talking, not prevaricating

     The Democrat candidates for president had a good debate tonight.  (Or, I should say, half of the Democrats running for president had a good debate -- there's another one tomorrow night, 7:00 p.m. central time, for the other half.)

     To paraphrase Chandler Bing -- "Could there BE more Democrats running??"

     Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders basically drove home the point in plain English that the only reason we haven't reformed health care is because the medical industry and the insurance industry aren't done ripping us off yet.


     And the Republicans aren't done letting them.  And many of the current Democrats in Congress aren't done letting them, either -- Marianne Williamson said we need to get the dark money out of politics and get all new people in there.  (At least, that's the way I heard it -- they talked fast and a lot, and I didn't have time to take notes, so I might not have it letter perfect.  [Don't yell at me, watch it yourself...])

     Bernie Sanders is interesting:  he speaks so I can understand, he calls bullshit when someone prevaricates and misleads, and when someone is saying something he knows isn't right, he looks at them while they're talking, respectfully, yet at the same time he's boiling with irritation at the wrong information being given, and you can observe his volcanic enthusiasm just straining at the leash to have his chance to contribute and correct things -- yet it's all overlaid with an attitude of firm respectfulness.

     He's a sight to behold.  
     Like Mick Jagger -- he has a unique energy, which he applies.

     I notice candidates who want to take away from the universal health care idea -- they kind of speak around in a bit of a circle, and then slip in an idea that someone's going to take something away from us.  When they start trying to make me fearful, instead of describing a positive plan, I tune out.

     When they argue against a proposal by trying to scare us, it only makes me wonder two things:
    1.  They don't have a good argument against the proposal; and
    2.  They're making money off the deal, the way it is now.

They make their scare agenda so obvious:  they might as well hide and then jump out and shout, "Boo!"  
     I get the feeling Delaney is swimming in insurance company contributions.

     Marianne Williamson isn't going to win, but her idea to take corporate money out of politics is an excellent one.  

     Every candidate can make valuable contributions even if they don't win.  Each one has a function if they can articulate ideas that are meaningful for us, the people.

Detroit, the Debate City

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