Reply #11: Blah, Blah, Well I Guess You Already Know What You Want To Believe and Just Are Venting... [View All]

...It seems like you want a protest movement, not a President. Stand up to the GOP over the Bush tax cuts? Again, Republicans held the middle class hostage, by blockng middle class tax cuts unless they were also extended for the rich. Yet, you give them a free pass. This is the myopia I am talking about. You note the public option. Yet, as you know, health care reform almost did not pass as it is.

Based on your description, Republicans are the ones exercising leadership and being brave, because of their willingness to hold the entire economy hostage to satisfy a narrow constituency. They hopelessly pander to anti-tax zealots, and are afraid to stray from some silly pledge they signed for fear of upsetting their astroturf suppporters. I disagree with you. The cowards here are the Republicans, and I would rather vote them out, rather than insist that our leaders act more like them.