A MESSAGE TO SEN. BORRASSO (R-WY)

Last night while watching the Rachel Maddow news program she provided me with a segment about Senator Barrasso from WY who was on the Senate floor citing President Kennedy’s book “Profile in Courage” while imploring that at least one Democratic Senator have the courage to vote “No” on the Health Care Reform legislation. The story compelled me to write the following to Senator Barrasso and while I don’t expect a reply perhaps it’s time for people with a better understanding of history to share that information with those in a position of power who should know better.

“I noticed in your bio that you're from my home state of Pa. You're now a U.S. Senator and I am not yet after I saw you citing JFK's "Profiles in Courage" while asking just one Democrat to have the courage to vote "no" to health care reform I was perplexed at how someone so removed from the facts could be in a position of making laws that affect those who are more in touch with reality.

I wish you have the courage to admit you didn't know that JFK was "for" universal health care, I wish you have the courage to admit that you prefer partisan rancor to actually doing something for the American people, and I wished you had the courage to vote in favor of health care reform instead of marching in lock step with an increasingly irrelevant political party.

You're against health care reform, against a jobs stimulus, against addressing global warming. Indeed Senator what do you have the courage to stand for? Get some backbone Senator and get your facts straight before demanding someone else reflects the courage which you yourself clearly lack.”