janelane wrote:
This is why I don't watch town hall meetings on TV. Nobody with at least a halfway informed opinion shows up.

I've been waffling about posting on the Keep your Goddamn Government hands off my Medicare crowd. I have to admit that I take some pleasure in watching them look stupid.

I watched this debate unfold first in Tennessee before watching it unfold nationally, and I'm both angry and tired of it. I'm tired of being called a "socialist" by people who have no idea what they are talking about. I'm tired of the lies and the punditry and the over simplifications, and I'm tired of arguing with friends who have absolute convictions about an issue that they can barely explain.

I do think the way things work right now is fucked up and I'm tired to trying to explain it to people who aren't interested in listening. There are a lot of policy objectives of the Democrats that I'm not too happy about. I'm skeptical of the climate change legislation, and the EFCA's ban on anonymous ballots for unionization seems blatantly and overtly crooked. But I'm glad they are able to push through healthcare reform. Its opponents have demonstrated consistently for 15 years that they aren't interested in engaging in an intelligent discussion about the issue. Eventually, the time for conversation is over, and they must loose.

RE: Healthcare "debate"