I initially laughed at the idea in my email, but then I took it seriously. For the first time ever, I wrote a letter to my Senators, at the request of Organizing for America (formerly Obama for America), in the form of a holiday greeting card.
Dear Senators -
As you sit on the plane back to Michigan, and reflect on the (likely) failure of the health care reform, because you let Joe Lieberman and a small group of Republicans prove your incompetence, take some time to wonder how many families might spend Christmas without a loved one or someone they care about, because they were tossed to the curb the minute the vote (likely) failed.
It may seem insignificant to persons with government health insurance, but I won't forget that you didn't help close the deal the next time it's time to vote in an election. I could be wrong, and the bill will make it to President Obama's desk before the holiday, but it sticks in my mind more when it is this close, and politics prevailed over moral impetus.
It will be enlightening when in another six months, I will turn 24 years old, and have no health care coverage. Thanks, as always, for proving my painfully accurate distrust in the ability of government to actually do anything of any sort.
I'm so thankful this holiday season for the stunning incompetence my government is putting on display. I'm also SO glad that the failure weighing on your shoulders hasn't gotten heavy enough to force your hand into doing something about it, and if I didn't know better, I'd say the motivation was never really there in the first place. If it was, I would have a job, health care, and a restored faith in the America that now only exists in the history book lying on my table.
Remember Remember, the 25th of December, the day Congress ruined Christmas.
Happy Holidays, Failures!
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