, Clap... Kudos To You! You Did Good! n/t

[corkhead]

2. amen. Here they come. have your flame suit ready.

:popcorn:

[William769]

3. WOW!

I didn't realize Hillary had more than one vote.

When did Hillary have veto power in Congress? I must have missed that.

[SaveElmer]

4. Yeah you see she gets 12 votes...

Giving Demorats that veto proof majority...

Most people don't realize that!!!!

[corkhead]

6. You seem to be everywhere bashing everybody who doesn't worship her holiness

I honestly would like to know what her policy views are that make her better than the other 6 or so Democratic candidates? I believe we need to re-embrace Democratic values to save this country, we don't need more attempted Repuke-lite triangulation toward the middle-right.

[William769]

7. Where have I done any bashing? Thats against DU rules.

Have I done that here? I asked a question. Would you care to answer the question? It's a simple one.

[snowbear]

18. Maybe not on this thread Billy..

but yes.. just like many of us when you've been ticked, you've bashed before.

In my case though, you were a sweet DU'er and you actually apologized ~~ :hug:

(I still have your old message!)

[rinsd]

9. Bashing? From someone who OP got locked for calling Hillary supporters paid, that is rich.

Here is Hillary campaign website

http://www.hillaryclinton.com/

Here is her Senate website

http://clinton.senate.gov/

There is plenty there on her policy views and positions.

If you feel she is the best, then by all means vote for her in the primary. If not feel free to vote for someone else.

Just don't think you can attack my candidate with bullshit and get away with it.

[corkhead]

11. self delete

[rinsd]

5. How is Clinton pandering to the Republicans?

[liberaldemocrat7]

8. By staying silent on Medicare Part D and a decent minimum wage.

She should have put up a fight instead she did nothing.

I will not support her in the NY primary until she goes to the senate floor and introduces those 2 bills.

It does not appear too late. She has until January 2008.

[rinsd]

10. I disagree but you are certainly entitled to your opinion.

Good luck with your boycott.

:toast:

[Maribelle]

12. Hillary was not silent on Medicare Part D and she did fight for a decent minimum wage

Medicare Part D: (S.3) which would, "amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for fair prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries

Intorduced on January 4, 2007 by Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. LEAHY, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. CLINTON, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. KOHL, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. WEBB, and Mrs. BOXER)

On April 18, 2007, in a vote of 55-42, a motion to invoke cloture and bring the bill to an immediate vote was rejected. Six Republicans, Sens. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), Gordon Smith (R-Ore.), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Arlen Specter R-Pa.), crossed party lines voting in favor of the motion.

Voted YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Apr 2007)
Voted NO on limiting medical liability lawsuits to $250,000. (May 2006)
Voted YES on expanding enrollment period for Medicare Part D. (Feb 2006)
Voted YES on increasing Medicaid rebate for producing generics. (Nov 2005)
Voted YES on negotiating bulk purchases for Medicare prescription drug. (Mar 2005)
Voted NO on $40 billion per year for limited Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Jun 2003)
Voted YES on allowing reimportation of Rx drugs from Canada. (Jul 2002)
Voted YES on allowing patients to sue HMOs & collect punitive damages. (Jun 2001)
Voted NO on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Apr 2001)

[beyurslf]

13. Now please let's not interject FACTS into this debate. That would be silly :)

[liberaldemocrat7]

17. milquetoast. I want part D repealed and replaced with the benefit in part B

covered like a doctors visit with no coverage gap.

[Maribelle]

19. But you said she was silent. My proving you lied is not hardly "milquetoast"

You want prescription drugs juggled around - - but I want cancer cured.

You're crying about minimum wage not being enough - - but I want something done about the $14,000+ we pay a year for health insurance, not counting our out of pocket expenses.

You're parsing words and receiving allocades. My husband has suffered as much as any living being can endure, and you're just not interested in his issues.

Sorry, but your issues mean nothing to those of us who truly suffer.

[Perry Logan]

23. I assume the anti-Hillarites will just ignore this information, so they can go on bashing.

[MethuenProgressive]

14. Silent? Jeez, try Google before you make stuff up, will ya? Here:

http://www.clinton.senate.gov/features/medicarepartdguide.pdf

[liberaldemocrat7]

21. When Hillary goes on the senate floor announcing a bill to repeal and replace medicare part D

and to enact single payer Universal Health care for everyone else, then I will vote for her in the NY primary. She has until January 2008 to do so. She has plenty of time to do it.

[illinoisprogressive]

15. thank you. I already boycott Walmart so, I'm game to boycotting more.

[wyldwolf]

16. So, do people like this post because of it's style? Because it's short on facts.

Mostly fiction.

[durrrty libby]

20. Some people like this because it is Hillary bashing, plain and simple.

The fact that it got a bunch of recs and made the Greatest Page,

proves this site has an abundance of foolish haters.

[AtomicKitten]

22. good info on your website

The Liberal Democratic Party of the United States

The following companies give money to the Republican Party:

Dell Computers, Walmart, Wendy's, Outback Steak House, Dominos
Pizza, Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Eckerd, CVS and Walgreens,
Curves for women health clubs, General Electric, Exxon/Mobil,
Aetna Insurance Co. and Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance Co.

[Josh]

24. Ridiculous to use a Nazi Germany comparison in any way

nt.

[zulchzulu]

25. Agreed

The rest of the rant made some good points, but whenever you pull the "Nazi" bullplop, it just makes the whole point deflate.

My