"You Know Nothing Of My Work"

Perhaps it takes someone very familiar with liberal health-care reform ideas to say this, but this is not a liberal bill. Liberals believe access to medical care is a public good that should be provided by the public sector. The sop to that approach was the public option, which isn't even in the final law. That's why every time someone terms this socialism, I fantasize about Karl Marx, or maybe William Beveridge, stepping out Marshall McLuhan-style and saying, "You know nothing of my work!"

I saw this quote first over at Daily Kos, and my instant reaction was "Annie Hall!"

Then I went to the source, and what do you know ... a clip of the "Annie Hall" scene with McLuhan telling some guy in line with Woodie Allen at a movie theater "[Y]ou know nothing of my work!"

Regardless, the article is spot on. The alleged health care reform bill is not liberal by any standard of measure. Without a public option, it drops its purported liberalness by 50% (in my estimation). This bill was, and has been, a bend over, kiss my ass, giveaway to the Republicans and right wingers, and despite all of that ass kissing, the Republicans STILL chose to vote NO as an entire group.

Go figure.