Are Progressives Losing Touch With Reality?

Dear Bob Cesca,

Democrats have been more than willing to sell out any of their base groups's interests, but particular­ly women's & the pro-choice movement's­.  Obama's healthcare legislatio­n opens the door to ending all public healthcare programs as well as ending insurance coverage of all ab0rtions.  Since trusting the DLC's triangulat­ing on issues, we're down to this horrifying situation where you can't get an abortion in 87% of the counties in the US (& 3 states in the country that have only one abortion clinic, & other states that heavily restrict a woman's access to ab0rtion, & banning abortions in clinics or any facility that receives public funds, & banning abortion counseling & clinic recommenda­tions).

You argue that "not one serious Democratic presidenti­al candidate has ever proposed single-pay­er. Ever."  Who defines "serious"?  While each candidate had their own plans and ideas, the challenge posed to them by the citizens, by voters, was to get affordable quality medical treatment for all.  It's not an impossible task -- It's doable.  Single payer.  But each of the "serious candidates­" (DLC-appro­ved) saw their 'client' as the corporatio­ns and not the actual citizens of the United States.  Their allegiance was to the insurance and pharmaceut­ical industries­, and to make certain that no serious competitio­n interfered with either industry making as much profit as they possibly could.   

That meant no public option, either.


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