I only have two problems with what Representative Grayson said:
(1) His rhetoric is a bit over-the-top (but given the current amount of crap flying from the right on this, I'm willing to give him a pass on that).
(2) This goes way beyond just Republicans. The Republicans basically seem to have only one goal: Make sure Obama fails at all costs. Unfortunately, they're also getting assistance from a small group of Democrats, who are trying to kill reform for a completely different reason (ie. to appease the companies that have contributed to their campaigns).
I'm increasingly starting to feel that maybe we need to stop referring to Senators and Representatives by their parties and what state they're from, and start referring to them by who their biggest contributors are...
For example, instead of:
Chuck Grassley Senator (R - IA)
it should be:
Chuck Grassley Senator (Amgen, Blue Cross, SMC, Occidental Petroleum, DaVita)
and instead of:
Max Baucus Senator (D - MT)
it should be:
Max Baucus Senator (Schering-Plough, Goldman Sachs, KKR, AIG, Aetna)
It would certainly clarify their positions and voting records a lot better than party/state.
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(1) His rhetoric is a bit over-the-top (but given the current amount of crap flying from the right on this, I'm willing to give him a pass on that).
(2) This goes way beyond just Republicans. The Republicans basically seem to have only one goal: Make sure Obama fails at all costs. Unfortunately, they're also getting assistance from a small group of Democrats, who are trying to kill reform for a completely different reason (ie. to appease the companies that have contributed to their campaigns).
I'm increasingly starting to feel that maybe we need to stop referring to Senators and Representatives by their parties and what state they're from, and start referring to them by who their biggest contributors are...
For example, instead of:
Chuck Grassley
Senator (R - IA)
it should be:
Chuck Grassley
Senator (Amgen, Blue Cross, SMC, Occidental Petroleum, DaVita)
and instead of:
Max Baucus
Senator (D - MT)
it should be:
Max Baucus
Senator (Schering-Plough, Goldman Sachs, KKR, AIG, Aetna)
It would certainly clarify their positions and voting records a lot better than party/state.