November 8, 2009
boutofcontext: Separately, if you read the appeal, the Bishops are at worst two for three today on advocacy. Their other positions were: Regardless of status, immigrants living in our country need to have access to health care just as any other human being… Because we support and advocate in favor of affordable and accessible health care for all, especially the poor and marginalized, we want legislation that expands Medicaid eligibility for adults living at 150 percent or lower of the federal poverty level… You’re going to need a bigger fig leaf. Consider the appeal. Now look at the results. 1 out of 3. Where on the ideological scale do those three items fall? Now which one of those three came to pass? Was the winning item one of the two far left-wing positions? Or the one far-right position? Huh. Funny, that. I mean, observe for a second the full weight of that accomplishment. It’s stunning. Conservative Republicans are hobbled. We’ve got a Democratic House, a Democratic Senate and a Democratic President … in what is arguably the most important Democratic domestic policy initiative of the past three decades, also during what is arguably the easiest point in the process for liberals—the House vote—and the bishops weren’t able to convince Democrats to even consider expanding Medicaid or even consider illegal immigrants. But the Stupak Amendment restricting abortion? In the bag. All of the levers of power are with liberals. Did it matter? No. Did the Conference of Bishops make a tough push for the Blue Dogs to expand Medicaid? Please. Did they put their full lobbying weight behind an immigrant provision? Don’t make me laugh. It’s clear what their priority is: abortion. The Catholic hierarchy is operationally right-wing. The rest is fluff. They’re not wringing their hands in the rectory tonight over their mostly-failed-agenda. They’re shaking hands and slapping backs. And we all know why.

boutofcontext:

Separately, if you read the appeal, the Bishops are at worst two for three today on advocacy. Their other positions were:

  • Regardless of status, immigrants living in our country need to have access to health care just as any other human being…
  • Because we support and advocate in favor of affordable and accessible health care for all, especially the poor and marginalized, we want legislation that expands Medicaid eligibility for adults living at 150 percent or lower of the federal poverty level…

You’re going to need a bigger fig leaf.

Consider the appeal. Now look at the results.

1 out of 3. Where on the ideological scale do those three items fall? Now which one of those three came to pass? Was the winning item one of the two far left-wing positions? Or the one far-right position?

Huh. Funny, that.

I mean, observe for a second the full weight of that accomplishment. It’s stunning. Conservative Republicans are hobbled. We’ve got a Democratic House, a Democratic Senate and a Democratic President … in what is arguably the most important Democratic domestic policy initiative of the past three decades, also during what is arguably the easiest point in the process for liberals—the House vote—and the bishops weren’t able to convince Democrats to even consider expanding Medicaid or even consider illegal immigrants. But the Stupak Amendment restricting abortion?

In the bag.

All of the levers of power are with liberals. Did it matter? No. Did the Conference of Bishops make a tough push for the Blue Dogs to expand Medicaid? Please. Did they put their full lobbying weight behind an immigrant provision? Don’t make me laugh.

It’s clear what their priority is: abortion. The Catholic hierarchy is operationally right-wing. The rest is fluff. They’re not wringing their hands in the rectory tonight over their mostly-failed-agenda. They’re shaking hands and slapping backs. And we all know why.

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