Here's the deal. We want a government administered healthcare plan available to all.
Who is standing in the way? Primarily health insurance companies and their owners: Wall Street Banks and Hedge Funds, who as Cornsyrupawareness puts it:
that's a fantastic point and one that needs to be mentioned with every breath by public option supporters. Just like John McCain=George Bush we need to wed the ideas of Private Insurance=Wall Street.. or the Current System=Wall Street or.. Mandate-Public Option=Wall Street Bailout#2. Wall Street's poll numbers have to be somewhere near Cheney's.
We have our perfect foil. Wall Street Banks. Despised by all walks of life. They own the Health Insurance Companies.
Universal hatred of Wall Street leads to proper Universal Health-care.
Who is going to defend them? Their only defense has proved effective. Distraction. It's time to for us to nullify it and pull the curtain back.
Wall Street Banks hold these percentages of shares in Health Insurance giants and are increasing shares by the tens of millions
United 77.32%
WellPoint 79.04%
Aetna 79.45%
CIGNA Corp. 68.71%
Coventry Health 82.25%
Health Net Inc. 79.37%
Wall Street is the enemy. By taking it to the them instead of their likable- enough pawns, we include everyone in our fights. It changes from Red and Blue fight to purple rain.
These "small government" protestors who lambaste DC for bailing out the banks that ruined our economy, would be forced to defend those very same banks.
REALITIES
Barring something on the magnitude of a barnburning CBO report in favor of Single Payer, or a Canadian invasion, or Anthony Weiner changing his last name, public option is currently what's on the table.
If we can redefine the enemy, however, and turn the heat up on Wall Street once again, we may have a shot at something great. They will give up their tail to save their heads.
BEWARE OF DISTRACTIONS
Are the enemies we should be concerned about Palin? Gingrich? Armey? I don't think so. I look at the political participants as players for corporations. Different teams, same group of owners. It's become quite evident the GOP has a deep farm system when it comes to screwball mascots. Their logic appears to be: If you can't win with talent, burn the stadium down if need be.
The Dems, expend their superior talent making the GOP's positions look competitive, just to keep people in the seats. To mix a metaphor, it's like watching the Globetrotters throw a game. Over and over, again.
IMHO, the idea of Crazy King George wasn't enough to form the revolution. It was the fact that he had whored himself out to the East India Company that blew everyone's fuse. It was the abuses that people suffered on their behalf, because of George's weaknesses, that congealed the resentment. 13 colonies of distinct regions, culture and temperament all came together because of that global corporation.
Let's forget the crazies for awhile. They get paid to be crazy so as to distract. They're just mascots and sign twirlers. When we focus on them, we're falling into a trap.
Let's focus on the real enemy.
Something about autumn...