Last August, you went to public forums and town halls across the country to hold your members of Congress accountable for their votes. You made your firm opposition to a government takeover of health care crystal clear. And on September 12, hundreds of thousands of you descended upon Washington to say once again that you would not be ignored.
Congress took notice. But now, Speaker Pelosi and other top Democrats in Congress think you’ve been lulled to sleep.
As they try to secure votes with deals for individual members, Democrat leaders are attempting to create a sense of momentum by claiming they have the necessary 218 votes for passage in the House. They want you to think a government takeover of health care is inevitable. They want you to throw in the towel.
Don’t let them fool you.
The substance of the Democrats’ plan hasn’t changed since August. Their government-run plan will still drive private insurance out of business – reducing the quality and availability of care. Their myriad of new bureaucracies will still come between patients and doctors. Their individual mandate will still limit choice and innovation. Their employer mandate and new taxes will still eradicate jobs and decrease prosperity. Their dismissal of real medical liability reform will still leave patients with higher health care costs.
There is no momentum for this plan among the American public. In fact, a recent Gallup poll shows the exact opposite.
“Compared with last month, Americans have become more likely to say the costs their family pays for healthcare will get worse if a healthcare bill passes. Forty-nine percent of Americans say this, up from 42% in September. Meanwhile, the percentage who expect their costs to improve is unchanged.”
“In addition to costs, a greater percentage of Americans now compared with last month also expect their healthcare situation to get worse in terms of the quality of care they receive (from 33% in September to 39%), their healthcare coverage (from 33% to 37%), and the insurance company requirements they have to meet to get certain treatments covered (from 38% to 46%).”
The more Americans learn about the Democrats’ plan, the less they like it. The real problem evident in the Gallup data is the number of undecideds.
The Republican Study Committee has fought tirelessly to inform the public about the dangers of a government takeover of health care and the need for patient-centered reforms like H.R. 3400, the Empowering Patients First Act.
We will keep fighting, but we need you to remain engaged and active in this process. Don’t believe the hype coming from Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid. We have the momentum. We can win this fight.
Neil Stevens
Steve Maley
Daniel Horowitz
Rep. Price: wouldn't every call and fax have ten times more impact
ColdWarrior (Diary) Thursday, October 22nd at 2:07PM EST (link)if every citizen contacting congress now could, truthfully, say either
““I am a conservative Republican Party precinct committeeman and I am doing everything in my power to recruit all other conservatives to come into the Republican Party as precinct committeemen to make sure you lose your attempt to get reelected,”
or
“I am a conservative Republican and I am have already contacted my local Republican Party organization to become a precinct committeeman and I am doing everything in my power to recruit all other conservatives to come into the Republican Party as precinct committeemen to make sure you lose your attempt to get reelected.”
Why don’t you say this? To this conservative audience?
Why didn’t you say this when you spoke to the 9-12-2009 rally in DC? To that conservative audience. You, Mike Pence and Jim DeMint said not one word about this. Why not? (I think I know why.)
With the Republican Party having had one-half of its precinct committeeman slots nationwide vacant in the 2008 election cycle, the incumbents know their main adversary party, our party, is at half strength and, therefore, a “paper tiger” that is horrible at getting out the vote. They also know that many foolish independents would flock to a third party candidates who would profess to be more conservative than the “Democrat Lite” moderate Republican Party offerings. We conservatives have to unite WITHIN the Republican Party. To change its leadership. To change the outcome of the primaries, sending REAL conservatives into the general elections.
Conservatives, want to put some teeth in the threats? Then help turn the Republican Party into a full-strength, solid conservative political powerhouse at the grass roots. That’s accomplished by conservatives actually joining the Party at the grass roots. Change the status quo NOW from a Party at half strength with a fifty-fifty split between conservatives and moderates into a full-strength political powerhouse with a 75 per cent to 25 per cent split between conservatives and moderates.
Nobody else is going to do it. As Moe Lane says, don’t expect the cavalry to do it. We’re the cavalry. If you want to save your country, you best become a Republican Party precinct committeeman NOW. Crossing your fingers and hoping for change will not get it done in 2010. Empty threats will not move the congresscritters now. Put telling them you’re joining the Party as a PC might.
If you’re going to write letters and send faxes, great, but but some real TEETH in them.
The Constitution begins with “we the people.” With half of the precinct committeeman slots in the Republican Party in the 2008 election cycle having been vacant, I submit that “we the people” who have not been fighting to get into the real political ball game of party politics have let our country, our Founders and our posterity down. We have gotten the government our apathy and inaction deserve.
