"It's just a flesh wound!"
Posted on 09/01/2009 1:54:51 PM PDT by vadum
Sometimes leaders lie to their followers to improve morale. People will lie to a mortally wounded person and tell the person everything will be alright.
MoveOn.org, incredibly enough, is telling its supporters it is "winning" the fight to force government-run healthcare down the throats of Americans. It also keeps pushing its push poll that falsely reports that Americans support the socialist public option.
Here is the group's latest email --filled with the usual lies and distortions about what the public wants-- to supporters:
Dear MoveOn member,
After a few weeks of health care craziness, there's good news: we're winning on the ground. Lots of town halls are now dominated by supporters of health care reform. The vast majority of Americans want the choice of a public plan.1 And a powerful bloc of progressives in the House is standing strong on real reform.
The really bad news? The media's still acting like President Obama's health care plan is on the skids.
If we don't turn the conventional wisdom around before Congress begins voting on health care, we could be in big trouble.
We've got a plan to make it happen. It starts tomorrow with major vigils across the country to bring the media's focus back to the real people suffering under the current health care system.
And then we'll shake up the media story again by going on the offensive against Republicans, with a new series of tough ads that call them out for their ties to the health insurance industry.
But to actually make a big splash, we need to raise $185,000 today—and that's going to take at least 50 donations from people in Washington. Can you chip in $20 right now to help out?
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Right now, Republicans in Congress think they can get away with viciously slandering President Obama's plan for a public health insurance option—even though 77% of Americans say they want to have the choice of a public plan.2
These Republicans need a reality check. Every member of Congress should know that opposing health care reform isn't just morally wrong—it's politically dangerous and unpopular.
That's why we're planning some very tough new TV ads. They'll let voters know exactly how much money their representatives have taken from the insurance industry, whose top goal this year is to kill the public option.
These ads are a surefire way to put Republicans on the defensive, and show that Americans want their representatives to stop siding with insurance companies by obstructing health care reform.
To hit our goal of $185,000 and get these ads on the air, we need at least 50 people in Washington to step up. Can you chip in $20 right now to help out?
Thanks for all you do.
–Nita, Kat, Stephen, Joan and the rest of the team
Source:
1, 2. "New Poll: 77 Percent Support 'Choice' Of Public Option," The Huffington Post, August 20, 2009. http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51799&id=17087-10523989-_Ao3JTx&t=5
Want to support our work? We're entirely funded by our 5 million members—no corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. Chip in here.
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They know their devout followers will believe any spiel they dish out to them.
MoveOn.Org should move on down the line!....They have failed!
“++++But to actually make a big splash, we need to raise $185,000 today....+++++”
Wow, they didn’t get a bail out?
"It's just a flesh wound!"
Does that mean they can FINALLY move on?
Well, this is all silly since the vote for Obamacare isn’t even up to us common folk... our dear representatives are doing the voting. Congresscritters know that the average voter’s attention spans are about 72 hours, so tho whole thing will be totally forgotten by the time their reelections come up. They’ll just pass something like a Welfare increase or something the day before elections.
They know their devout followers will believe any spiel they dish out to them.
16 year old pimply kids are easy to fool!
I got the same e-mail- you know the line from the godfather; keep your friends close but your enemies closer...
they linked to a poll that showed “77% of the people want a public option in health reform bill”....
the poll was taken on huffingtonpost....these morons are laughable.....
Meanwhile back in the real world Commiecare is polling at about 45% for and 55% against.
This smacks of desperation. Seems MorOn.org is trying to keep the Dems on the reservation.
We have the upper hand, but need to keep fighting until the Commiecare bill is dead and buried, then dug up and killed again. Then we wipe the blood off our bayonets and set our sights on Crap & Tax....Complacency is not an option.
Uh . . . 50 times $20 = $1,000. A bit shy of $185,000. But math was never a Liberal's strong suit.
So, I guess they truly are going to need at least 50 donations.
Right after he lost his last job in April 2003.
LMAO .. presidential approval under 50% in every half respectable poll and even a few left leaning pushers - but they are ‘winning’ ... cute, very very cute
They couldn’t fight their way out of the paper bag their spouses have to put over their ugly faces.
If only we had a little more $, we could crush these conservatives (even though we have congress and the executive).
Free Dope will be a big hit with a high % of aging Boomer Hippies. MediCare costs will drop like rocks as this Change Generation lights up again.
This will probably backfire... their members will think they already have enough people going to won’t show up.. HAHAHA..
Funny... Obama received the MOST Health Sector Lobbying $$ of ALL in Congress (as measured over a 10 year period) and they want to point to the GOP? GE is already making $$ off of the HITECH Act that was forced upon us in the non-stimulus plan (they even have a cute stimulus nickname for their services).
Give me a break!
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