The Anti-Liberal "Left"

I'm getting pretty fed up with the supposed lefty blogosphere turning into watercarriers for the make-people-pay-more-for-shittier-coverage Senate health care DEform.

First it was Kevin Drum conveniently ignoring a few facts in order to claim the Senate piece of shit is an improvement over what we have now.

Then it was Steve Benen attacking Howard Dean because he rejects the Senate Big Insurance giveaway - Benen pointing out that the Senate fuckup is far more progressive than the reform Dean proposed in "2004" as a presidential candidate. Wow. I've seen more fact-based arguments on Sarah Palin's facebook page. Dean dropped out of the presidential race in February 2004 - his health care plan then was based on conditions then, in 2003. More than six years ago. The crisis is far, FAR worse now than it was then. Of COURSE Dean has higher standards and expectations for reform today - because the situation has changed.

Now Nate Silver, with his condescending "20 questions for bill killers" who want reform, not a trillion-dollar giveaway to insurance and drug corporations. Jon Walker at Firedoglake has some simple answers to Silver's stupid questions.

I really hope Drum and Benen and Silver and the rest of them are right, and Jane and Digby and Ken are wrong. But we won't know for a long time. In the meantime, it would help if the collaborators got down off their so-superior high horse and actually addressed the legitimate, fact-based, real-people-concerning criticisms of the Senate bill.

And guys? Remember how you used to love ridiculing the wingnut bloggers who automatically defended everything Smirky/Darth did, just because? You might want to take a look in the mirror.

(Clarification: I am still in favor of the House passing and the president signing whatever bill survives the Senate, but only because the only thing the repugs want more than a bad bill is no bill at all. But while we're choking down this shit sandwich, don't insult our intelligence by claiming it's chicken salad.)