Reply #100: Been there, done that

[ramapo]

I've sent countless emails, faxes, etc to my Senators in NJ, to Reid, Pelosi, the White House, and anybody else who I think actually might give a shit.

I pleaded for an immediate end to the pre-existing condition exclusions and for providing ALL Americans a choice of insurance. After all, even those of us with corporate insurance do not have a choice. We get whatever our employers feel like (or can afford) to provide.

One of my Senators bothers to reply. Sometimes via email, others via mail. Always a canned reply, of course. The rest....not a peep, except now I'm on their damn fund raising lists.

I'm pretty disgusted with them all and disappointed with Obama. Sure he is better than Bush but an awful lot of his campaign promises have evaporated into corporate governance.

This bill isn't all bad. Many people will be helped. But it is much worse than it needs to be and there is a lot in it to hate.

We've been screwed over by a minority of Democrats. I'm sure the feeling is that come election time, we'll be faced with the traditional better of two evils and that we'll hold our noses and vote D.

The shitty reality is that most of these bastards could give a shit about our reality.