At first I just wrote this as a comment in the diary about DWS. Then I decided it deserved a diary. My anger right now is fierce, is deep and I wonder if people will ever wake up to the greed, the hate, the narrow visioned, bigoted view of the tea party.
This is the time for those on the left to speak loud, speak clear and not back down. Democracy is about compromise. Obama wants to compromise. But enough is enough. One cannot compromise with those who do not believe in compromise.
This is why I believe in strong unions, in strong advocacy groups. NOW is the time to speak out.
And this is one of many reasons why I like DWS. When she talked about having breast cancer, she acknowledged that despite the scare, the trauma, she was lucky. She had access to health care.
I identified with her. I have been lucky because for most of my life I have been able to work in a job where I could buy health care as a part of a group and my premiums monthly were doable. I have always been able to get pap smears, mammograms, screenings for my colon etc.
After I retired, I had to pay the full premiums for a five years. It was not easy paying over $4000 a year for premiums and co pays for many tests…some over $500. One ER visit was $1800 out of pocket on top of a premium. Thankfully I was able to do it. It was not easy and at 65 I still work to make sure I meet all bills. But as one of those overpaid teachers I suspect some think I live a gravy train life. Finally I made it to Medicare which took much worry off me. When I had open heart surgery I was not in Medicare and my out-of-pocket was close to $3000. Again, doable for me. Not easy but doable.
But many women struggle to make ends meet and live with the fear of losing everything if they or a child get sick. Access to preventative care is with things like PP. Yet the tea party is ready and willing to take away basic services from poor women.
As I write this, I am steaming in anger at the right. I want Obama and the left to stand strong.
I have had said it before…I am no centrist and I acknowledge that I am frustrated with the president over unions, over public education, over the wars and Gitmo.
I still stand by him and will vote/work for him, but dammit if President Obama and the left do not get it now, I don’t know when they will.
Democracy is about compromise and while I admire that the president has worked hard to do so, at some point he and his team need to acknowledge the truth..this right wing, the tea party mentality is not about democracy.
I hope DWS brings her fighting spirit to this. Women especially will be punished by the tea party mentality. THEY, the pathetic tea party people, have to be stopped. They are anti women, anti science, anti fair.
NEEDED to vent.
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