Teabagging Baucus

So the senate finance committee essentially killed the public option today. Which means there will be one less option, a seriously devastating loss of an option, if and when healthcare reform is passed. We have many factors to blame for this, another in a long line of democratic failures.

For shifting the debate from vitriolic spewing of misinformed hatred at town hall meetings to vitriolic spewing of misinformed hatred in front of congress. Obama gave a great speech. It descended to the level of debate preferred by Kanye West.

The central argument against the public option was that it was socialist, since the government would get far too involved and fuck everything up. You know, like other socialist fuck-ups, the library, firefighters, the post office. Also, competition would run the current healthcare providers into the ground. Like how FedEx, UPS and DHL are no longer in business.

Don't think I'll forget the teabaggers. As I mentioned before, this raucous group of moronic individuals helped the press paint a one-sided picture of a public that doesn't want the government in their business. Like they do with medicare! Oh wait...we like medicare? And medicaid? Fuck. Whatever, I'll yell some shit anyway!

But perhaps most importantly is the guy that led us down this fail of a path in the first place, Max Baucus. Put simply, you suck, sir.

I hope you enjoy that money you'll get from big healthcare out of this. You'll need it when we vote your sorry ass out of senate.