Conservatives, the Republican Party is the main adversary of the Democrat Party. It was at half strength in 2008. And had about 50 per cent of its precinct committeemen of the “moderate” McCain persuasion. Look at the leadership that those PCs elected. Look at the candidates that made it to the general elections. Want more conservative leaders and spokesmen? More conservatives winning the primary contests? Then DO SOMETHING about it. Become a precinct committeeman. NOW! There are plenty of open slots. If all the slots are filled with moderates. challenge them. Get off your duffs and get into the Party if you haven’t already. Nobody else is going to do it. It’s up to YOU.
It’s not hard. It doesn’t take a lot of time. Go the blog below to learn more if you’re inclined to act.
Thank you.
ColdWarrior
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It would be nice if our own Party would actually listen...
JLenardDetroit (Diary) Thursday, October 22nd at 4:13PM EST (link)and bring the appropriate fight and pressures on members of the Party to do the right thing…. Snowe… cough…. McLame… choke….. Graham….. gag…….
While yes we have to keep the pressure on the opposition, when are we going to actually see some pressure on the folks that are SUPPOSED to be with us?!?!?
Is the GOP trying to THROW AWAY the potential gains that should be AUTOMATIC with all the angst in the country right now by allowing all the LIBERALS in the Party to continue to compromise!?!?! Seems there are many that want to throw the elections and maintain their comfy minority roles!
2008 Election Issues recap [with links]
Contract with America (original, a part 2?)
ContractFromAmerica
Regards from NoMoTown (the MOTORlessCITY)
“Liberals, looking to do for? America what they’ve done for? Detroit! which is DESTROY IT!”
“I think, therefore I am Conservative”
“Conservative by choice, Republican by necessity”
“You can lead a Liberal to the Truth/Facts, but you cannot make them THINK!”
“Romney [No, not my first choice] does NOT have a MORMON problem. He has a, far too many Americans; these days; are MORONS problem!”
Follow @JLenardDetroit
(RS:Help) (JLD) (Hollyweird) (Brain-deads) (SPIN-cycle) (Obamaocare) (Party of kNOw) (Conservatism) (TEApeats) (respectful) (message) (Warning: Children Will Die!!)
Heil “O” Hell No Obamao is NOT MY PRESIDENT! “No U won’t”
I want “O” to FAIL (here, here, & whole Diary (Ofail) here, is why)
“The first Liberal was Satan” – a Rush caller (other Quotes)
Shame we have to keep repeating this - How about some Conservative values?
JLenardDetroit (Diary) Thursday, October 22nd at 4:24PM EST (link)the Conservative Revolution will ONLY be repeated by Conservatives working within the GOP (and its Conservative Platform) and ensure its Leadership is controlled by fellow Conservatives!
Daniel Hannan (British MEP) – mbecker’s: What the Leader of the Republican Party should sound like! Productive vs non-Productive sectors of the Economy same here as in UK. WE STILL DON’T HEAR THESE THINGS FROM OUR LEADERS!!!
Republicans must be the Party of NO [to Bigger Govt.] not the Party of SLOW[er Liberal Incremental-ism]
Why are we only hearing these things at TEApeats? and not seeing any of it in action?
For those that missed the TeaPartyExpress Bus stops on its way to the 912 March on DC… They have another route going on now leading into November…. see their site….
Plan to attend a TEApeat Thanksgiving, next Tax Day and 4th of July 2010, etc…
Contact the other sites and urge them to organize for the subsequent dates also:
Tea Party Revolution site
Tea Party Patriots
FreedomWorks
Alliance Defense Fund
ContractFROMamerica
archive:
Organize an UNOFFICIAL non-permit TEApeat (info)
Congress – Here’s Your Sign, TEApeat: 912
09/12/09 DC Tax Protest
Tea Party Express
RS: Tax Day TEApeat Open Thread
ReTeaParty (for 4th of July) site
Tax Day Tea Party site (w/ Daily email update option)
Tea Party Convention (June 13, 2009)
Atlanta Tea Party
Regards from NoMoTown (the MOTORlessCITY)
“Liberals, looking to do for? America what they’ve done for? Detroit! which is DESTROY IT!”
“I think, therefore I am Conservative”
“Conservative by choice, Republican by necessity”
“You can lead a Liberal to the Truth/Facts, but you cannot make them THINK!”
“Romney [No, not my first choice] does NOT have a MORMON problem. He has a, far too many Americans; these days; are MORONS problem!”
Follow @JLenardDetroit
(RS:Help) (JLD) (Hollyweird) (Brain-deads) (SPIN-cycle) (Obamaocare) (Party of kNOw) (Conservatism) (TEApeats) (respectful) (message) (Warning: Children Will Die!!)
