Health Care Reform Passes: Historical for two reasons.
Just over an hour ago, history was made. Health Care Reform was finally passed. Given the name of my blog, "Louise on the Left" I felt I should take a moment to comment on this. President Obama just won a historic victory as the House of Representatives finally passed this major bill which promises to overhaul our American medical system. However, can we please look at the numbers? -- These numbers suck . CNN writes: "The bill passed in a 219-212 vote after more than a year of bitter partisan debate. All 178 Republicans opposed it, along with 34 Democrats." We expect the Republicans to hold things up and be difficult pains in the asses, but the Democrats, too? All that drama, all that bitterness and, what? For this? Just seven votes? Oh, wow. Great. Good job Dems. Thanks for working so hard -- for the wrong team. Thanks. All I can say is, I sure want to know more about those 34 Dems who did not support this bill and help them find another line of work. O