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Posted on 08/06/2009 7:12:12 AM PDT by museofcheeriosatwork
DNC astro-turf mass-email received. Calling for counter protesters against actual concerned Citizens.
My MSU Professor friend sent this to me today. Received it in his email this morning. Thought it would be noteworthy to all.
Begin forwarded message:
> From: President Barack Obama > Date: August 5, 2009 5:15:27 PM GMT-04:00 > Subject: This is the moment > Reply-To: info@barackobama.com >
> 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 sign up to attend an event near you? >
> 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 RSVP for an event in your community to build support for health > insurance reform: >
> http://my.barackobama.com/AugustAttend >
> Let's seize this moment and win this historic victory for our economy, > our health and our families. >
> Thank you, >
> President Barack Obama >
> Paid for by Organizing for America, a project of the Democratic > National Committee -- 430 South Capitol Street SE, Washington, D.C. > 20003. This communication is not authorized by any candidate or > candidate's committee.
I gotta change my tag line!
We live in interesting times!
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What do you mean by “slamming”?
Virtually everything this moron has done has been inappropriate coming from a sitting President. He's trying to destroy this country - that is obvious.
Not from this President, unfortunately. "Inappropriate" appears to be his trademark.
Meyer - you question of, ‘What do you mean by slamming?’.
Is because of the lines in the article that flat out accuses those against the bill as being paid to protest or trying to deceive.
Lines in letter:
‘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’
If we wanted really was trying to be sneaky about anything, we would ‘sign up’ on their protest list - then turn up to let our REAL concerns be known.
Hmm, not a bad idea~*.
Except then they would certainly just count our numbers then as being FOR the bill!!!
Should this bastards Black Panther, ACORN or any other white hating friends show up at my house, there WILL be an event.
Let me re-state that,
Not namely just ‘paid to protest’, but says benefiting financially by the ‘status quo’. Which is certainly slamming our sincere concerns as citizens and implying a pay-off of some type.
THey call out their brown shirt troops....ACORN, etc.... ALL GROUPS THAT WE PAY FOR, yes, OUR TAX DOLLARS to the TUNE OF BILLIONS in the STIMULUS package are given to community action groups....of which ACORN is the umbrella group...ALL dedicated to PUSHING UHBAMA's SOCIALISM for him, altho THEY do not understand what that means because the ACORN ground troops are STUPID...they just know that they like FREEBIES and UHBAMA wants um KEPT STUPID so they will ruin their own futures without KNOWING IT.
The very existence of the Internet makes this unprecedented in technical terms but the mobilization of a core group of loyalists makes it unprecedented in political gamemanship; the invocation of past presidents by name and wholesale imputation of similar goals by them sans citation makes it specious in its implications and imprecations.
Marching orders sent directly to 13 million footsoldiers encouraging them to descend on unsuspecting neighbors and preach the gospel of Obamacare smacks more of panty raids than courtship.
“I don’t care if it rains or freezes ‘Long as I got my plastic Jesus Riding on the dashboard of my car...”
Apologies to Billy Idol.
In other words it sucks and is probably unconstitutional.
You’ve gotta admire his audacity, though.
Whats the web site thats giving out these marching orders?Link please,I want to do some scouting and I`ll report back when I get something.
Let’s be honest: the Dems believe if they can get a few angry black folks to show up and shout, whitey will be scared away....
I said it on another thread and I’m going to say it again:
I can see this turning into a *real* disaster and Obama is a COMPLETE MORON if he can’t see it, too.
Picture this: Three thousand Tea Partiers get their permits and are having a peaceful assembly.
At the back of the crowd, a couple of dozen Obamabots show up in red ACORN shirts and start heckling the crowd.
Brave souls on both sides start confronting and debating the other. They both “get in their face”. Fingers are pointed. Voices raised. Harsh language is exchanged. Tempers flare.
At some point, somewhere, sometime, somebody’s going to loose their head and shove somebody else. (It could start on either side.)
Next, a punch is thrown. Outraged citizens (on both sides) join in the fray to help their buddy. Within seconds, we have a full-on brawl. And once that brawl begins, all bets are off and things could rapidly dissolve into a true riot. After that, there are people who’ll attend protests just *looking* for a fight.
By encouraging counter-protests, Obama will be directly responsible.
Calling out *his* rent-a-mob was the most irresponsible thing this man could’ve done in his position as POTUS. He should’ve done one of two things: 1) ignored the protests or 2) made a pretty speech about how wonderful it is that we live in a country with free speech.
Instead of acting like the POTUS, he acted like what he is; a idiotic, inexperienced community organizer.
At some point, there will be blood and that blood will be directly on HIS hands.
Most of the replies are of the opinion that it will be the Obamabots staging a riot to frame conservatives.
When Bush went into Iraq and there were anti-war marches and protests that he never dismissed them as a left wing conspiracy and called for pro-war supporters to speak out and hush the oposition. He voiced his conviction and reiterated the goal of the mission and seemed to acknowledge and respect the fact that there were a number of Americans who disagreed. Obama and his administration apparently have no intention of showing the same such grace to American citizens exercising their right to voice their opinion to their elected officials.
Bush did not have a Win At Any Cost attitude like Stalinists do.
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