Heil “O” Hell No Obamao is NOT MY PRESIDENT! “No U won’t”
I want “O” to FAIL (here, here, & whole Diary (Ofail) here, is why)
“The first Liberal was Satan” – a Rush caller (other Quotes)
Good - now Representative Price
Hooah_Mac (Diary) Thursday, October 22nd at 4:52PM EST (link)Write a bill doing what needs to be done on healthcare.
1. Tort reform
2. Allowing insurance to cross state lines
3. Clean up regulations to make it so doctors don’t need to be lawyers to do their jobs.
Then, get the bright folks at Heritage and Cato to document what it would mean to the consumer, then sell it to the American people and don’t give an inch for anything. And every time the subject comes up, talk about your bill.
-Priorities-
1. Mission 2. Soldiers 3. Everything Else
I second that!
makemyday (Diary) Thursday, October 22nd at 5:35PM EST (link)While you are at it go mention it to Thaddeus McCotter too.
When all else fails…….. Shoot!
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.” –American author Mark Twain (1835-1910)
“We should never despair, our Situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth new Exertions and proportion our Efforts to the exigency of the times.” –George Washington, letter to Philip Schuyler, 1777
By the way
Hooah_Mac (Diary) Thursday, October 22nd at 5:46PM EST (link)I do understand you have a bill, and it looks decent. My point is to build the case for it and sell it everywhere.
-Priorities-
1. Mission 2. Soldiers 3. Everything Else
In other words.....
makemyday (Diary) Thursday, October 22nd at 5:53PM EST (link)We want something to fight FOR, We have fought the good fight to get cloture stopped, but there is nothing we can hang our hat on yet. We need substance from you guys now, not next year.
When all else fails…….. Shoot!
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.” –American author Mark Twain (1835-1910)
“We should never despair, our Situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth new Exertions and proportion our Efforts to the exigency of the times.” –George Washington, letter to Philip Schuyler, 1777
^5
JLenardDetroit (Diary) Thursday, October 22nd at 7:22PM EST (link)We all know this is the right approach, yet we see little fighting for it…. Not like any of these things are secret, just seems like the GOP acts like it is….
HellNoParty – Republicans must be the Party of NO [to Bigger Govt.] not the Party of SLOW[er Liberal Incremental-ism] but WITH alternatives
lol)
+HC Townhall Lies – Townhall HC distortions/propaganda
+More Townhall Hi-jinks – More HC Townhall Hi-jinks
+Townhalls 3 – HC Townhall: Like Hollywood, Democrats used new Actors to replay the same Script.
+Townhalls 4 – HC Townhalls: Steny Hoyer (D-MD) edition.
+TH5/Mandates – HC Mandates – How ’bout some others? Welfare Warranty? College Coverage?
+HC summary – HC issues summary
+Medi-Adv – Dem’s target Semi-Privatizede Medicare plans (Medi-Advantage and Medi-Gap Coverage) for elimination
+Snowe vote – Snowe’s (Gang of Sicks) vote wasn’t needed to move HC fiasco from Sentate Finance Committee (simple 50% majority would have done)
+Baucus Markup details – Baucus Mark-up details
+(GangOfSicks) (er… Six) – The Senate HC “Gang Of Sicks” (formerly 7, but Hatch left and that didn’t have the fun play on words
+Public Option – sole focus on Public Option is a mistake that sets up Lib’s for another Liberal Incremental-ism step to complete HC Takeover
+Illegals exclusion – don’t fall for the “Illegals Excluded” half-truth (details here)
+DieQuickly – Dems: ‘Rep plan: Die Quickly’ – counter to “Death Panels” – EPIC O-FAIL again — baseless Welfare Reform attacks repeat
+Tacks – No HC Taxes, it rolls on
+No Tort Reform – Moe Lane’s Diary: Dean admits why there is No Tort Reform in ANY HC legislation
+Kennedy Bill – A Teddy Kennedy HC Bill Republicans SHOULD SPONSOR
+an aside, Kennedy seat hypocrisy – MASS looks to ex-post-facto change Law to appoint Dem. to Kennedy seat
+another aside, Obama LAST KENNEDY Bro?!?! – Chrisy Matthews declares Obama last Kennedy brother
+McCain HC – McCain HC Townhall details, another sell-out pre-declared!
+Harry/Louise – Harry & Louise want you to pay for their Head examinations?
+Clunker portends – Cash4Clunkers portends the HC fiasco in so many ways… Basic math!!
