My letter to Harry Reid

[MurrayDelph]

I posted the following to his web-site:

I have been a registered Democrat since I was old-enough to vote, which has been over 35 years.

Three years ago, I donated to a campaign for the first time in my adult life. The candidate was Ned Lamont. Then I watched the Senate Old-Boy's Club decide it wanted it’s buddy Joe Lieberman to win. Democrats campaigned against their own candidate, promising us that Joe would "be on board" when the important votes came. As it has turned out, I was right to support Ned, and the Democrats were wrong to trust Joe.

Last year, after working as a quisling for the Republicans, and campaigning for their candidate, he was welcomed back into the Caucus that was chasing the mythical 60th anti-Filibuster vote. He was given back his seniority on the Homeland Security Committee, because he promised that "this time he would get along."

To date, Mr. Lieberman has not investigated any of the criminal abuses and war profiteering of contractors, but does want to investigate "Czars."

And now he has announced that he will personally destroy the best chance of health care reform we have had in the last 100 years.

I have three friends who have recently lost their jobs, are too young for Medicare, and would not qualify for health care insurance because of "pre-existing conditions." I have a job that comes with insurance, but if I were to lose it, would not qualify because of “pre-existing conditions.”

And Joe Lieberman, who gets large contributions from insurance companies, and whose wife works as a health insurance lobbyist, is telling us we don't need reform. He promises to personally scuttle the Democratic plan.

Sir, you are supposed to be the leader of the Senate. If you cannot lead Mr. Lieberman into voting for the People instead of his own wallet, you have not shown leadership.

Should healthcare fail because of the only member of the Lieberman for Lieberman party, (who has promised to work with Democrats over and over again, only to have us flat on our back like Charlie Brown after that football that keeps getting pulled back), and you do not boot him from the caucus and take away his committees from him, then the Democratic party will splinter and implode faster than the Republicans already are. Whatever is left after that splintering, the odds of your being the leader of it are not good.

I mentioned at the top of this message that Ned Lamont was the first candidate to whom I had donated. He has not been the last, but if you fail to get Health Care Reform through, and fail to control the so-called caucus members who destroyed it, my most-recent contribution will have been my last one.

Sincerely,

<"Murray Delph"'s real name>