On September 30, 2009, the US Senate, which is currently/supposedly “controlled” by the Democratic party, “voted against a proposal to put a government administered ‘public option’ in the health reform bill that will come out of the Senate Finance Committee” (www.intershame.com). For those too lazy to follow the link, here are the names of 5 Senators who betrayed the Democratic party, accompanied with links from the “contact me” section of their official websites: Max Baucus (D-Mont), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark), Bill Nelson (D-Fla) and Tom Carper (D-Del).

Update: The ASS Party

According to NPR, “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid began private meetings Wednesday with fellow Democrats and the White House to merge his chamber’s two health care overhaul bills into a single plan that could win a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.” This means that, despite Baucus’s and other Democrats’ epic backstabbing, Majority Leader Harry Reid rode (or flew, rather) in on his magic dragon and busted a cap into the ass of his party, herein known as the “Ass Party.”

But the battle ain’t over yet, nor has the obese woman screeched. We still need to make sure the 5 Democrats mentioned earlier make the filibusterer-proof majority a reality and not just a novel notion. Myself a hobo and avid doodoo sculpter, I am somewhat of a skeptic of their success. But homeless or not, I will stand by my party…until they fail, until which I’ll run as a 3-rd party candidate under my very own just-now-created “Hobo Party,” the requirements of which require the lack of permanent housing, no more than 2 sets of clothing or at least 3 scars acquired during scuffles over discarded food (most Americans now qualify).