Senate Democrats Cave to Republicans

Eight Senate Democrats stunned Americans Sunday night by making a deal with Republicans to reopen the government. Well, it is kind of difficult to refer to it as a deal because, generally, the whole point of a deal is get something out of it, but the Democrats got nothing at all in return for selling millions of Americans down the river. Instead they got a promise to hold a vote at the end of December on extending the Affordable Care Act subsidies and, of course, even more money for the military. I do not know about you, but I do not trust that this imaginary vote on the ACA will ever take place, and, before you start in with the be more positive old chum nonsense, I have good reason to be so cynical. When asked if this vote to extend the ACA would occur, good old Mike Johnson stated that he was not sure that it would, which, if you know Mike Johnson, is a resounding no. Accepting a promise from republicans at this point in history is downright foolish. Republicans ritualistically break their promises and will just tell outright lies to get what they want all the time. If find it difficult to believe that grown adults actually think they will ever be able to come to the table with conservatives and do anything when they are not the majority party, and that make me believe that this whole shutdown effort was insincere from the start. I have stated for years now that moderate Democrats are just conservatives by another name, that they have no interest in helping working class or poor Americans, and they proved that yet again Sunday night. The Democrats won on historic levels on Tuesdays election. They had the support of the people for this shutdown. There was no demand to end it. Anyone who says otherwise is either lying or stupid. The Affordable Care Act remains one of the most popular pieces of legislation to pass congress in recent history and the party that fought for that would have been remembered for years as the people's party, but instead Democrats chose to be the arty of capitulation. This deal making is an exercise in weakness and frailty. It does not exude the strength that is required to make a good leader. Chuck Schummer is currently being defended online by his very small number of cult followers, but make no mistake, this is his fault. He is the Senate minority leader. It is his job to lead. He failed and should be removed from his position as a result of this, which, of course, will not happen because establishment Democrats enjoy their weak, frail, feeble little leader because they get to boss him around whenever they please. Dick Durbin, one of the eight Democrats who voted in favor, is also the minority whip by the way. It is the whips job to get votes when needed. He also failed to do his job by allowing the arty to side with Republicans on the issue instead of forcing them to side with Schummer. Both of them have failed the American citizenry and I will not stand idly by and pretend they are doing a great job any longer. They have failed us yet again and this time I am not going to be nice about it. These guys are supposed to work for us, not for Donald Trump. If we are in favor of keeping the ACA, then that should be their priority. Most of us are not flying all over the damn country because we cannot afford to. I and many others like me do not care if some rich folks cannot get to Cancun on time. I also am not in the military. I do not care if some guy gets paid to kill little children overseas. I am not in favor of these forever wars that just result in more death and destruction and foreigners who want to kill me, nor am I in favor of these ICE raids that are terrifying innocent folks across the country. The only reason I even vote Democrat is to fight republicans but if the Democrats will not even fight these sociopathic conservatives then I struggle to even know what I am voting for. The next time you are wondering why Democrats lose so much, all you have to do is remember this disastrous day.

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