Senate candidate lashes out at health reform plan (Christine O'Donnell)

WHYY-Wilmington ^ | 10-24-2010 | Mark Fowser

[smoothsailing]

Senate candidate lashes out at health reform plan

Sunday, October 24th, 2010

By: Mark Fowser mfowser@whyy.org

Delaware US Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell Sunday called for a repeal of the health care reform plan enacted by the Obama administration and the US Congress.

The Republican hopeful was joined by a group of doctors, nurses and other medical professionals at the Glasgow Medical Center who expressed concerns about the growing numbers of uninsured Americans, treatment given to them in hospital emergency rooms that is not paid for, and who ultimately gets the bill.

Christopher Casscells MD, President of the Delaware Academy of Medicine, cited recent US Census findings that 50.7 million Americans were uninsured. "That's largely because premiums have gone up, because available plans have been discontinued. Employers have dropped plans because they couldn't comply with the regulations — it's not possible," Casscells said.

"The unintended consequence of this legislation is more than doubling the number of uninsured in this country," Casscells said.

The gathering was billed as "Medical Professionals for O'Donnell." She also said the legislation failed to include meaningful tort reform. The tea party-endorsed candidate's Democratic opponent, New Castle County Executive Chris Coons, has said in recent debates the health care reform plan was not perfect, but is against a repeal.

[hoosiermama]

Lets get the information at the links RE: thugs attacking COD staffers, to media that will verify and report: Rush, FOX, Drudge, etc.

[Nuc 1.1]

Couple of cobras would have helped those staffers out. Nasty little self defense weapon. A handle with a tapered coil spring terminating with a weight on the end.

[GitmoSailor]

........Here’s A Big Bump to you Smooth.......

[smoothsailing]

WOO-HOO! This apparently all just happened today!

ACU, “O’Donnell will be seated in time to participate in the lame-duck session and stop any more damaging legislation from being passed”
less than 20 seconds ago via TweetDeck .ACU endorsement acknowledges importance of getting conservative in the Senate to stop liberal lame-duck session. http://bit.ly/cBU0SC #desen
20 minutes ago via TweetDeck

http://twitter.com/ChristineOD

American Conservative Union Endorses O’Donnell for her Strong Constitutional Principles
Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate Christine O’Donnell has received the endorsement of the American Conservative Union Political Action Committee (ACUPAC).

“The Senate election in Delaware is a clear cut choice between a big government liberal in Chris Coons and conservative Christine O’Donnell,” ACUPAC Chairman David A. Keene said. “Coons will come to Washington to rubber stamp the quasi-socialist agenda of Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi while O’Donnell will stand up for the Constitution, limited government and an electorate that has had enough.

“The election of Christine O’Donnell is a particularly important one for conservatives. Since this is a special election to fill the unexpired term of Joe Biden, O’Donnell will be seated in time to participate in the lame-duck session and stop any more damaging legislation from being passed. I urge conservatives to give their support to Christine O’Donnell.”

The ACU is America’s oldest and largest grassroots conservative organization. Founded in 1964, ACU represents the views of Americans who are concerned with economic growth through lower taxes and reduced government spending and the issues of liberty, personal responsibility, traditional values and national security.

“My campaign is honored to receive the endorsement of such a prominent conservative organization,” O’Donnell said. “We will continue to advocate for a limited federal government and a lower tax burden as outlined in the U.S. Constitution. It is a contrast to my opponent, who would further increase taxes and cut essential defense programs that keep America safe.”
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http://christine2010.com/node/540

[Jim Robinson]

Woo hoo!! GO COD!!

Rebellion is brewing!!

[jazusamo]

Very Good News!!

Thanks, Smooth.

[SamAdams76]

I also think Christine can pull this one off. Screw the polls and screw the conventional wisdom being spouted by all the know-it-alls that think they are so much more wiser than the rest of us.

