Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Barack Obama on Agressive Activism
He said the following during his campaign: “I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face.” (Senator Barack Obama, Campaign Remarks in Elko, Nevada, 9/17/08)
Party of No Ideas on Health Care
The GOP has proposals for health care. If you would like to read about them in the news, check out a few of the links at this website: http://barackobamaexperiment.com/gop-health-care-solutions
Democrats E-Mail "Facts"
1+1=2 and always will. This is a fact.
?+?=? is what the recent Democratic e-mail contained for facts.
See, I am a man of facts. I prefer to use them to explain my points when it is not a matter of common sense. When it is a matter of having common sense I prefer to use the pull of emotional and mental reality to make you see yourself what the facts are. Democrats have used emotional and mental responses in the hopes that the facts will be found. I get the emails from all three political parties in Maine. The e-mails usually contain bias and misleading statements, but this is the first time an e-mail has insulted grass-roots movements and described them as mobs. I will give you the full e-mail text:
There's been a lot of media coverage about organized mobs intimidating lawmakers, disrupting town halls, and silencing real discussion about the need for real health insurance reform.
The truth is, it's a sham. These "grassroots protests" are being organized and largely paid for by Washington special interests and insurance companies who are desperate to block reform. They're trying to use lies and fear to break the President and his agenda for change.
Health insurance reform is about our lives, our jobs, and our families -- we can't let distortions and intimidation get in the way. We need to expose these outrageous tactics, and we're counting on you to help. Can you read these "5 facts about the anti-reform mobs," then pass them along to your friends and family?
5 facts about the anti-reform mobs
1. These disruptions are being funded and organized by out-of-district special-interest groups and insurance companies who fear that health insurance reform could help Americans, but hurt their bottom line. A group run by the same folks who made the "Swiftboat" ads against John Kerry is compiling a list of congressional events in August to disrupt. An insurance company coalition has stationed employees in 30 states to track where local lawmakers hold town-hall meetings.
2. People are scared because they are being fed frightening lies. These crowds are being riled up by anti-reform lies being spread by industry front groups that invent smears to tarnish the President's plan and scare voters. But as the President has repeatedly said, health insurance reform will create more health care choices for the American people, not reduce them. If you like your insurance or your doctor, you can keep them, and there is no "government takeover" in any part of any plan supported by the President or Congress.
3. Their actions are getting more extreme. Texas protesters brought signs displaying a tombstone for Rep. Lloyd Doggett and using the "SS" symbol to compare President Obama's policies to Nazism. Maryland Rep. Frank Kratovil was hanged in effigy outside his district office. Rep. Tim Bishop of New York had to be escorted to his car by police after an angry few disrupted his town hall meeting -- and more examples like this come in every day. And they have gone beyond just trying to derail the President's health insurance reform plans, they are trying to "break" the President himself and ruin his Presidency.
4. Their goal is to disrupt and shut down legitimate conversation. Protesters have routinely shouted down representatives trying to engage in constructive dialogue with voters, and done everything they can to intimidate and silence regular people who just want more information. One attack group has even published a manual instructing protesters to "stand up and shout" and try to "rattle" lawmakers to prevent them from talking peacefully with their constituents.
5. Republican leadership is irresponsibly cheering on the thuggish crowds. Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner issued a statement applauding and promoting a video of the disruptions and looking forward to "a long, hot August for Democrats in Congress."
It's time to expose this charade, before it gets more dangerous. Please send these facts to everyone you know. You can also post them on your website, blog, or Facebook page.
Now, more than ever, we need to stand strong together and defend the truth.
E-mail over. Time for a highlight reel (yes, this is a time when you need common sense) :
organized mobs intimidating lawmakers
These "grassroots protests" are being organized and largely paid for by Washington special interests and insurance companies who are desperate to block reform.
These disruptions are being funded and organized by out-of-district special-interest groups and insurance companies who fear that health insurance reform could help Americans, but hurt their bottom line.
A group run by the same folks who made the "Swiftboat" ads against John Kerry is compiling a list of congressional events in August to disrupt. An insurance company coalition has stationed employees in 30 states to track where local lawmakers hold town-hall meetings.
People are scared because they are being fed frightening lies.
anti-reform lies being spread by industry front groups that invent smears to tarnish the President's plan.
Their actions are getting more extreme.
Maryland Rep. Frank Kratovil was hanged in effigy outside his district office.
One attack group has even published a manual instructing protesters to "stand up and shout" and try to "rattle" lawmakers to prevent them from talking peacefully with their constituents.
Highlight reel over. One final one that made me write this post:
It's time to expose this charade
Excerpt over. With facts like those, how could anyone doubt the Democrats. I mean, with an ambiguous and unnamed group causing trouble over there, and another group that was involved in something years ago being involved, yet unnamed, I don't see how any of this could be believed. Yes, I am not even going to use sarcasm on this one. This is ridiculous. Also, the guy being hanged in effigy, where were the complaints when George Bush was being hanged, burned, and stepped on for the past 8 years? Seriously if they want to complain about the use of effigies when they justify it with freedom of expression, so shall those who oppose them.