+DC plans drive up costs – DC HC compromises will cost you MORE not less
+Flag@ – Flag-whitehouse.gov is down, but are the unlawful (same old trickery) actions going on via WH:RealityCheck? AND HealthCare lies still being peddled? (hint: YES, to both)
+Obama’s “My HC plan” Lie – Obama’s HC dodge, quoting a non-existent and/or not in consideration Plan
+ultimate HC Q: – The ultimate HR3200 Q: Will Fetus’ about to be Aborted qualify for End Of Life counseling, or is that reserved only for Seniors about to be effectively Euthanized by/from Rationing?!?!
+Angry mob script – Democrats and MSM keep playing the Angry Mob script
+Townhalls primers: here, here, here, here, here, and HC issues summary here
Regards from NoMoTown (the MOTORlessCITY)
“Liberals, looking to do for? America what they’ve done for? Detroit! which is DESTROY IT!”
“I think, therefore I am Conservative”
“Conservative by choice, Republican by necessity”
“You can lead a Liberal to the Truth/Facts, but you cannot make them THINK!”
“Romney [No, not my first choice] does NOT have a MORMON problem. He has a, far too many Americans; these days; are MORONS problem!”
Follow @JLenardDetroit
(RS:Help) (JLD) (Hollyweird) (Brain-deads) (SPIN-cycle) (Obamaocare) (Party of kNOw) (Conservatism) (TEApeats) (respectful) (message) (Warning: Children Will Die!!)
Heil “O” Hell No Obamao is NOT MY PRESIDENT! “No U won’t”
I want “O” to FAIL (here, here, & whole Diary (Ofail) here, is why)
“The first Liberal was Satan” – a Rush caller (other Quotes)
You want us to stand with you now??
towerclimber Friday, October 23rd at 10:34AM EST (link)For those Republican politicians that follow this blog and are reading these remarks, I think this is pretty clear.
You can have A Tsunami of a grassroots base..but you need to reach down, grab your ears and pull until you see daylight.
lead your battles from the front. LEAD BY EXAMPLE! Compromise is good..but you’ve compromised your integrity and much of the constitution away already. folks are done with that.
we’ve seen 2nd amendment rights compromised away in many states, We see Obama now pressing to control 1st amendment rights, not only in the press but on the internet.
He’s negated private contracts…and you let him.
How many Republicans voted for Tarp, while your constituents were screaming no?
You’ve been so busy doing things that have nothing to do with government that you’ve let it erode to the point where we have to step in. we put our trust in you folks to do what needs to be done and what do we find? our elected leaders are finding their “soulmates” or they’re getting caught with prostitutes, or they’re busy playing the political games so that they can stay in Washington with just ONE more re-election…if you’re working so hard in our interests you wouldn’t have these problems.
we’ve seen corruption in the republican party ..mainly because you refuse to deal with the politicians that party it up at our expense, all the while giving in to bigger government and less individual freedom.
and now you expect us to JOIN you in fettering our countrymen? “oh come on..help us out!!” You’d do better to sandpaper your butts and slide down a road flare.
Better that we clean out those that are rooting around at the trough and put folks in there that are willing to do what is right without worrying about the next election because they understand that this isn’t a career but a civic duty that you happen to get paid for.
when those with Potomac fever are gone, you’ll have an unbelievable voter base!
the alternative is to sit on your hands and blame the voters and find yourselves in the soup lines when time comes to vote.
LISTEN to your constituents! if you can’t find the time, or the manpower, rest assured, we’ll find someone that will (people like Rubio and Hoffman)and the Republican party will be a footnote on a dusty shelf somewhere. If they fail? well, there’s 300 million Americans..I’m willing to bet we can find a few honest folks to look after our interests.
If you don’t like that, then we’ll be happy to call you a waaahmbulance.
If you buy something, expect to get it. trouble is no different.
“The ultimate result of shielding man from the effects of his folly is to fill the world with fools.”
Herbert Spencer
All due respect Congressman Price...
Justin Spagnolo (standardcandle) (Diary) Friday, October 23rd at 10:35PM EST (link)These are times for saying things plainly… we appreciate the pep talk… BUT YOU DO REALIZE… YOU’RE PREACHING TO THE CHOIR.
Do us a favor… And warn your fellows that the conservatives will demand more from all primaries, and many many many moderates, libertarians, and independents will look to “throw the bum out” for going along with ANY of these spending bills…
AMERICANS are feeling the pinch… and it doesn’t take any economics training to convince the voting public that spending/taxing/more spending… is going to make things better or give any of us HOPE.
The intellectual debate and posturing is foolish and untimely… there is a line drawn and its getting more and more visible… You’re either against spending, or you’re with Obama… Choose ye this day whom ye will serve!!!
Thank you for working on this, now… go send this POST to ALL of your constituents, and ask them to forward it to ALL of their friends.
“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. “ -James Madison