Posted on 04/30/2010 12:04:40 PM PDT by Fred
As unemployment numbers in Nevada soar, and Sen. Harry Reid's approval ratings sink, the Senate majority leader is running out of options to market his government-run health care scheme.
Reid knows his new health care entitlement plan is so unpopular in Nevada that he and his liberal allies attacked me for revealing at a town hall meeting that many patients and doctors in our state have bartered, bargained and negotiated for their health care services at reduced costs.
Bartering, chickens and goats: these three words have put me at the epicenter of talk shows, late night TV and political commentary. I want to set the record straight, clarify my position and shed light on the real motives behind this attack.
The comment I made about bartering was not, and was never intended to be, a policy proposal. It was an example of how struggling families are working to pay for medical care in any way they can during these tough times.
The truth is that Reid is so out of touch with these hardworking American families that he needs political theater to distract Nevadans from both his own unpopularity and the costs of his plan.
As a successful businesswoman in Nevada, my observation on health care and everyday practices within the Silver State is rooted in personal experience — both in my family and across our family businesses.
It is no wonder my observations differ from Reid's career politician musings from his residence at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington.
Throughout our state, record unemployment has left thousands of Nevadans out of work and uninsured. So medical professionals work without a middle man to care for patients suffering in Nevada's dwindling economy. Doctors and patients are working together to deliver proper medical treatment — despite the hurdles presented by America's broken health care system.
Reid neither held nor attended a single open town hall meeting in Nevada during his yearlong endeavor to draft and pass his divisive health care bill. Removed from Nevada's sentiments, Reid worked tirelessly to pass a 2,400 page bill, replete with earmarks and government mandates.
Voters across this state saw that their grievances go unacknowledged in Reid's bill, while their senior senator rewrote health care policy behind closed doors in Washington. Americans suspected that, with the passage of this legislation, their health care premiums would go up and their children would be saddled with more national debt. They were right.
A recent HHS report predicts the health care overhaul will increase national health care spending by $311 billion over the next 10 years. I predict that, when the Reid/Obama plan is fully implemented, we will see more of the same — as patients and doctors do what they can to avoid the complexities of insurance policies, government reimbursements and high costs that come with a complicated and broken health care system.
That is why, as Nevada's next senator, I will work to scrap Reid's cumbersome health care legislation and start anew, ensuring the people of Nevada are heard, through open dialogue and town hall meetings. And that they will have a voice in Washington.
As a result of Reid's partisan politics and backroom deals, Nevadans are rebelling against his government-run health care plan. Polling shows the majority of Nevada's voters support repealing the health care law. And 18 straight polls have shown me beating Reid in the general election.
Now you know why Reid and his liberal allies have put barnyard animals into the spotlight. They are trying to change the subject. Nevada's dislike of Reid and his health care plan make it impossible for him to run on his own record.
So it looks like he has turned to his next best option: turning this race into a zoo.
Sue Lowden is running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate from Nevada.
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Election 2010: Nevada Senate
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Sue Lowden (R) |
52% |
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Harry Reid (D) |
39% |
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Some other candidate
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6% |
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3% |
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Election 2010: Nevada Senate
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Danny Tarkanian (R) |
51% |
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Harry Reid (D) |
41% |
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4% |
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4% |
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Election 2010: Nevada Senate
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Sharron Angle (R) |
48% |
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Harry Reid (D) |
40% |
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7% |
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Not looking good for the (dis)Honorable Mr. Reid.
The Searchlight is about to go out....
Sue Lowden WILL NOT denounce the taxpayer funds being used for illegal intruders.
She will NOT work to send them back across out southern borders.
As long as Sue Lowden thinks it is OK for Illegals to obtain Helth care—schooling—driver’s licenses—here in Nevada, she will never get my vote.
I hadn’t decided yet between her & Tark, but she wants to molly coddle the illegals, and Tark does NOT.
That means my Nevada citizen vote will go for Tark.
I wonder what type of payoff mac daddy promised him?
Oh wait mac daddies lips were moving, sorry sucked you have been had.
Reid launches new campaign ads focused on health care
Page Last Updated: Thursday April 29, 2010 6:52pm PDT
Senator Harry Reid’s campaign is running three new television ads focusing on health care.
He is trying to convince Nevadans that his vote on the health care reform bill was the right move and that the new law will help improve their lives.
Republicans, however, counter that Reid is out of touch with his own state.
"Her ten drugs cost her $5,000 a year, forcing her to skimp on her medicine."
Reid’s campaign is running new television ads featuring real people with real health care horror stories.
"Taking on the insurance companies was hard but letting them cut people off when they're sick is wrong."
Reid’s Campaign Director Brandon Hall says the goal is to convince voters that reform was the right choice. And they’re not just using television to get this message across.
A new Facebook game pokes fun at GOP front-runner Sue Lowden’s comments regarding bartering chickens for health care. A user earns chickens by joining Reid’s Facebook page and signing up on his Web site.
"It's just another way to communicate with the voters,” says Hall. "We were having a little fun with Sue Lowden on her recent comments, which have been getting a lot of ridicule. But when you get down to it, it's not funny because these are real problems for Nevadans."
Matt Kozar: The Democrats are attacking Sue Lowden over her comments about chickens and bartering; they have a Facebook game out right now. What do you think about that?
“I think most of the time, you see these Democrats putting the games together and the chickens delivering animals, they want to change the subject,” says Robert Uithoven, Lowden’s campaign manager. ”They passed a bill Nevadans didn't want. Harry Reid didn't have a single town hall meting in this state."
Now the Lowden campaign is pushing back, painting Harry Reid as a Washington insider who is out of touch.
“We're at 14 percent unemployment in Clark County. He's talking about Wall Street reform, immigration reform, health care reform. People want jobs,” Uithoven continues.
For now, Senator Reid is trying to convince voters that what they really want and need is health care reform.
"Some told me reform wasn't politically smart. But I believe it's right for Nevada."
Reid’s new television ads will run for the next three weeks.
The Democratic incumbent will find out who he’ll face in the November election by June 8 when voters go to the polls to pick a GOP candidate.
http://www.mynews3.com/story.php?id=16029&n=5037
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