Liberals Stir on Eve of Health Care Vote
EmailABC News’ Rick Klein reports: The press is on to convince moderate Democrats to support health care reform — but it's liberal groups who are making some of the loudest noise on the eve of the vote. MoveOn.org today sent an e-mail to its members, asking for pledges of support for “progressive primary challengers” to Democrats who vote against President Obama’s initiative. “Health care reform is in serious danger in the House of Representatives: with a handful of conservative Democrats wavering, we don't yet have the votes to pass the final bill,” the e-mail reads. “So we're asking every MoveOn member: will you pledge to support progressive primary challengers to House Democrats who side with Republicans to kill health care reform?” “With the big vote happening as early as this Friday, conservative Democrats need to know the stakes if they choose to side with Big Insurance over the voters on health care reform. Our pledge will send that message loud and clear. We'll publicize the amount pledged, and make sure the media and every wavering representative know about it.” Also, a coalition of liberal groups — Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Democracy for America, and Credo Action — today is launching a TV ad in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s hometown of San Francisco, pressing her to reverse course and include a “public option” in the health care bill set for passage in Congress. “The Senate has the votes. The public option is in Pelosi’s hands,” the ad states. Pelosi said last week that a public option wasn’t being included “because they don’t have the votes to have it in there” in the Senate.
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What is this propaganda MoveOn is putting out? A vote “against” this bill is a vote FOR Big Insurance? The bill mandates that you buy their product or pay a fine!
Posted by: LongT | March 15, 2010, 11:52 am 11:52 am
MoveOn, is an organization that is based in the Democratic Party, and it has no real support, outside of the democratic party, because their goals, are unrealistic and idealistic.
They are rose-colored glasses people.
Posted by: Rick McDaniel | March 15, 2010, 12:48 pm 12:48 pm
If this 2700 page sellout to the health care industry becomes the Presidents health care legacy it will be the lowest point in political treachery in our country’s history.
Passing this 2700 page bill with tweaking will not lower ever increasing costs nor will it cure the historic sins and unacceptable insurance practices of jacking up premiums, withholding or denying care, bankrupting, and killing patients.
Harsh words about health insurers said by the President will not change the facts that; this bill is a money machine for insurance companies and health care providers, and a financial disaster for consumers, employers, and taxpayers.
This bill was crafted and paid for by the healthcare industry, $600,000,000. reported so far, to yield obscene profits for them while bleeding the life blood out of helpless victims.
Were there illegal payments and deals made to facilitate these unfair schemes?
Real Public Option reforms which would save lives and save as much as a trillion dollars annually have been kept out of the health care debate by the President, Democrats, and Republicans.
Were crimes committed doing this?
If crimes are discovered, when we are able to investigate how our political process sunk so low as to allow this assault upon our families’ health and finances, we must vow to hunt down every perpetrator until each is brought to justice.
These are dastardly crimes against humanity and everyone found guilty should be forever unforgiven and forced to pay harsh consequences for their treachery.
Posted by: Bill Watson | March 15, 2010, 1:30 pm 1:30 pm
You darn right we’re stirring. Finally health care for all.
Posted by: Jim Bob | March 15, 2010, 3:20 pm 3:20 pm
Public option NOW! Call, write or fax your elected officials!
Posted by: ltr08 | March 15, 2010, 3:57 pm 3:57 pm
The administration is ignoring the American people who overwhelmingly do not want this legislation while they do favor healthcare reform in general.
The administration is openly and blatantly about to violate both the spirit and the letter of the Constitution.
There is a word for this. Treason.
Have we already become a banana republic where leaders do not care about what their people want and do not care about the laws?
If this is crammed down the throats of the American people using the Slaughter rule, which Pelosi said today they will, it’a all over for the Dems for decades to come.
It will immediately be in front of the Supreme Court who will strike it down. Then the cries for impeachment will begin and rightfully so. All major leaders of the Dem party will be investigated for any infraction however slight and removed from office. The very word “Democrat” will be synomous with corruption, lies and loathesome politics.
Posted by: jdalabama | March 15, 2010, 5:28 pm 5:28 pm
Republicans used the “Slaughter rule” to pass hundreds of bills when they had the majority in congress.
Do you support the Supreme Court reviewing all those laws too, or only the ones that are passed by Democrats?
Posted by: gary | March 15, 2010, 7:34 pm 7:34 pm
And since when do Republicans know ANYTHING AT ALL about the Constitution?
Dems have a constitutional law professor in the White House, Republicans have self styled constitutional “expert” Glenn Beck.
Posted by: gary | March 15, 2010, 7:37 pm 7:37 pm
Republican and “Tea Party” Folks are so cynical, self-righteous and self-absorbed that they reject progress. Republican George W. Bush ignored urgent domestic issues (Medicaid, Social Security, etc.) for 8 years while waging 2 expensive wars (based on lies) and running our economy into the ground. Barack Obama has the thankless job of cleaning up 8 years of Republican failures.
Posted by: Craig | March 16, 2010, 12:59 pm 12:59 pm
When did Republicans use the so-called “self executing rule” to enact sweeping legislation on a scale not seen in a century? They used it for budgetary adjustment and raising the debt limit. And it was wrong for that, too. Because it has been used in the past by Republicans, for comparatively insignificant purposes is no reason to smile blithely while the current party in power uses it to fundamentally transform the entire economy.
If you want to make health care a “right”, then enact a Constitutional Amendment to that effect. Parliamentary chicanery and sleight of hand is hardly the honest way to restructure an entire economy.
Posted by: Werner | March 17, 2010, 4:39 pm 4:39 pm