Obama does nothing, gets credit - again

Let me just say:

Um, obviously President Obama is going to sign the hate crimes legislation that Democrats managed to attach to a multi-billion dollar defense bill that "must" pass. Do not be fooled that this is him -- in any way -- keeping his promises to the GLBT community. First of all, you can thank Congressional Democrats for expanding hate crimes language to include sexual orientation. It has little if anything to do with the president. And second, all he has to do is sign the damn thing. It's just barely better than when the administration claimed credit for helping gays by doing nothing. As I've already said, doing nothing is still doing nothing.

And, if the public option falls out of health care legislation -- again do not be fooled -- it will be the president's fault. He has bowed to the insurance lobby and greedy corporate drug lords and is actively endorsing the "trigger" plan that Olympia Snowe is advocating. Since when was Barack Obama to the RIGHT of Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi (well, maybe Pelosi is more liberal, but Harry Reid, who is now the lone voice demanding the public option in the Senate??) As I've also already said, I think Reid knows his Senate career is circling the drain, so he is going full-bore-sacrificial-lamb for the public option, and it just might save him.

What a ##@$@#$ joke. Maybe they'll give Obama another Nobel prize for the second twelve days of his presidency.