IN PRAISE OF HOWARD DEAN

I have never been as disappointed in an American president as I am now at this current one occupying the Oval Office. I was holding out hope that he was really going to be different, maybe in part because, he was our nations first African-American President, and because there were so many non-minority citizens who believed he would be a breath of fresh air. That 'Black' President of honor and integrity so many times portrayed in Hollywood on the big screen does not exist. No not this fence-sitting, weasel who would not stand up to the likes of a few Repubcrats in the Senate including that disgusting Senator from Connecticut, whose name I care not to even distinguish by spelling it out in this blog.. For completeness, I'll simply refer to him as Joe.



I know that there are those in my family and friends as well as other liberal progressives, who will really scoff at me for saying this but I no longer can lend support to President Obama. He's given us fair warning now after a year in office, that he's just another Chicago politician who's more concerned with his 'image' and 'legacy' than helping the helpless American poor. I've turned away from him because I truly feel that he will cave on the progressives on 'everything' of substance that comes to the fore from this point onward.


But this blog was not intended to direct my anger at him or those so-called conservative democrats. This blog is in praise of a former governor of Vermont, who has demonstrated a soundness of mind despite what the 'media' did to him, rather shameful during his run for the Presidency in 2004.


Although I don't think it's going to amount to a hill of beans to this administration, I do want to thank the former governor for having a sense of conviction and taking a DAMN stand for once.

Thank you Howard Dean for opposing this farce of a healthcare reform piece of junk that our President and leaders in the Senate are trying to shove off on the American people. It does absolutely NOTHING to reel in the big insurance companies. In fact a former insurance executive said yesterday on MSNBC'S 'The Ed Show' that the insurance companies will find a way to get around those weak measures the Senate has sold us and are popping the corks today.






So thank you Mr. Dean for your courage and sense of integrity because we progressives are in for a very disheartening next 3 years under this administration.