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>

[peacebird]

1. Excellent letter!

[ChicagoSuz219]

2. Great letter!! Here's my Letter to the Editors...

KUDOS TO CONGRESS!!

After an anxious few months (plus several decades!!) last night the US Congress took the heroic & historical stand to reform our broken healthcare system!!

I want to thank my Rep., Jan Schakowsky, who always does the right thing & always has our best interests at heart. I also want to thank Congressman Joseph Cao for his courage to vote YES, in spite of the huge backlash he will get from his own party. His vote will long be remembered by the rest of us as a Profile in Courage! I believe him when he says he voted his conscience. When Sen. Lieberman says that, it's clear to everyone that what he's really saying is "I'm voting for the corporate interests that fund me." It rings hollow & falls on deaf ears! I pray that Sen. Lieberman truly will find his conscience before any vote goes to the Senate and, at the very least, he allows the debate to go forward.

As someone who was denied coverage for a pre-existing condition and then spent the next five years without any insurance - up until the time my condition became debilitating & I was forced to go on Disability, and was finally able to get the medical care I needed (single-payer, government-run Medicare which, if anyone's interested, works perfectly!)... I know, firsthand, how scary it is to be uninsured & in need of healthcare. I am truly grateful.

I write this for my daughter (who also has a pre-existing condition - a congenital heart defect) who graduated college last year (YAY!!) & immediately lost her health insurance (BOO!!), as well as the 37-million other uninsured or underinsured Americans.

As this issue now heads to the Senate, I hope & pray that each & every Senator (& that includes you, Joe Lieberman!) really do search their consciences and do the right thing for the people of America. NOW is the time to finally bring our country into the 21st Century, be on the right side of history and, yes, honor the memory of Sen. Kennedy, as well.

Sincerely,
Susan Danzig
www.SusanDanzig.biz

[spartan61]

3. Copies of both of these letters should be

mailed or faxed to Joe Lieberman. They are both excellent letters and tell it like it is. The only person Lieberman cares about is Lieberman.

[ChicagoSuz219]

4. Thanks! I don't have a fax...

...if you do, please feel free to print & fax it to him.

[Kdillard]

5. Very well written.