Grass-Roots Activists Gear Up Campaign to Repeal Obamacare

News Max ^ | Wednesday, 13 Oct 2010 | David A. Patten

[GonzoII]

Activists are kicking off a pledge initiative to ensure politicians promising to "repeal and replace" healthcare reform actually follow through and vote to pull the plug on Obamacare.

To encourage candidates to keep their promises even after K-street lobbyists come calling, two nonprofit groups — Independent Women's Voice and American Majority Action — launched a "repeal pledge" drive on Sept. 21.

More than 60 candidates, and about 30,000 voters, already have signed onto it.

The pledge is similar to the famous taxpayer contract promoted by Grover Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform. It asks politicians and voters to commit to a specific anti-Obamacare platform.

Elements of the pledge include commitments to:

• Vote for any legislation that seeks to repeal the healthcare bill, HR 3590.
• Vote for all discharge petitions that would bring repeal measures to the floor for a vote despite opposition from party leaders.
• Vote for any measure that would lead to Obamacare's "defunding, deauthorization, and repeal."
• Support measures that negate only parts of the bill, such as its mandates, its provisions restricting doctor choice and access, and those provisions that "violate individual freedom and privacy, reduce healthy competition, increase costs, or raise taxes."

The entire pledge can be read at TheRepealPledge.com.

Polls show repeal is popular with the American public. A recent Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll, for example, showed 51 percent of voters favor repeal.

[GonzoII]

Feet need to be kept to the fire after November 2.

[screaminsunshine]

Each page of this 2,700 page monster is generating 200 pages of regulations. A Liberal Dream and an American Nightmare.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Hmmm...sounds promising. Keep yer ear to the rails.

[Buckeye McFrog]

a positive development. We are gonna really have to hold GOP feet to the fire once they assume power and are in daily contact with K Street.

[PLD]

When you go to vote folks remember this picture of this cow and the way her and her thugs laughed at us..They thought they got one over on the American people..Show them who is running this country..The only way this bill will be repealed is if we get these dirty thugs out of Washington..

[PLD]

When you go to vote folks remember this picture of this cow and the way her and her thugs laughed at us..They thought they got one over on the American people..Show them who is running this country..The only way this bill will be repealed is if we get these dirty thugs out of Washington..

[WAW]

It represents the naked tyranny in our midst and needs to be purged.

[Dr. Ursus]

I’ve seem that picture a hundred times.I just noticed Hoyer;
who appears to be carrying the witches purse!

[ExTexasRedhead]

This is a Life and Death issue; that life could be yours or a member of your family.

Hussein, Pelosi, Reid, and the RATs in this Congress shoved DeathCare down our throats legislating their total power over your life and your death. Each of us could be begging for our lives before the Imam’s Death Panels. Hussein, Pelosi, Reid and this reprehensible Congress rammed this un-Constitutional outrage down our throats. November 2nd, we begin shoving it back.

[TexasFreeper2009]

“Support measures that negate only parts of the bill, such as its mandates, its provisions restricting doctor choice and access, and those provisions that “violate individual freedom and privacy, reduce healthy competition, increase costs, or raise taxes.””

This is a mistake in my opinion, if you only remove the most hated parts... you will still be left with the majority of the original bill... but you will have lost many of the votes to repeal the rest because you have already removed the most universally repulsive parts.

In other words.... END IT, don't mend it!

[PLD]

I didn't notice that either he looks like her water boy.. I am and have been so angry at what these sleaze bags did here..If I had an opportunity I would slap that ugly botox bitch into tomorrow..

[TexasFreeper2009]

that's hilarious!

same here, I have NEVER noticed that he was carrying her purse!

ROFL

Just about says it all doesn't it? That picture perfectly captures the Democrats in total power.

[reagan_fanatic]

I have a dreadful feeling that the pubbies are gonna revert to their old form after they settle into Washington DC and forget why they were sent there in the first place - to put a stop to the ruinous policies of the Obama Administration.

If they ever want to see a Republican majority again, they’d better honor the will of the people this time around.

[GailA]

[sodpoodle]

****I have a dreadful feeling............****

It will probably last until Nov.7 2012.

Until the veto pen runs out of ink.

[Arrowhead1952]

promising to "repeal and replace" healthcare reform

How about promising to "repeal and replace" healthcare reform...

Replace, my ***. Just repeal the entire pile of trash legislation.

[Vaduz]

In other words.... END IT, don’t mend it!
If Obamacare is repealed he can veto it but if it’s defunded he can’t do squat.