"The Summit"

Or, in layman's terms, an exercise in futility.

Having to work and needing to interact with co-workers meant I was able to only listen to some of the Summit in Washington DC today.  It's probably a good thing.  The Republicans spent a good portion of the time spinning fairy tales and whining that we should start over again.  Ad nauseum

What gets me more than the broken record of general mendacity is that the Republicans keep saying that all Americans are afraid of healthcare reform and WE want to start over again.  Excuse me, but you do not speak for me.  Nor, dare I say, do you speak for a goodly majority of Americans.  At least not the ones you've been able to frighten half to death with your lies.  So, stop including me in your statements.

On a slightly different note,Chris Matthews said something interesting in his analysis of the Summit.  He said the Democrats might, and I'm paraphrasing, get up the courage to do their jobs and finish passing a bill. 

So many of the Democrats have been given several opportunities to find their spines.  The President has delivered a couple of powerful speeches and a massive put down of the Republicans on their own turf.  What have the Democrats done?  Squat.  They wouldn't know what to do with a spine if they found one, much less grew it! 

Sorry, now I'm generalizing.  Anthony Weiner, Alan Greyson, and a couple precious others do not belong to the spineless masses.  God, I wish we had more like them!