may do do more to sink the health care bill than anything. Debt, failed policies, and misrepresentation of the stimulus make a terrible comparision for this administration.

…for Democratic congressfolks, “Will you oppose a plan that doesn’t include a public option?” or some variation thereof.

I want them on the record so that, when they don’t get a public option, they can’t say that was never the goal in the first place.

…to this is the idea of making sure the government doesn’t pay for abortions while they’re paying for all other medical care.

If we do that, and abortions remain legal, the fastest, most efficient medical care in the whole country will be found at your local Planned Parenthood office…

Erick and all:

Maybe it’s just me, but the title of this diary reads a tad amiss.

We all know what is meant and I’m definitely reaching, but it can be taken as our side being against healthcare, confirming to the left that we’re all racist bigoted etc.

Mu suggestion would be a constant naming of this madness as ‘ObamaCare’, ‘DemocratCare’, ‘Socialist Healthcare’ and any other name that will permanently attatch this insanity to Obama and the left.

And yes, I’ll keep calling writing e-mailing and faxing my CongressCritters….. not sure that it’ll do any good ( Rep. Alcee Hastings, Sen. Nelson and Sen. Martinez of Florida are a tad with whatshisname at 1600 ).

Cheers !

to show their proposals as well. Not just opposition to Obamacare, but also show counter-proposals. “With the democrats in charge you get this healthcare plan…It is run by the government and will cost trillions. However, the republicans are offering this as a solution…” Something to that effect.

Well I called, faxed and emailed for what little it would do, sucks being in Taxachusetts, the Marxist welfare state. Will do again with your suggestions but we need much more numbers involved to be convincing. I am finding people here that think this healthcare change is normal and good. Last Friday we had protests and I am totally surprised the number of people that don’t realize how bad it is here compared to other states. Many are now rethinking what we are getting in to and getting involved. Clearly the work that needs to be done is not here in virtual reality but with “boots on the ground” reality to give more people a reality check in person to get them involved. Despite being harassed by the police and protesting in a thunderstorm I am fighting on deep behind enemy lines. I am seeing a growing frustration in others as well as my self in the lack of participation in the real world. If we only had the same participation on line in virtual reality as we do on the front line…

Conservatives really need to pull out the big guns to make sure some form of ObamaCare doesn’t pass. This is by far the most important battle we have. Grassroots organizations should really be spending some money in vulnerable districts to get the word out about how awful this plan really is.

If it does end up passing, we’ll probably be stuck with it for a generation. Just look at these Great Society programs like welfare. It took nearly 40 years just to get these programs “reformed”, and this was a benefit that was only used by a small segment of the population. Two Presidents that won 49 states couldn’t get rid of these programs.

If there is some form of universal health care, and tens of millions of Americans use it, we’re going to be stuck with it for a long time. Republicans won’t have the guts to take away healthcare from 40 million Americans, especially if children are involved.

If we can halt this now, I think it will be dead for a while. This will be the highwater mark for the Democrat Party for a while (unless we really screw up). I don’t think the Democrats will ever again have these type of lopsided margins in Congress, and will never have this liberal a President . We’ll most likely be able to filibuster after 2010, and that can put the brakes on a lot of this stuff, but right now this country is incredibly vulnerable.

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_07/019154.php

Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR), chairman of the Blue Dog Health Care Task Force:

“[Ross] said that that the coalition would seek to “resuscitate” the House healthcare reform through amendments in the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s markup of the bill this week.

“There’s some folks from the right that have been calling my office very pleased that they perceive I’m trying to kill healthcare,” Ross said during an interview with National Public Radio (NPR) on Saturday. “At the end of the day, I suspect they’re going to be sorely disappointed, because none of us within the Blue Dog Coalition are trying to kill healthcare reform.”
He added that he and other conservative Dems are “in no way are we watering down the bill.”

but I already, unfortunately, know the answers of my Congressman, Raúl Grijalva, as he was one of the primary architects of this monstrosity. As one of the most liberal members of the House of Reps (!!!), esp. on economic and environmental issues, there’s not much I could do there

Just one of the joys of living in what’s basically Collegetown, Arizona.

I’m from liberal tax and spend capital Maryland. Sarbanes, Milkuski, and Cardin are Obama followers. They think the people are too stupid to make up our minds and that they have to provide all the answers for us. What a crock!

under this health care bill?

If not, why not?

Yes, an important question is if the Democrats health plans will cover illegal aliens. And it’s not enough just to declare the plans won’t cover illegals, but specifically what type of enforcement measures and screening will be instituted to ENSURE that they won’t be covered. It’s my understanding that the Democratic schemes do not have screening to ensure that coverage is reserved for citizens and legal residents.

And remember Rasmussen polling shows 80% of U.S. voters oppose providing government health coverage for illegal immigrants.

Calling All Red Staters…You Have 1,018 Pages To Read: Some Progress And We Need Your Help! A follow up to Swamp Yankee’s Column

The “Big Tent” analogy isn’t the correct one…the correct one is a MAGNET…we need to be a MAGNET that draws these independents in who are sick and tired of what’s going on in Washington—Fred Thompson