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Message from the President: "This is the moment our movement was built for."
www.barackobama.com ^ | Aug. 5, 2009 | Barack Obama

Posted on 08/05/2009 1:44:37 PM PDT by Beloved Levinite

Message from the President: "This is the moment our movement was built for." By Christopher Hass - Aug 5th, 2009 at 3:15 pm EDT Also listed in: Organizing for Health Care Blog

Comments | Mail to a Friend | Report Objectionable Content Today, President Obama sent out a message to supporters asking them to get involved in the fight for health insurance reform this month:

This is the moment our movement was built for.

For one month, the fight for health insurance reform leaves the backrooms of Washington, D.C., and returns to communities across America. Throughout August, members of Congress are back home, where the hands they shake and the voices they hear will not belong to lobbyists, but to people like you.

Home is where we're strongest. We didn't win last year's election together at a committee hearing in D.C. We won it on the doorsteps and the phone lines, at the softball games and the town meetings, and in every part of this great country where people gather to talk about what matters most. And if you're willing to step up once again, that's exactly where we're going to win this historic campaign for the guaranteed, affordable health insurance that every American deserves.

There are those who profit from the status quo, or see this debate as a political game, and they will stop at nothing to block reform. They are filling the airwaves and the internet with outrageous falsehoods to scare people into opposing change. And some people, not surprisingly, are getting pretty nervous. So we've got to get out there, fight lies with truth, and set the record straight.

That's why Organizing for America is putting together thousands of events this month where you can reach out to neighbors, show your support, and make certain your members of Congress know that you're counting on them to act.

But these canvasses, town halls, and gatherings only make a difference if you turn up to knock on doors, share your views, and show your support. So here's what I need from you:

Can you commit to join at least one event in your community this month?

In politics, there's a rule that says when you ask people to get involved, always tell them it'll be easy. Well, let's be honest here: Passing comprehensive health insurance reform will not be easy. Every President since Harry Truman has talked about it, and the most powerful and experienced lobbyists in Washington stand in the way.

But every day we don't act, Americans watch their premiums rise three times faster than wages, small businesses and families are pushed towards bankruptcy, and 14,000 people lose their coverage entirely. The cost of inaction is simply too much for the people of this nation to bear.

So yes, fixing this crisis will not be easy. Our opponents will attack us every day for daring to try. It will require time, and hard work, and there will be days when we don't know if we have anything more to give. But there comes a moment when we all have to choose between doing what's easy, and doing what's right.

This is one of those times. And moments like this are what this movement was built for. So, are you ready?

Please commit now to taking at least one action in your community this month to build support for health insurance reform:

http://my.barackobama.com/CommitAugust

Let's seize this moment and win this historic victory for our economy, our health and our families.

Thank you,

President Barack Obama


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: acorn; agenda; bho44; bhofascism; bhohealthcare; chicagothugs; communism; healthcare; liberalfascism; marxism; nazis; obama; obamabrownshirts; obamacare; socializedmedicine
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Redmeat...Have at it, FReepers!
1 posted on 08/05/2009 1:44:37 PM PDT by Beloved Levinite
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To: Beloved Levinite

Sounds a lot like “get in their faces” from the campaign.

Bring it on Zero!


2 posted on 08/05/2009 1:46:19 PM PDT by Cathy
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To: Eaker; El Gato; Tijeras_Slim; eastforker; hiredhand
Message from the President: "This is the moment our movement was built for."

He better hope it ain't.

3 posted on 08/05/2009 1:48:30 PM PDT by humblegunner (My Kung Fu is ten times power!)
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To: Beloved Levinite
"Our movement".

Soetero, Soros & Co. are using nazi imagery now. The parallels are very real.


4 posted on 08/05/2009 1:48:49 PM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out (click my name)
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To: Cathy

Is Hannity.com a good place to stay up with where to be and when?


5 posted on 08/05/2009 1:48:58 PM PDT by Huebolt (Kill the boomers quickly and cheaply = O BUMMER CARE "take the pain medication")
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To: Beloved Levinite

“So we’ve got to get out there, fight lies with truth, and set the record straight.”

