Senator Kennedy died and Obama lost his seat to a republican. It came down to Senator Lieberman, who was deep in insurance company pockets, as several were headquartered in his state. He killed single payer, not obama.
Obamas fuck up was doing things “the right way” by negotiating with the GOP for nearly a year, only to have every single one of them vote nea. His second fuck up was waiting until the special election of Kennedy’s replacement was over instead of just going ham and forcing a vote.
His third and more esoteric fuck up for single payer was years later, when he did not decalre that the senate had opted to abandon its right to “affirm and assent” a supreme court justice, and just flat out seat Justice Merrick, forcing a constitutional crisis that would have most likely resolved in locking down that seat.
So yes, big pharma was a big part of the fuck you that happened , but it wasn’t as simple as “obama big pharma buddy buddy.”
They had their chance when Obama had a supermajority.
They took Pharma money instead. They left for-profit health care in place because it helped them stay rich. They do not give a fuck about any of us.
@FlashMobOfOne @Kalkaline
Doing things by the rules is a messy process. Obama ran his Presidency by the rules, yet was often blocked from doing good things.
Maybe check out the GOP shenanigans pulled to subvert Obama rather than simply blame him for what Republicans did.
He had a supermajority long enough to get anything done.
Fuck the excuses. He chose to get rich instead.
If anything, these times demand a president who no longer gives a shit about Senate rules.
@FlashMobOfOne
Hate to tell you but he was rich before he ran cause both he and his wife are lawyers. So greed is off the table.
Got anything else?
That wasent the main issue.
Senator Kennedy died and Obama lost his seat to a republican. It came down to Senator Lieberman, who was deep in insurance company pockets, as several were headquartered in his state. He killed single payer, not obama.
Obamas fuck up was doing things “the right way” by negotiating with the GOP for nearly a year, only to have every single one of them vote nea. His second fuck up was waiting until the special election of Kennedy’s replacement was over instead of just going ham and forcing a vote.
His third and more esoteric fuck up for single payer was years later, when he did not decalre that the senate had opted to abandon its right to “affirm and assent” a supreme court justice, and just flat out seat Justice Merrick, forcing a constitutional crisis that would have most likely resolved in locking down that seat.
So yes, big pharma was a big part of the fuck you that happened , but it wasn’t as simple as “obama big pharma buddy buddy.”
Which is why I vote as progressive as possible in the primaries.