Enough is enough.... you democrats will not try to take the uniting of the republican party against health care reform and turn it into some cracked up, jacked up crap. IT WON'T happen.I've heard everything from Fox news is leading a revolt or that republicans are being inspired by a conservative activist group promoted by Fox News host Glenn Beck and even county republican parties.
LET ME MAKE THIS PERFECTLY CLEAR. FIRST... WE HAVE BRAINS AND WE USE THEM AND WE THINK FOR OURSELVES. I PERSONALLY DON'T NEED ANYONE TO INSPIRE MY OPINION OF HEALTH CARE REFORM. ALL I HAD TO DO WAS TO READ THE BILL.... AND I HAVEN'T MADE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE 1100+ BILL.
DEMOCRATS... SAVE YOUR VOICES... AS YOU WILL HEAR OURS. NO MORE SPENDING, NO MORE BIG GOVERNMENT, NO MORE OBAMA LIES, NO GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH CARE.
No one needs to INSPIRE me to know that I don't want a single payer health care plan. I am all for health care reform... we can achieve no pre-existing conditions, we can approve a cap on health care increases.... we can reform our current system WITHOUT a single payer system.
Now fix what we have and lets get on with it. If you want to hear what Obama wants ....the health care system and you don't believe it... watch the video on the blog "OBAMA LIAR LIAR"below.
NO WE DON'T NEED ANYONE TO TELL US WHAT TO THINK, FEEL OR BELIEVE IN. NOW I KNOW THAT IS HARD FOR YOU LIBERALS TO UNDERSTAND THAT... I UNDERSTAND... YOU ARE USE TO NOT THINKING FOR YOURSELVES...GET OVER IT!
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The right is firing yo the old lie machine- see Diana's lies debunket at this link:
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200908130013
Fearmongering on rationing is a GOP strategy
Luntz memo urged Republicans to emphasize the "consequences of rationing." In a memo to Republicans outlining rhetorical strategies for opposing Obama's health care reform initiative, Republican consultant Frank Luntz wrote: "Put simply, while Americans would oppose the concept (and reality) of healthcare rationing, it is the impact of rationing -- the long waits for tests, the denial of care, the thousands of people fleeing to America to get the care they can't get in their own countries -- this is what truly frightens the public more than the word rationing itself. ... The word "rationing" does induce the negative response you want, but what you really want audiences to focus on is the "consequences of rationing."
Special Report not alone in fearmongering about end-of-life health care
Fox & Friends has repeatedly fearmongered on rationing and care of elderly. In selectively citing Obama's April interview, Baier and Bream followed a pattern of Fox News hosts and guests repeatedly invoking rationing among the elderly to fearmonger the effects of health care reform. Fox & Friends hosts and guests have repeatedly characterized advanced planning provisions in the bill as "euthanasia," "eugenics," and "an Aldous Huxley kind of world."
Fearmongering about end-of-life mandates echoes discredited right-wing smear
Claims of mandatory counseling for seniors to end their lives are false. Suggestions that health care reform will lead to the elderly being encouraged to die echo the discredited right-wing myth that a provision in the House health care reform bill would require that seniors receive "mandatory" end-of-life counseling sessions that would, in Betsy McCaughey's words, "tell them how to end their life sooner." Contrary to these assertions, the bill does not make end-of-life counseling mandatory. The relevant section of the bill amends the Social Security Act to ensure that advance care planning will be covered if a patient requests it from a qualified care provider [America's Affordable Health Choices Act, Sec. 1233]. According to an analysis of the bill produced by the three relevant House committees, the section "[p]rovides coverage for consultation between enrollees and practitioners to discuss orders for life-sustaining treatment. Instructs CMS to modify 'Medicare & You' handbook to incorporate information on end-of-life planning resources and to incorporate measures on advance care planning into the physician's quality reporting initiative." [waysandmeans.house.gov, accessed 7/29/09]
PolitiFact: Claim that seniors would be told how to end lives sooner "is an outright distortion." Criticizing McCaughey's false claims, PolitiFact.com wrote that the "claim that the sessions would 'tell [seniors] how to end their life sooner' is an outright distortion. Rather, the sessions are an option for elderly patients who want to learn more about living wills, health care proxies and other forms of end-of-life planning. McCaughey isn't just wrong, she's spreading a ridiculous falsehood."
Eric Burns of Media Matters writes about the pernicious effects of this avalanche of anger:
After months of bombardment, just 42 percent of Republicans nationwide believe Obama is even a citizen. Only 47 percent of all Southerners believe this indisputable fact. Not surprisingly, on the legislative side, the public is increasingly divided over signature Democratic efforts. Despite overwhelming agreement that health care reform is needed, recent polling has found that nearly 50 percent of respondents feel that Obama's health care plan is a "bad idea." This confusion and discontent is exactly what conservatives are working to cultivate and exploit
So when the left mocks 'birthers' and 'teabaggers' and 'death panels', we should keep in mind that there is a larger and more sinister strategic imperative in play, namely, to move the debate to the far right. Granted, it may not be a conscious strategy on the part of ordinary Americans voicing their fears about "government takeovers" and "socialism." For these citizens, the desire to "take their country back" stems from genuine emotions and beliefs, albeit emotions and beliefs carefully stoked by a still potent rightwing message machine using think-tank-crafted soundbites. Put more bluntly, a lot of these protesters really believe what they're saying. What's distressing (and deplorable) is how wrong-headed some of it is. And what's disgusting is when it devolves into racism and xenophobia.
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