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let alone not supporting the president's achievements and educating her fellow Kentuckians as to WHY Democrats are a better choice.
Instead we still got a GOPer and the people of Kentucky have no clue as to the accomplishments of the Democrats and Obama. What can middle of the road Kentuckians think of the Democratic party after that display of utter hypocrisy?
Max Baucus, the appitomy of a Dino, who was bankrolled by the healthcare industry made sure universal health care never happened. That's what Dino's did for us:
How Max Baucus, the Next Ambassador to China, Killed Progressive Health Care Reform
Peter Dreier - E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics, Occidental College
Posted: 12/19/2013 6:00 pm EST Updated: 02/18/2014 5:59 am EST
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It's just unfortunate that Obama couldn't send Baucus to a democratic country so he could see first-hand what a decent universal health care system looks like. Almost any democracy country would do, since all of them -- including Canada, Germany, France, New Zealand, Sweden, England, or Japan -- cover more people at a much lower cost than the United States.
Baucus has been complaining that the Affordable Care Act -- Obamacare -- doesn't do enough to control health care costs. He should know. As chair of the Senate finance committee chiefly responsible for drafting the health care bill, he was the major obstacle to incorporating a "public option" into the bill -- a government-run insurance plan which would allow citizens to select a Medicare-style alternative to private insurers. The whole point of the "public option' was to establish a benchmark to hold the private insurers accountable for holding down costs.
In April, Baucus warned that Obamacare was a potential "huge train wreck." Had he forgotten that he was the guy who designed the train?
From the time Obama took office in January 2009 until he signed the Affordable Care Act in March 2010, Baucus used his considerable influence to undermine Obama's efforts to include meaningful regulations to require the insurance and drug companies to act more responsibly. He led the opposition of a handful of moderate Democrats to Obama's proposal for a public option health care plan. That opposition forced Obama and progressive Democrats in Congress to make numerous compromises to accommodate a few Senators, including Baucus, who were tools of the insurance lobby. Baucus consistently thwarted efforts by health reform advocates to protect consumers and control costs....
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In the previous three years, for example, Baucus received $63,350 from Blue Cross/Blue Shield; $45,250 from Aetna, and $46,750 from AIG. Over his career, the healthcare industry (including insurers, drug companies, hospitals and nursing homes, and medical professionals) have contributed $5.5 million to Baucus, including $1.6 million from the insurance industry, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
Health industry lobby groups hired more than 350 former government staff members and retired members of Congress to lobby for them. Two of them were Baucus' former chiefs of staff.
Full editorial:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/max-baucus-china-ambassador_b_4476035.html
So ya I'll vote for Dino over a neocon. But it's not a good solution.
I'd prefer to back true progressive candidates unashamed of their party's achievements who are willing to work to educate their constituents and lose than put up half ass phony Dems that run from the Democratic record and keep their constituents clueless as to what they could have.
In the long run the American people are better served by honest, hard working, and dedicated public servants rather than professional political hacks that will do whatever it takes to win an election rather than expand the vision.
Watering down a good message sucks and it shows...
JMO
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