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I stand (virtually) before you, with a confession to make to you my loyal reader(s?). I am an idiot. No, not just an idiot. I am the king of the idiots. I have been following politics closely for coming upon a year in a few more months. I should know better by now. All the naiveté should have been driven from my body like a flu bug fleeing a drug. But nope, I had to go, and think to myself that I had seen all the selfish stupidity and quisling cowardice that Congress had to offer. And then I see something like this that not only proves me wrong, but reminds me how stupid it is to think that there is any depth to which some if not most politicians will sink.

Hill Aides: More Senators Would Back Public Plan If Obama Pushed Ha...

The headline kind of says it all, doesn't it? But the infuriating details don't quit.

“Democratic aides said that a "handful" of senators who are skeptical of a public plan likely could be persuaded if not to support it then at least to oppose a Republican filibuster, if the administration were to apply a bit more pressure -- or even guidance. "I think folks in general in Congress were looking to the president to clearly define his feeling on the issue," another aide said. "And I don't think he has done that on the public option from the get-go... With a lot of senators nervous because of elections or other political dynamics, it would be helpful for the president to send a strong signal that this is what he wants in the final bill."”

So let me see if I'm understanding this correctly. Let me make sure I'm perfectly clear. There are people in Congress who may not vote for a strong public option, because President Obama didn't tell them to? Well you know I think Mary Steenburgen said it best when she said, “What the fucking fuck?!”

Seriously. Now maybe I've been completely misunderstanding the point of Congress, but I thought that the point was to craft the best legislation possible and then have it voted on. And that one's vote was supposed to be dictated by what one believes is best for the nation at large and one's constituents in particular. But perhaps I'm wrong. Perhaps it's really

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Congress's job to dance and caper and spend all their time and energy trying to make sure that the President approves of what they are doing, and if they aren't a hundred percent certain that their actions will keep them in his favor they should wait, breathlessly like Molly Ringwald waiting for that really cute guy to call and make their little lives complete.

You know I've kind of declared a self imposed moratorium on mentioning our last President, but really and truly did we not get enough of this kind of bullshit with eight years under Bush Jr.? I mean I could be wrong, but maybe, just maybe the reason Obama hasn't provided more “ pressure -- or even guidance” is because he expects the fine fucks in Congress to be fucking adults, and professionals and do their goddamn jobs. Not be a bunch of simpering children that he has to take by the

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hand and lead them down the legislative path. I mean what are they going to do for an encore? I can see it now...
“Dear Mr. President, please excuse my son from voting his conscience as he cannot think for himself as he has shingles and gout. Signed Ben Nelson's mother.”

Keep The Faith My Brothers And Sisters!