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My name is Charley Roos. and I live in south Denver. I have been a registered Democrat for more than 60 years. I have been voting to send Democrats to Washington for more than 60 years, and, for me, the 2008 election was the most satisfying election of my lifetime.
And yet, while I can hardly believe this, less than a year later I find myself sorely frustrated and increasingly furious with the party and most of its leaders in Washington. I mean the lot of them -- leaders of both houses of Congress, committee chairmen and the man himself, the president of the United States.
As of this date, August 23, 2009, these people simply do not seem to possess the collective will, the guts or the focus to enact a genuine reform of health care. And meanwhile, the outnumbered but disciplined Republicans are making them look like bickering sixth-graders.
Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson would not only have known what had to be done, they would already be moving forward, in concert with loyal congressional leaders, to get it done. The Republicans could take it or leave it.
It’s time for some more of that brand of Democracy.
If I haven’t made myself clear, I’m madder than hell about this.