What is true is that ACORN, SEIU, and AARP endorse Obama's healthcare plan. My parents have an AARP monthly magazine which says so.
Lets notice that in all of the Democratic message, I have more facts in one sentence than they do in the entire "fact check" e-mail.
?+?=? is what the recent Democratic e-mail contained for facts.
See, I am a man of facts. I prefer to use them to explain my points when it is not a matter of common sense. When it is a matter of having common sense I prefer to use the pull of emotional and mental reality to make you see yourself what the facts are. Democrats have used emotional and mental responses in the hopes that the facts will be found. I get the emails from all three political parties in Maine. The e-mails usually contain bias and misleading statements, but this is the first time an e-mail has insulted grass-roots movements and described them as mobs. I will give you the full e-mail text:
There's been a lot of media coverage about organized mobs intimidating lawmakers, disrupting town halls, and silencing real discussion about the need for real health insurance reform.
The truth is, it's a sham. These "grassroots protests" are being organized and largely paid for by Washington special interests and insurance companies who are desperate to block reform. They're trying to use lies and fear to break the President and his agenda for change.
Health insurance reform is about our lives, our jobs, and our families -- we can't let distortions and intimidation get in the way. We need to expose these outrageous tactics, and we're counting on you to help. Can you read these "5 facts about the anti-reform mobs," then pass them along to your friends and family?
5 facts about the anti-reform mobs
1. These disruptions are being funded and organized by out-of-district special-interest groups and insurance companies who fear that health insurance reform could help Americans, but hurt their bottom line. A group run by the same folks who made the "Swiftboat" ads against John Kerry is compiling a list of congressional events in August to disrupt. An insurance company coalition has stationed employees in 30 states to track where local lawmakers hold town-hall meetings.
2. People are scared because they are being fed frightening lies. These crowds are being riled up by anti-reform lies being spread by industry front groups that invent smears to tarnish the President's plan and scare voters. But as the President has repeatedly said, health insurance reform will create more health care choices for the American people, not reduce them. If you like your insurance or your doctor, you can keep them, and there is no "government takeover" in any part of any plan supported by the President or Congress.
3. Their actions are getting more extreme. Texas protesters brought signs displaying a tombstone for Rep. Lloyd Doggett and using the "SS" symbol to compare President Obama's policies to Nazism. Maryland Rep. Frank Kratovil was hanged in effigy outside his district office. Rep. Tim Bishop of New York had to be escorted to his car by police after an angry few disrupted his town hall meeting -- and more examples like this come in every day. And they have gone beyond just trying to derail the President's health insurance reform plans, they are trying to "break" the President himself and ruin his Presidency.
4. Their goal is to disrupt and shut down legitimate conversation. Protesters have routinely shouted down representatives trying to engage in constructive dialogue with voters, and done everything they can to intimidate and silence regular people who just want more information. One attack group has even published a manual instructing protesters to "stand up and shout" and try to "rattle" lawmakers to prevent them from talking peacefully with their constituents.
5. Republican leadership is irresponsibly cheering on the thuggish crowds. Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner issued a statement applauding and promoting a video of the disruptions and looking forward to "a long, hot August for Democrats in Congress."
It's time to expose this charade, before it gets more dangerous. Please send these facts to everyone you know. You can also post them on your website, blog, or Facebook page.
Now, more than ever, we need to stand strong together and defend the truth.
E-mail over. Time for a highlight reel (yes, this is a time when you need common sense) :
organized mobs intimidating lawmakers
These "grassroots protests" are being organized and largely paid for by Washington special interests and insurance companies who are desperate to block reform.
These disruptions are being funded and organized by out-of-district special-interest groups and insurance companies who fear that health insurance reform could help Americans, but hurt their bottom line.
A group run by the same folks who made the "Swiftboat" ads against John Kerry is compiling a list of congressional events in August to disrupt. An insurance company coalition has stationed employees in 30 states to track where local lawmakers hold town-hall meetings.
People are scared because they are being fed frightening lies.
anti-reform lies being spread by industry front groups that invent smears to tarnish the President's plan.
Their actions are getting more extreme.
Maryland Rep. Frank Kratovil was hanged in effigy outside his district office.
One attack group has even published a manual instructing protesters to "stand up and shout" and try to "rattle" lawmakers to prevent them from talking peacefully with their constituents.
Highlight reel over. One final one that made me write this post:
It's time to expose this charade
Excerpt over. With facts like those, how could anyone doubt the Democrats. I mean, with an ambiguous and unnamed group causing trouble over there, and another group that was involved in something years ago being involved, yet unnamed, I don't see how any of this could be believed. Yes, I am not even going to use sarcasm on this one. This is ridiculous. Also, the guy being hanged in effigy, where were the complaints when George Bush was being hanged, burned, and stepped on for the past 8 years? Seriously if they want to complain about the use of effigies when they justify it with freedom of expression, so shall those who oppose them.
What is true is that ACORN, SEIU, and AARP endorse Obama's healthcare plan. My parents have an AARP monthly magazine which says so.
Lets notice that in all of the Democratic message, I have more facts in one sentence than they do in the entire "fact check" e-mail.
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