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Just Because Village Dems Want to Celebrate, Does Not Mean Everyone Will Show Up for the Parade

By Big Tent Democrat

There is a certain absurdity to the spectacle of DC types and Obama blogs being outraged at Howard Dean and the Netroots for not liking the Senate health bill (whatever Ben Nelson decides it is gonna be.) Howard Dean does not have a vote. And no one listens to the Netroots anyway.

For the "Pass the Bill" folks insulting and then cajoling people like Dean and the Netroots for not supporting the bill, they need to think about the fact that it is Ben Nelson and Joe Lieberman (and Jim Webb and Blanche Lincoln) who they need to convince to vote for the bill. Not Howard Dean.

The reality is these folks want there to be a parade, and are upset that some folks aren't cheering. Well, you can't scream someone into liking something they do not. Take it from someone who strongly supports the President's foreign policy (including in Af/Pak), it does you no good to get mad at folks who honestly disagree with you. In that sense, Rahm Emanuel, whose disdain for Progressives is quite open and plain, has a better attitude about this. He knows he is pissing off the base and it not concerned at all about that. The supporters of the Senate bill should take their cues from Rahmbo.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on December 18, 2009 (boomark / email).