I usually don't do rallies, especially when I have to leave the beach on 100 degree days to go into the city but I'm doing so today. Will the Unity/UFT gang that attacks Marianne be there? Will retirees from ARISE who also attack Marianne be there? I'll get more into these attacks when I get a chance. Hey, ya think the election has anything to do with Mayor Adams reversal? And btw- I'm ignoring the single issue push for supporting a candidate and the crit of Mandami by the Marianne crew for his not openly endorsing our battle. Fact is as a Dem Soc (as I am - sort of), medicare for as many as possible is a basic ask.
My big question: should I drink water or beer? I will post some pics later.
Norm
We are beyond fortunate that, somewhere in Georgia, NYC retiree Marianne Pizzitola woke up one morning and decided that demeaning our health care was unacceptable. She organized NYC Retirees out of thin air, and built it into a force that no one can ignore. If Mulgrew had his way, every retiree in the city would be in an inferior Medicare Advantage Plan right this moment, and would have been for the last four years.
That is the only reason that Unity ducklings attack her so relentlessly. She showed that King Mulgrew had no clothes. It was pretty goshdarn embarrassing for Unity. In fact, her inconvenient truth-telling led to Unity losing the Retired Teacher Chapter (RTC) for the first time ever.
Unity’s still trying to live that down. Unity treated Marianne like a pariah when she came to an RTC meeting. One of Unity’s tactical geniuses advised insulting her, and us, with “whatever drivel you can come up with.” Nothing has changed. Rather than defend their miserable, humiliating record of failure after failure, they attack her.
A somewhat more sophisticated Unity voice (who attacks Marianne nonetheless) has repeatedly taken the position that we ought to stop focusing on this and look at what Trump is doing in Washington. I’d argue he’s half right. We certainly can’t ignore national politics. I don’t. However, we are not going to achieve Medicare for All in the next three years. And I’m sorry, NYHA fans, but that’s not passing any time in the very near future either.
That "sophisticated" voice is Leo Casey, who I predict will toss his beret in the ring to lead the Unity charge to take back the RTC by running for CL -- the next Tom Murphy.
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