Neutralize Sen. Lieberman Now...Health Care Reform Must Pass in '09

Can someone please tell me how Sen. Joe Lieberman I-Connecticut) was allowed to live politically after opposing President Obama during the election, and narrowly getting re-elected in 2006? I mean, really, Ned Lamont. How could you, man? And I know for damn sure the American people are not going to allow him to shut down health care reform out of his responsibility to protect the insurance industry, which probably accounts for up to 80% of Connecticut's revenue stream. I don't blame him for doing his job, but is it really necessary to turn a blind eye to one of the most progressive proposals this country has seen in decades, maybe since its inception?

How is it that people in third-world countries have access to government-sponsored and financed health care, but the wealthiest nation on earth does not? You can thank the insurance lobby of Connecticut for that. While upwards of 50 million Americans, including children, do not have basic health insurance coverage, the insurance industry is doing very nicely. Their trillion-dollar industry does
more harm than good even if you're covered, but if you're not covered, you're screwed.

That brings us to our basic conundrum, which is: how is health care reform going to be delivered when we still have stupid white men deciding who gets coverage and who doesn't? Here are a few names you should have etched in your minds in terms of those senators who want to kill health care reform: Sens. Lieberman Ind.), Nelson (D-Nebraska), Mc Connell (R-Kentucky), Snowe (R-Maine), Collins (R-Maine)....These people hold the fate of reform in they're hands. If they do anything to delay or try to defeat this landmark legislation, spread the word to your friends in those states to defeat them in next year's elections. And, in the near term, be sure to tell your people in those states to begin calling and bombarding their offices and emails to do what's right and pass health care now. Life is too short not to have health care in America.