Hank, so long as the Republican leaders, and the Republican followers, are staying silent while the Repubs and their hired hands are spouting about...

1. Obama isn't an American, and

2. The Death Panel will kill all Americans over 71...

...then I think ignoring R's is not only good policy, it's damn good for America.

The only thing better would be if Man-on-Dog actually ran for President...with Bachmann or Palin as running mate...if the R's didn't clamp down on any possible combination involving any one of those three, then they not only deserve every single thing they're getting, but a lot more that will come later.

Hank, how is it "ignoring R's" when the R's aren't actually saying anything? When the R's version of the bipartisanship they keep clamoring for is to either do absolutely nothing, or spread lies about the Death Panel, then what exactly should the other 70% of us be listening to?

If the R's had anything useful to say, we'd listen...as it is, when Obama praised Grassley for being a reasonable Republican, one who was willing to sit down and actually talk about the content of the possible health reform bills, the next day Grassley had to go out and repeat the Death Panel Talking Point before he lost his "base"...the ignorant racist loudmouths who would sell their own mothers down the river before ever admitting that a Democrat, a black one at that, could possibly have a good idea.

Why listen? We have the votes, and if the R's don't want to play ball...well, to put it bluntly, fuckem.

They not only have very little of substance, and even less of use to say, but it's how they ran our country into the ground for the past eight years...they clearly can't be trusted with anything beyond parroting talking points and creating resolutions to make Obama apologize.

Fish on...

Todd