And those facts are? Dimwit. Quick, SOMEBODY READ THE BILL...I didn’t get a harrumph outta that guy...let’s pass out these bullshit emails in liu of facts...


6 posted on 08/05/2009 1:50:49 PM PDT by jessduntno ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: humblegunner

They’re gonna end up with a movement in their drawers if they push too hard.


7 posted on 08/05/2009 1:52:09 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Beloved Levinite

To the Poser in Cheif

From Responsibility2nd

This is your moment, huh? Well I hope you fail. Epic Fail.

Go to failblog.org and all the other epic fail sites and pick and choose all the failures you like.

I hope you fail with the degree of failure that Billary failed with when they foisted Hillary-Care on America.

I hope your failure comes from without and within. (Meaning fellow democrats.)

I hope your moment fails so hard that your butt is sore for weeks.

Failure. It’s whats for dinner.

Failingly yours....

R2


8 posted on 08/05/2009 1:52:10 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I am Legend)
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To: Beloved Levinite

Message from the President: “This is the moment our movement was built for”......

This is the President my “movement” was built for!....


9 posted on 08/05/2009 1:52:40 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Beloved Levinite

We should also show up at these stupid events and have our voices heard.


10 posted on 08/05/2009 1:53:25 PM PDT by Boiling Pots (Barack Obama: The final turd George W. Bush laid on America)
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To: Beloved Levinite

The Moment of their Movement from the Bowels of Liberalism.


11 posted on 08/05/2009 1:54:01 PM PDT by Kevmo (So America gets what America deserves - the destruction of its Constitution. ~Leo Donofrio, 6/1/09)
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To: Beloved Levinite
So here's what I need from you:...

Thus Spoke ZEROthustra

12 posted on 08/05/2009 1:55:02 PM PDT by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: Beloved Levinite

A three minute movement on Obama....Sounds good to me.


13 posted on 08/05/2009 1:55:34 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Beloved Levinite

Flush the Movement


14 posted on 08/05/2009 1:55:41 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Why Does Obama Want Health Care in 4 Weeks When it Took Him 6 Months to Pick a Dog?)
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To: Beloved Levinite
So yes, fixing this crisis will not be easy. Our opponents will attack us every day for daring to try.

No, we'll attack you because your "solution" is ten times worse than the problem! It will result in less freedom of choice, higher costs, more deficits, and health-care rationing controlled by a heartless, mindless government bureaucracy.

That's why we attack your scheme!
15 posted on 08/05/2009 1:57:44 PM PDT by Deo volente ("WE ARE AMERICANS AND WE HAVE A RIGHT TO DEBATE AND DISAGREE WITH ANY ADMINISTRATION!" HRC, 2003)
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To: Beloved Levinite

THE MOVEMENT HE IS TALKING ABOUT IS THE COMMUNIST MOVEMENT...


16 posted on 08/05/2009 1:57:53 PM PDT by bareford101 (Give me liberty, or give me death!)
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To: Beloved Levinite
Message from the President

That office has been vacant since noon on January 20th, when a usurper moved in.

17 posted on 08/05/2009 1:58:44 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (FUBO Kenyan Usurper Thug - Don't Tread On Me!)
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To: Beloved Levinite

The Community Organizing, Whitey House whore is front and center in the disinformation fight of his life. His latest salvo: “Watch for Black Panthers in your neighborhood REAL soon! Get those emails in to my “Rat on an Actual American”@Whitey House.gov before it’s too late and the damned, mouthbreathing proletarians have too many facts. Remember...just get in their face and I’ll do the rest.”


18 posted on 08/05/2009 1:58:46 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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To: Beloved Levinite
Moment for what???????? Communism !! EErrr Mr Zero that is not going to work; I realize your Math skills are not up par here but you have a Punk Piss Ant Gang While We have a Army.
19 posted on 08/05/2009 1:59:15 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: NonValueAdded
Flush the Movement

FLUSH OBAMA'S MOVEMENT ! ! ! ! That's immortal! ! ! ! !

20 posted on 08/05/2009 1:59:30 PM PDT by Huebolt (Kill the boomers quickly and cheaply = O BUMMER CARE "take the pain medication")
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