“Pledge to America”, More like a Contract on America

Where’s Bill Murray? Is this Groundhog Day?  Why do I feel like I’m reliving a nightmare from 1994?  Furthermore, since when does leaving the womb of Capital Hill and being videoed at a hardware store in nearby Virginia make you an outsider? This whole charade smacks of a hillbilly Tea Party gathering complete with pitchfork and overalls.  Is America really this gullible and stupid? Let's take a little quiz. Who really benefits from this pledge?

Not the children who are sick and could lose their health coverage

Not the people with catastrophic health care bills that will have lifetime limits restored

Not the 32 million Americans who couldn’t get health insurance before the reform

Not the people who will be dropped by their insurers if they get sick

Not the young people under 26, who will lose their insurance through their parents

Not the people who depend on Social Security

Not the people who depend on Medicare

Not the workers who would like to organize, but can’t because of corporate veto.

Not the gay/lesbians who want to be treated like citizens

Not the workers who lose their jobs overseas
Not poor immigrants trying to eek out a living

Not the troops killed in needless wars

Who then?

The Wall St Banks

Food factories 

Oil, Coal and Nuclear power

Defense contractors

Millionaires

China and every other country that steals American jobs

New? This sounds like old time GOP religion to me.