A Christmas Message to Obama from Obama Voters

[keopeli]

The final markup of the Senate bill for Healthcare Reform descended the week before Christmas. If you don't want people to pay attention, it's a great day to do it. Only one milestone of change remains: Conference Committee. We know that it's the Public Option from the House Bill whose life we are fighting for next year and Howard Dean chose sides (good for him!) What we DIDN'T expect to see was that Obama chose sides, too. He is definitely opposed to the Public Auction. His public chiding of Dean was the tell tale sign. Gibbs could have said, "Dean is entitled to his opinion," but he did not.

Make no mistake, Obama has Joe Lieberman in his pocket. Joe is Barry's best man in the Senate today. Who's to say otherwise? Isn't Rham a hardnose DLC guy? This IS politics, right? The very last thing needed was a Great Compromise from the Senate to "save the day" for everyone. Does anyone really think Joe Lieberman was ready to take that kind of heat for just anybody?

The question becomes why Obama is opposed to the Public Option? He has favored it until now. Will he say that it was sacrificed in compromise? If so, then the left sacrificed everything and the companies gained the mandates. Is this the genius of how Obama negotiates? Always let the other side win?

The People sacrifice everything (single-payer, public option, medicare buy-in)
The Insurance Industry sacrifices nothing, actually gains mandates and billions of dollars

It's not our Senators we need to convince here. They are being lead by Obama, there is no doubt about it. It's Obama who needs to hear from us this Christmas.

Mr. President,

In the new year, please use your extraordinary community organizing and oratory skills in the final Conference Committee phase of the Health Care Reform bill to insure that the campaign promise you made to us, that every American has access to affordable Health Care, by reminding our Congressmen that, if the bill has mandates, which was your nod to the Republicans in your September speech, then the bill will have the Public Option, which was our nod to the Democrats. We don't sacrifice all and let the other side walk away with a win. That's not how we play this game. I'm confident that your leadership will help the great variety of personalities in our Congressional Party to understand this concept.

In the meantime, thank you for your hard work this first year and Merry Christmas to you and the First Family.

Respectfully,

[FrenchieCat]

1. What Obama voters call this President, Barry?

[keopeli]

4. Several I know in Hawaii.

But the point was just that Joe Lieberman is very close to Obama.

[Undercurrent]

2. This is crackin' me up!

You don't know the first name of the President? :rofl:

[keopeli]

3. Barry is one of Barack Obama's most familiar names.

By familiar, I mean that it's used by his oldest friends. It was the name he used in High School and in his youth, while he attended Punahou Academy and when he went off to college. While I do not know Barrack Obama personally, I do know some of his friends and acquaintances, many of whom call him Barry to this day. This information is all a matter of public record and has been published in numerous accounts about the President's history. My deliberate use of the President's most familiar first name was to illustrate how close he is to Joe Lieberman.

peace

[Undercurrent]

5. Nice try...

well actually NOT.


You spelled the Presidents name wrong in your lame defense of using an old nickname. We know the Presidents history. The only place I've seen his name spelled wrong is on Freeper sites, and maybe Fux news.

By familiar, I mean that it's used by his oldest friends. It was the name he used in High School and in his youth, while he attended Punahou Academy and when he went off to college. While I do not know Barrack Obama personally, I do know some of his friends and acquaintances, many of whom call him Barry to this day. This information is all a matter of public record and has been published in numerous accounts about the President's history. My deliberate use of the President's most familiar first name was to illustrate how close he is to Joe Lieberman.

[keopeli]

7. I see you're from the NW too. I live in Kirkland. I don't think I've ever been called a Freeper! lol

Thanks! That really got me laughing! You don't have to believe me, of course. I've been around DU since 2001 and seen a lot of stuff so, no offense taken and nothing personal. I taught high school at Punahou Academy where Obama went to school. I just want to thank you for being skeptical and cynical, that's cool.

Here is a link about his nickname, Barry:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/128633

There's more, thanks to Google.

And I apologize for spelling Obama's name wrong. Please forgive me.

peace

[denem]

6. I voted for 'Barry' LOL and ...

:puke: Sure you did. Hillary is 44.

[JohnnyLib2]

8. Meanwhile, back to the OP's letter---

It seems quite to the point and respectful, IMHO.
Rec.

[salguine]

9. Imploring Obama to do the right thing is wasting your breath. He decided on

January 21st whose side he was on. And it ain't yours.

[Phx_Dem]

10. Impossible to take seriously someone who calls the President, "Barry."

And spare me your crap about "his friends call him Barry." I don't think so. And you're not his friend. In fact, you sound more like a birther.