Sweet and Sour

I went to a few of those links that Lisa had shared and at the Democratic Underground I ran across this video which has given me mixed feelings.



This woman is a decent person, you can tell. My problems with what happened were that this is proof of the control that media has on our population. It is also proof that the Democrats don't know how to negotiate. She has NEVER heard of single-payer? Ever? She reads the bullet points like it is some kind conspiracy that she just learned about. How can the country be having a national debate about health care and people have not even heard of this other strategy at all? It is an entire option this woman was not presented with.

The part that gives me hope is, she can be gotten to. She was sincere. She even asked how the bill was supposed to be financed, but like any good politician McCain just avoided the numbers completely. Another lining to this cloud is that she was informed by protestors. So that obviously does have an effect. I find it very uplifting that some of these right wingers might be having their minds open up a little bit and at least research what we are fighting them for.

She cited the 3% payroll tax. I hope a progressive walked up to her afterwards and asked her what percentage health care was taking out of her paycheck right now. That is all people like this woman need. Personalize those giant numbers and then their sky starts falling. This is what the DNC should be focussing on. Don't fight the RNC. Ignore them. Try to educate their followers. Actually fuck the DNC. Progressives need to start doing this. The Ron Paul supporters share a lot of common ground with progressives. We could build our own party.