MY FACEBOOK ENTRY TO A VERY NICE, VERY LIBERAL WOMAN WHO HAS ABANDONED PRESIDENT OBAMA - REGARDING HIS APPEARANCE IN FRONT OF THE REPUBLICAN HOUSE:

Terri,

Whether the message was for the viewers at home or the Republicans, the message was on the money:

"if you paint me as a Dirty Stinking Commie who wants to do nothing but raise taxes and turn this country into another USSR, there is no way you Republicans can vote on anything I propose without taking a chance that you will lose your seat to somone who is even further to the right than you are - and if you paint yourself into that corner, we will get nothing done for the American people".

"Getting done for the American people" could have included your beloved single-payer issue if so many people weren't afraid of losing their seats as a result of the backlash (due to the right wing "un-American, commie BS" that he is referring to) that would have resulted for many of the people in Washington who want to keep their jobs.

As for your pleading/leading point: it is a classic case of inclusion vs exclusion.

I prefer a leader who is someone who includes everyone and agrees to disagree on some particular points but works on the places where they can agree and they get something done - rather than what we just had for the past eight years: someone who arrogantly tells everyone "it is my way or the highway - you are with us or you are unpatriotic" - and gets nothing done due to the resulting gridlock.

I know you are passionate about your cause and you are bitter as a result of not getting what we all hoped would happen immediately, but this is how our system works.

The people in Washington are politicians and they are going to vote the way that gets them re-elected. The left is going to vote left and the right is going to vote right - and all Obama is trying to do is get them to see the parts where they can all agree and get something done - so he gets re-elected!

Believe me, you are going to be sorry - at least most of us are - when your far left wing allows Jeb Bush into the White House in 2012 just because Obama couldn't get things just right fast enough to suit you.

Or maybe you won't be sorry. Maybe the far left prefers to have someone more ignorant, more arrogant, and further to the right - that way you can bash more easily (and you can play the victim more convincingly) - it is easier and definitely not as much real work. But it is playing into the far right's hands, isn't it?

-E2B