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Revealed: Pelosi July 31 Strategy Memo ( Obamacare Talking Points)
humanevents.com ^ | 08/03/2009 | Connie Hair

Posted on 08/04/2009 6:48:12 AM PDT by kellynla

The House Democrat leadership on Friday sent a memo to their membership asking them to hold town hall meetings on health care in their districts in August. Showing just how out of touch Democrat leaders are with not only their membership but their constituents, those Democrats holding town halls with Democrat talkers on health care are getting booed off of the stage.

Democrat talkers also include their current strategy to make insurance companies the bad guys.

From the memo:

Winning the health reform debate in August requires nothing less than an aggressive, multi-front effort to control the message and keep the momentum moving forward. The continued focus and effort of every Member is critical to ensuring our success. The following memo outlines the strategic plan for Member action, earned media, and rapid response for August that will enable us to use this month to build support and momentum so we can return in September well-positioned to pass a health reform bill in the House.

Our message is simple. It is in sync with the White House. And it counters the Republican ‘government takeover’ message. Hold the insurance companies accountable. Remove them from between you and your doctor. No discrimination for pre-existing conditions. No dropping your coverage because you get sick. No more job or life decisions made based on loss of coverage. No need to change doctors or plans. No co-pays for preventive care. No excessive out-of-pocket expenses, deductibles, or co-pays. No yearly or lifetime cost caps on what insurance companies cover.

The memo also reveals some of their partners in propaganda for the effort:

The Leadership is working in close coordination with the White House and outside groups (including but not limited to HCAN, Families USA, AFSCME, SEIU, AARP, etc.) to ensure complementary efforts during August. The President, Secretary Sebelius and other principals in the reform debate will be working throughout the month to hold events, promote the message in the press and move the reform effort forward.

Keep in mind this memo went out BEFORE Sebelius was so soundly booed in her event with Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Calif.), as HUMAN EVENTS reported earlier today.


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 111th; congress; democrats; healthcare; liberalfascism; obamacare; pelosi; socializedmedicine
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1 posted on 08/04/2009 6:48:12 AM PDT by kellynla
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You can read the entire Democrat August Communications Strategic Memo here:http://www.humanevents.com/downloads-pdfs/Recessplan.pdf


2 posted on 08/04/2009 6:50:23 AM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: kellynla
I wonder how many will cancel their events?

This rep is supposed to have another one today at 10 AM. It will be interesting to see the response.

Last night's townhall

3 posted on 08/04/2009 6:52:17 AM PDT by Indy Pendance ("The beauty of the 2nd is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. Thomas Jefferson)
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To: kellynla

Well so NOW we know what WE must fight against!


4 posted on 08/04/2009 6:53:51 AM PDT by buffyt (OBAMA a radical left-wing, Saul Alinsky worshipping, anti-American, community organizing, communist)
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To: buffyt

HCAN, Families USA, AFSCME, SEIU, AARP


5 posted on 08/04/2009 6:54:45 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Indy Pendance
I wonder how many will cancel their events?

They do so at their peril. People will see that for what it is; Cowardice.
Like cockroaches scurrying away when the lights come on.

6 posted on 08/04/2009 6:55:32 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Hope requires the contender, who sees no virtue in surrender.)
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To: nascarnation

Take the talking points to the meetings and as the spout them off...let them know you have already received your copy so you would like their answer...not Nancy’s answer


7 posted on 08/04/2009 6:56:17 AM PDT by BubbaJunebug (s)
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To: kellynla

There are a lot of insurance companies that have large offices in Pelosi’s district. They need to consider whether they want to renew their leases.


8 posted on 08/04/2009 7:00:26 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: kellynla
Hannity/Levin were all over this.. yesterday...
9 posted on 08/04/2009 7:02:12 AM PDT by xcamel (The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
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To: kellynla
I called Senator Bill Nelson's office yesterday to determine when he plans to hold his townhall meetings in South Florida.

The staffer on the phone informed me that he has not yet set his schedule and will release his plans later this week.

I asked her to confirm that he is planning townhall meetings and she repeated the above statement.

The guy has the guts to get in a rocket, send him to space, but won't face a few constituents?

10 posted on 08/04/2009 7:02:12 AM PDT by GWB00 (Barbara Streisand barely made it out of high school.)
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To: kellynla
Hold the insurance companies accountable.

Alinsky Rule #12.

11 posted on 08/04/2009 7:03:13 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: kellynla

Tell them the gov’t plan has a pre-existing condition clause -— age. Read them their QALY (Quality-Adjusted Life-Years).

Say you are the government end-of-life counsellor and you’re there to tell them their days in Congress are over.


12 posted on 08/04/2009 7:03:29 AM PDT by squarebarb
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Yes and signs proclaiming such cowardice outside of the Congressional clunkers offices are a good way to get the message across.

Line the streets, it’s the most effective rally site.


13 posted on 08/04/2009 7:06:01 AM PDT by Tarpon (You relinquish your responsibilities, you surrender your rights.)
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To: kellynla

There are plenty of ways to get the message out on this against gov’t health rationing. It needs to be aggressive and gruesome. There should be commercials with groups of people being hoisted up to shelves and moved around with forklifts, people walking around with sections of tree branches for artifical limbs. There should be pictures from meat processing plants. There should be tribunals of bureaucrats with rubber stamps in front of them denying claim after claim. There should be testimonials from the victims of British and Canadian hospitals.

The only question is whether the DNC has the gonads to produce and place any such ads and/or whether network TV will run them. We’re probably destined to become the targets of a propaganda campaign that would make Josef Goebbels collapse in tears of joy.


14 posted on 08/04/2009 7:19:50 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (What kind of organization answers the phone if you call a suicide hotline in Gaza City?)
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To: long hard slogger; FormerACLUmember; Harrius Magnus; hocndoc; parousia; Hydroshock; skippermd; ...


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15 posted on 08/04/2009 7:34:29 AM PDT by socialismisinsidious ( The socialist income tax system turns US citizens into beggars or quitters!)
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To: kellynla
HCAN, Families USA, AFSCME, SEIU, or AARP in the orange t shirts?

LINK

16 posted on 08/04/2009 7:41:36 AM PDT by maggief
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To: P-Marlowe
There are a lot of insurance companies that have large offices in PelosiÂ’s district...
In the follow the money paradigm, this has to make me think that big bucks are in play and we are getting the whole story. Somebody is going to make enough to retire until the barbarians storm the castle.
17 posted on 08/04/2009 7:44:02 AM PDT by carumba (The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. Groucho)
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To: carumba
We are not getting the whole story.
18 posted on 08/04/2009 7:47:58 AM PDT by carumba (The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. Groucho)
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To: maggief

From what I’ve seen here in Indianapolis, the SEIU crew is union members that are called out to picket and pose as popular support for Obamacare.

The part that grinds me is when these rent-a-pickets show up to demonstrate, the local media portrays it as “support for healthcare reform” when it’s really a bunch of janitors who are playing hooky from their jobs and doing the union’s dirty work.


19 posted on 08/04/2009 7:49:26 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: kellynla

When did Snarlin Arlen...move to CA?


20 posted on 08/04/2009 8:36:18 AM PDT by Osage Orange (There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. - Will Rogers)
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