2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Are Ultra Progressives Responsible for Trumps Victory? [View all]CajunBlazer
(5,648 posts)That piece of legislation which you nonchalantly criticize now provides 20 Million people with insurance who weren't insured before. And many of those people would never been insured because of preexisting conditions. That insurance is keeping people from dying and keeping others from being ruined financially.
What kind of "progressive" are you if you can blithely criticize that accomplishment? Democrats in the Senate and the House as well as the President worked their asses off and spent untold amounts of political capital to make ACA a reality.
Yes, it was a compromise because it was the most that could be accomplished at the time. And it was by no means a sure thing. The House passed the bill with only a seven vote margin, 219212, with 34 Democrats and all 178 Republicans voting against it. Ever since then the Republicans have thrown everything in their arsenal at it, both legislative and judicial.
I am sick and tired of so call "progressives" criticizing amazing efforts like the ACA because it doesn't live up to their impossible standards! Grow up! Politics is a big boys and girls game where pragmatism is the only reality, and compromise is a necessity if you want anything done. If it were up to the far left it would have been a single payer system or bust and they would with ended up with NOTHING. Too many people would still be dying. Other families would be wiped out financially trying to ensue that their loved one didn't die. Unlike the dreamers who can afford to bitch and moan because their ideal was not met (since they have all of the health insurance they need), thank heavens for the Democrats who dreamed big, but were then smart enough to take what they could get.
And oh, I appreciate that you agree with me when you say that Hillary lost because, "many Democrats just couldn't bring themselves to do what I did (vote for her) and that is why Hillary lost." I hold those selfish "progressives" who cared more about their self righteousness than the fate of millions of poor people totally responsible. I hold them responsible for those who defenseless ones will now have to endure four years of Donald Trump, at least two years of Republican control congress, and maybe 20 years of conservative controlled Supreme Court because of their arrogance and stupidity. I curse them, and I curse anyone who would dares to defend them! But they will never admit that they were wrong - that's just the kind pompous asses that they are.