SIR! You are the villain, killing the democratic process so precious to American society. Any good democratic procedure could adapt to any spontaneous actions in the hearing and not stand on ceremonious standards of proceedings. Democracy has to be flexible; deliberative minds have to be fluent. If they are not, it can only mean the one in charge has a predetermined end in mind and is just going through the motions for show.
Single-payer, national health care, like Medicare has not had a representation at the round table. You could have shown some forbearance. Any civilized person could have, but you are too inflexibly bound up in your position to have done something spontaneously democratic. At least you could have called the protesters out for a brief chit-chat ex parte for a few minutes and set up something. Rigidity of mind is all you showed.
Is there really something to this charge that you, big shot Max Baucus, are in the hip pocket (where the wallet is kept) of the insurance company lobbies and others who like the way things are now?
To me, you are a public SERVANT! And you should start acting like one!
Who made you king, pope, ayatollah, chief, boss, Fuehrer, master decider of all things American?! Act like a small-d democrat! I wonder how you would define “democracy”.
Come on, Max! Give us something to respect! Show us your democratic credentials by democratic behavior!
