C-Span held more drama than an episode of the Jersey Shore last night. Two minutes of yielded time to the Gentle Men and Ladies of our 50 states each resulted in mini-soap operas of epic proportions. After a weekend that featured racial epithets slung at John Lewis and homophobic slurs hurled at Barney Frank, one would think that the floor debate would offer a welcome recalibration of civility. But one would be wrong. It was passionate, it was climatic, it was nearly Shakespearean. IT WAS AWESOME.
In between the doom and gloom of the right and the elation mixed with a bit of I-told-you-sos of the left, real substance about the nature and future of our nation unfolded in the hallowed chamber and the legislative branch of our nation rediscovered its soul. The hard work on Health Care Reform, its implementation, is forthcoming but the passion from both sides last night was a redemptive splash of democracy in action.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 'Merica!!
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