You guys need to understand that we are saturated with your nonsense. PTDB (Pass.The.Damn.Bill) skipping from bloggers like Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish, to Matthew Yglesias, Think Progress to Ezra Klein at The Washington Post to economists Simon Johnson and Paul Krugman to health professionals writing a letter to congress is all we can stand.
“Call your congressman!” Fuck. The blame gets laid on us because we failed to lead you puppies to the paper. The overstuffed loose-leaf notebooks of health legislation are in front of you-not us. The power to enact is with you-not us. The oath to public service has been taken by you-not us. But that comfortable pension down the road will be paid by us-not you…if funds are available on that horizon.
The anger’s so overwhelming we need paper bags against hyperventilation. But, wait, alas, here comes our president:
To Democrats, I would remind you that we still have the largest majority in decades, and the people expect us to solve problems, not run for the hills. And if the Republican leadership is going to insist that 60 votes in the Senate are required to do any business at all in this town-a supermajority-then the responsibility to govern is now yours as well. Just saying no to everything may be good short-term politics, but it’s not leadership. We were sent here to serve our citizens, not our ambitions.
If you noblemen can’t wrap yourselves around that mission then, please, lunch with Senators Dodd and Dorgan and ask them to pen your retirement announcement. Otherwise, head boldly and blindly towards the November mid-terms.
We will be waiting for you there.