But Will The Newspaper Editor Print My Letter This Time? x-posted from GD

[IrishAyes]

since it does refer to the greatest president ever.

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This shouldn't loom too large in anyone else's mirror, but it does in mine anyway. This bump-in-the-road MidWest town has a weekly newspaper with amazingly wide circulation, so it's a good venue for getting the Democratic message out in a blood-red area. The publisher/editor, although an arch conservative himself, has always printed my letters. Perhaps because he then gets hysterically furious letters from others to print in reply? Keeps the paper popping.

But although he's published every letter I've sent in for the last 7 years, I don't yet know the fate of this last one on the ACA controversy. Among other stuff I'd written something to the effect that the company which designed the healthcare.gov website was a major contributor to the worst enemy of ACA and the President himself. Therefore I didn't entirely trust their motives either.

Now I sent that in via email yesterday well before the deadline and never gave it another thought. Spoiled, I guess. Never do check my email more than once a day at most, so it was late today when I opened the first return email I'd ever received from Editor/Publisher. It asked for a clarification of exactly who I meant by the 'worst enemy of the ACA and the President himself'. I thought to myself, who the aitch could you think I meant? He included a report from some alleged fact checker website that said CGI gave somewhere around 4 times as much to the Republican Governors Association as it did to the Democratic counterpart. So even if he is besotted with conservatism, surely he knew exactly who I meant. Then why did he ask?

I wrote back very politely that the figures he quoted illustrated my point clearly, and I hadn't thought it necessary to say "GOP"; but that's exactly who/what I meant and I didn't mind saying so. Haven't heard back from him, might not ever, and if he prints the letter I don't know if it would be in time for this week's edition. So now I'll probably have to wait until at least Thursday this week or even next week to know its fate. Am I too egotistical to call him up or even email again and ask what he decided? When hell freezes over! I'll just have to wait and stew.

In my reply I did point out also that I heard President Obama saying yesterday that insurance companies would be allowed to apply directly for subsidies for qualified clients. Although between you and me and the gatepost, I'd trust those insurance companies to handle my subsidy application about as much as I trust the whole blasted GOP.

To give you an idea of what this place is like, when I went to the library this afternoon on other business, I happened to glance through some recent editions of the paper, and there was a letter from my main screaming TP guy explaining how Obama had refused to negotiate and therefore Obama had caused the government shutdown and this ACA debacle was God's judgment upon him for it. That's the way these people 'think'! Somebody has to tell the truth around here, and apparently I'm the only one willing to do so at least in public. It's beyond vexing.

[sheshe2]

1. Good on you Irish, for speaking out!

As you describe it your area is "blood-red". You are getting the message out in a place that few would dare to speak.

One voice in the vast wilderness. One voice can be heard clearly, with that you may change the landscape. It won't happen anytime soon, IrishAyes, but repetition of the truth, the facts. It can make a change.

BOG

[IrishAyes]

4. Thank you. I only do what I must.

They're really going to love it when Van Jones gains the WH. I almost wish Hillary could/would tap him for VP so he'd have an even better chance in '24. These people will have a hissy fit. They'll pine for the good old days when Barack Obama was their worst nightmare. I think by then the country might be ready for Van Jones, and if he's already been VP for 8 years, then his youthful political escapades will be relatively meaningless. To most people. The nutbaggers will always hate him regardless.

By the way, in '24 I'll also be 86; let them shame themselves throwing empty beer bottles at me then. It won't be the lesson they intend. I might even take up using a walker just for effect once in awhile, whether I need it or not. Good prop. Could be a good self defense weapon too, if necessary.

[sheshe2]

5. Yes, Irish.

Keep doing what you must, you are so good at it!

A walker as a weapon~ you go girl!

[IrishAyes]

6. It would make a good story, wouldn't it? "Little Old Lady Beats Off Bullies With Her Walker"

And I'm not kidding. You could do some damage with one of those things. Everything's a weapon, remember.

[Cha]

2. Thank you so much Irishayes for being that person..

who writes letters to the local paper even if you are in a small minority. Especially since you are the Democratic minority where the majority is spoon fed by fox and spawns.

I hope this letter of yours is published as well. There certainly does need to be a regular reality check given to the poor brainwashed masses in some areas of our country.

Here's an article you might be interested in that I saw today..

The myths of Obamacare's 'failure'

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"Don't buy the hype. The numbers tell an entirely different story. What they also demonstrate is that the myth of Obamacare's "failure" is a product of the same Republican noise machine that has been working to undermine this crucial reform since Day One. It's assisted by news reporting about canceled health policies that typically ranges from woefully misinformed to spectacularly ignorant, and even at its best is incomplete."

Much more..
http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-obamacares-failure-20131118,0,6037469.story#axzz2l0vta8N8

Irish~

[IrishAyes]

3. Thanks. I feel another letter coming on already, though I try to leave at least a couple months

between them. People already think I'm loudmouth enough, and I don't want to saturate the market.

But I swear, in almost 8 years I've never seen another single pro-Democrat letter from anyone. Well, they live and work here, and retributions can be savage, so I understand. But it's terrible when people check over their shoulder before daring to whisper their agreement in your ear.

I don't know if you've already read this elsewhere, but I recently found out the notorious Driver Bob is now on oxygen and confined to a wheelchair in the hospital. Wonder who's taking care of those 16 cats he had in that little cabin he tried to convince me was a 2-story house of 3K square feet when I stood right there looking at it? BS crazy and now unable to pose a threat to anyone. I don't celebrate his illness, but I do celebrate his inability to terrorize and harm any more.