Health Care Vote Brings Flood of Despair
By Sharon Hudson, Public Relations Chair of North Mecklenburg Republican Women
I can’t say I didn’t see it coming. For months “Obamacare” loomed on the horizon, a dark storm threatening to erode a huge chunk of my liberty. Still, there was hope. A few bright rays peaking through the gathering tempest.
Against all odds, Scott Brown won the US Senate seat in Massachusetts. Pro-life Democrats vowed to kill the bill because of abortion funding. Blue Dog Democrats said they couldn’t vote for legislation that added millions more to our already exploding debt. The process itself was murky and made some squeamish. There was hope.
Like Minnesotans watching the sky for rain, I watched the Democratic machine use my tax dollars to buy votes. Would all the work of Republicans, tea party activists and other like-minded citizens be enough to change the tide? Could we prevail against a force seemingly willing to do anything to capture one-sixth of our economy?
In the end, the answer was no. Our efforts were titanic, but like that ill-fated ship, could not withstand the perfect storm of a biased media eager to aid Democrats and almost unprecedented arm-twisting on the left.
In the end, we lost. The vote last night was a brutal reminder of the 2008 elections. Losing is not fun.
Like watching a loved one lose the battle with a long-standing disease, the end, when it finally comes, is not unexpected. We have had time to prepare. To some, it may even seem a relief. But it still hurts.
It knocks us down and steals our breath. It fills us with despair. It causes us to mourn.
And so, today I will mourn. I will take consolation and encouragement from others. I will look for the silver lining. I will gird myself for the fight ahead.
Tomorrow.
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