WTF? Politician Does Something Excellent, Shows Guts, But DU Hardly Care!!!

[MannyGoldstein]

Why has this post been up for an hour, is on the front page, but only had 16 recs when I looked at it a minute ago?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4112125">Pelosi Prepares To Move Ahead With Robust Public Option

Is there something I'm missing here?

If we can slam politicians for being swine, we need to also support the good!!! Assuming this is not a hoax of some sort, I'm sending flowers to Madame Speaker as a show of support!

[marmar]

1. I'll congratulate her......I've definitely not been Pelosi's biggest fan....

..... but I'll praise her on this one.


And even at her worst, she's better than Harry Reid.

[Oregone]

2. Excellent would be mooning the House and shitting on Bohner's desk

Its tough to judge how excellent until all the details come out. This is a good component to what will be a multi-faceted bill

[bbinacan]

8. Shitting on a desk?

That's just stupid.

[Oregone]

12. Clearly, you've never tried it.

[Sebastian Doyle]

23. Boner shits on his own desk every day.

Just by being there.

Unfortunately the same can be said of Nancy "off the table" Pelosi many times over the last 2 1/2 years. Fortunately, this is one of the exceptions.

[Orrex]

3. I still haven't forgiven her for her role in the Balloon Boy scandal

[Pirate Smile]

4. I recommended the thread. It's bed time. I've got three kids to get to sleep. Give me a break.

;)

[MannyGoldstein]

5. Thanks and Good Luck!!! nt

[CatWoman]

6. I just made it 32

:)

[pnwmom]

7. Unfortunately, there are some people here who want her to fail.

Some of them because they'll only be happy with single payer, some because they have some other axe to grind.

[pnwmom]

9. self-delete. n/t

[MannyGoldstein]

11. 5? I See 35!

Things are looking up, but we should have 200+!!!

[Orrex]

13. Really? If we're looking at the same thread...

I just saw +35!

[pnwmom]

24. We aren't. I goofed, which is why I deleted. n/t

[Orrex]

25. Ah!

:hi:

[pnwmom]

10. self-delete. n/t

[DireStrike]

14. I find it hard to trust her.

For example, is this really a public option? Can I choose to go into it? Can everyone in America?

It's good that she did something that looks good. I'm sad that I have to applaud that. For the longest time it seemed like the congress democrats didn't even want to be associated with anything that could move us in the right direction.

[MannyGoldstein]

16. We Are Here And It Is Now.

Given that the White House is again tap dancing away from health care reform that is other than a big wet kiss to insurers, then this is a step in the right direction, and better behavior should be rewarded if we want to see more of it!

[stray cat]

15. Why does is need a rec - its on the front page so it is getting notice

[MannyGoldstein]

18. It just got moved to the *top* of the page, where it belongs!!!

Thanks mods!

:yourock:

[cliffordu]

17. Nope - can't take a dump on that so it'll be ignored by the haters and the

adenoidal freaks that troll here incessantly

[Kermitt Gribble]

19. I'll K&R that post when I see the definition of 'robust'.

Who will be able to enroll? How many will it cover? When will it be implemented? Sorry for the cynicism, but we've all seen the real agenda of most of our elected officials.

[MannyGoldstein]

21. So Rec It For The *Concept*

Look, it's better than what's coming out of the Senate or White House - we should encourage behavior in the correct direction!!!

[rucky]

20. 46 Recs

16 responses

[mzmolly]

22. 49 now...

:)

[quiet.american]

26. "Unrec'ers" are hard at work. Just saw this and mine was the 14th rec. after it had been up to 49.nt

[eridani]

27. I'll get enthusiastic if she tells me that anyone can apply for it starting next year n/t