After having to read all week about Leiberman's shenanigans, it's heartening to hear about a Republican doing an about-face. I certainly hopes it makes a difference in the election upstate, which will succeed in bringing another Democrat into Congress and may also stop Sarah Palin a bit in her tracks. The only thing it can't do, however, is make Democrats actually stand up for themselves.

10 days ago I attended a pro health care reform vigil in NYC, organized by moveon.org, which over 1,000 people attended. 50,000 people attended 350 of these vigils all over the country, yet nary a word was said about any of them in any of the main stream media. Yet every disruptive town hall meeting, tea party and this anti reform march is covered, as if these people are expressing the sentiments of the majority. Why does the so-called liberal media go along or help create this skewered vision of reality? I feel like my voice, like those of the 70% of Americans who do believe that health care reform is necessary NOW, is increasingly being silenced just by willful neglect. And the Congress will do nothing to help us. But let me try one more time to say this loudly: ANYONE WHO HAS THIS "ODIOUS"GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH CARE, SUCH AS THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SHOULD EITHER TRY TO GET EVERYONE THE SAME COVERAGE THEY THEMSELVES HAVE OR GIVE IT UP. AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO CURRENTLY GET GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE COVERAGE THROUGH MEDICARE SHOULD EITHER GIVE UP THIS INSURANCE, STOP ATTENDING THESE ANTI-REFORM PROTESTS, OR SHUT THE **** UP.

10 days ago I attended a pro health care reform vigil in NYC, organized by moveon.org, which over 1,000 people attended. 50,000 people attended 350 of these vigils all over the country, yet nary a word was said about any of them in any of the main stream media. Yet every disruptive town hall meeting, tea party and this anti reform march is covered, as if these people are expressing the sentiments of the majority. Why does the so-called liberal media go along or help create this skewered vision of reality? I feel like my voice, like those of the 70% of Americans who do believe that health care reform is necessary NOW, is increasingly being silenced just by willful neglect. And the Congress will do nothing to help us. But let me try one more time to say this loudly: ANYONE WHO HAS THIS "ODIOUS"GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH CARE, SUCH AS THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SHOULD EITHER TRY TO GET EVERYONE THE SAME COVERAGE THEY THEMSELVES HAVE OR GIVE IT UP. AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO CURRENTLY GET GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE COVERAGE THROUGH MEDICARE SHOULD EITHER GIVE UP THIS INSURANCE, STOP ATTENDING THESE ANTI-REFORM PROTESTS, OR SHUT THE **** UP.

Apparently to Obama it's never. No matter how many concessions he makes to the Republicans, they want more. But I have yet to see any concessions that he's made to placate the Democrats, particularly liberal voters such as myself who voted for him and helped to get him elected.

They do say that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and getting the same result each time, yet continuing to believe that this time it will be different. I won't say Obama is crazy, but in some ways, his behavior fits the definition of crazy. I, however, am not crazy. I can't keep believing in him, if he keeps acting like the Republicans and those to the right of Genghis Khan are the only ones that matter. If this continues, and there is no indication that it won't I will have to look for a candidate that really cares about the rest of us.

The last time I checked, the Democrats WON. We not only have a Democratic president, but a majority in both the senate and house of representatives. It seems to me that it is the losers who must negotiate, not the winners. While it would be nice to show that the Democrats want to be bipartisan and "gracious" winners, you can't appease the Republican that refuse to accept that after eight years of power, they lost. The Republicans are offering no alternative to the healthcare reform, and only spout lies about "pulling the plug on grandma." The problem is not only these Republicans, however. The Democrats themselves have to accept that they really did win and they need to move forward and make the changes that the majority of Americans want and the rest of the first world nations already have--affordable healthcare for all its citizens.

No matter what this nutcase says, you are a native American if you are born to ONE American parent anywhere in the world. Obama's mother was an American, so whether or not he was born in Hawaii is a mute point. Why give this woman a platform to argue her views, which are all based on nonsense to begin with. Besides, she is obviously not a native born American. Perhaps she is a naturalized citizen, but how do we know that? Orly, come on, show us your papers. Better yet, bring the judge that made you a citizen to say that yes, he was there that day and remembers you as the one that wore the purple suit or whatever. If you can't do that, leave your rantings to people like Lou Dobbs. Come on Mr. Dobbs, show us your original birth certificate. It has to be the original, not something issued by the state after the fact. If you can't produce it, perhaps you should just shut up also.