I hate those special interests. They kill kittens, don’t they?
Joy —
Last week, Republican Senator Jim DeMint made it pretty clear why the opponents of health care reform are fighting so hard. As he told a special interest attack group, “If we’re able to stop Obama on this, it will be his Waterloo. It will break him.” Here’s how the President responded:
Think about that. This isn’t about me. This isn’t about politics. This is about a health care system that is breaking America’s families, breaking America’s businesses and breaking America’s economy. And we can’t afford the politics of delay and defeat when it comes to health care. Not this time, not now. There are too many lives and livelihoods at stake.
With Congress only days away from finalizing their plans for reform, it’s time to stand up with the President and fight back against this disastrous brand of old-style politics. So we need as many people as possible to publicly support the President’s principles for health care reform and call on Congress to act.
Before the first full votes in Congress, we’ll publish the signatures in newspaper ads across the nation, to make sure your voice is heard.
Watch President Obama’s . . . response, then add your name in support of reform. Or if you’ve already signed, please forward this message to every one of your friends and neighbors so they can join you.
The President is more dedicated than ever to passing health care reform that satisfies the three requirements he’s been talking about for months: Health care reform must reduce costs, guarantee choice — including the choice of a strong public insurance option — and ensure all Americans have quality, affordable health care.
If we do not reform our broken health care system this year, we will only shackle future generations with spiraling costs and deteriorating care. The cost of inaction is simply more than this country can afford.
But the special interests who profit from the status quo won’t go down without a fight. The ads, the smears, and the attacks — targeting both President Obama and members of Congress who support reform — will only get worse. So it’s crucial that we show huge backing before Congress finalizes their plans this month.
Stand with President Obama on health care reform:
http://my.barackobama.com/hcdeclare
Thanks for standing up for change.
Thanks,
Mitch
Mitch Stewart
Director
Organizing for America
Sure thing, Mitch. I’m especially excited about the idea that under ObamaCare, elderly people will be required to meet with counselors every five years to discuss powers-of-attorney, living wills, and dying with dignity. I understand that this is not meant to imply that we’ll be rushing them into assisted suicide, of course: just like the waitress who leaves the check on the table during a dinner on a lucrative night at the restaurant has no interest in turning that table over, and really means it, down to the very core of her being, when she says “take your time.”
I’m looking forward with great anticipation to the various types of Soylant that will be available, too. I’m sure they’ll be great, sauteed with a little arugula . . .
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Obama qualifications to reform health care:
No birth certificate
Cannot stop smoking
Difficulty telling the truth.
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Great post – keep up the excellent work!
COMMON CENTS
http://www.commoncts.blogspot.com
Help me die, President Barack!
Tell me how to be one of the new heroes!
With a Democrat braintrust of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barbara Boxer and you, how could we go wrong?
Soylent green is PEOPLE!
Soylent Green is heroes!
See NYT for the details.
Now with MORE heroes!
Government run healthcare…
The efficiency of the DMVand the compassion of the IRS.
This issue has been grossly distorted. The bill does not mandate that people have one of these counseling sessions. It merely says that it will pay for such a session if a patient wants one. Snopes has a great explanation you should read:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/m…/ euthanasia.asp