This reminds me of what happened nine months ago in Massachusetts when Scott Brown challenged Martha Coakley for the "Kennedy" senate seat. All the pundits and know-it-alls said it couldn't be done. No way was a Republican in Massachusetts going to win the "Kennedy" seat.

I can still remember the final weeks of that very exciting election, Martha still had a significant lead (according to the pollsters) until about 10 days before the election. Suddenly internal polls started showing a dead heat or Brown slightly ahead. This was when Coakley went into full panic mode and Obama had to be flown up here to proper her up. I remember the day that Obama was up here campaigning for Coakely, Scott Brown had a rally in Worcester, MA (that I attended) and so many people showed up that hundreds more had to wait outside in the cold. Meanwhile in Boston, union stooges had to literally pull bums off the street to fill the hall for the big Obama/Coakley rally. It was then that I realized that Brown was going to pull it off.

Now if I understand correctly, Obama had to go to Delaware last week to campaign Coons. Trust me, if the internals had Coons significantly ahead, Obama wouldn't have bothered (and Coons wouldn't have him). Something is brewing here and I wouldn't be surprised at all to see Christine beat Coons handily a week from Tuesday.

[hoosiermama]

Trust me, if the internals had Coons significantly ahead, Obama wouldn't have bothered (and Coons wouldn't have him). Something is brewing here and I wouldn't be surprised at all to see Christine beat Coons handily a week from Tuesday.

You betcha! I've said repeatedly the same people were counting when they said Castle would win that are counting now. Don't expect them to learn much between then and now.

[muawiyah]

Coons wasn't all that popular before the campaign, and he's certainly no more popular today.

Miss O'Donnell, however, is better known statewide AND advertising works to gain share ~ and she has had advertising that makes her seem like a quite normal person.

A lesson, if you are a young person and you participate in a comedy show, or something like Jackass, you might as well give up politics! Better that you do modeling and beauty contests Fur Shur.

[hoosiermama]

Who wasit that said ANY publicity is good for name recognition? She certainly has people mentioning her name...Just needs to turn it into something positive.

[smoothsailing]

Hat Tip to freeper DelaWhere...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 24, 2010 Contact: Dave Yonkman  302-385-1482 media@christine2010.com

Medical Professionals Announce Strong Support for O’Donnell Newark, DE – More than a dozen health care professionals representing medical service providers in each Delaware county announced their strong support for Delaware Republican Senate nominee Christine O’Donnell. As a press conference held at Glasgow Medical Center, the medical professionals warned that Obamacare, which is supported by her opponent, will lead to increased health care costs and reduced services for Delawareans.  “As concerned health care providers and leaders, we must register our strong disagreement with Chris Coons’ support for this disastrous ‘reform,’” Medical Professionals for O’Donnell spokesman Dr. Christopher Casscells said. “He seems unaware of the five scheduled cuts in Medicare funding over the next two years, and has consistently opposed efforts to curb the predatory behavior of malpractice lawyers, which costs our health care system between $11 billion and $15 billion a year in defensive medicine. “It seems that Chris Coons has not actually read the law, which will amount to a government takeover of one-sixth of our economy. He justifies his position by referring to some lobbying organizations that claim to represent the opinions of the elderly and doctors. The fact is that this ill-advised law has precipitated an increase in the number of uninsured, increased the stresses on our emergency rooms, and pushed our insurance industry and healthcare delivery system even closer to the brink,” said Dr. Casscells. Medical Professionals for O’Donnell includes a diverse coalition of individuals in the health care field who are unanimously opposed to Coons’ vocal support of ObamaCare and its disastrous impact on health care. “Chris Coons isn’t listening to Delawareans. He takes his marching orders from Harry Reid and Barrack Obama,” O’Donnell said. “The next senator from Delaware needs to fight to defund and repeal ObamaCare before it ruins health care as we know it. We need to start over and implement real reforms to fix what’s broken and save what works.” -###-