I've seen an awful lot of tea party videos and photos of people holding up signs against "Obamacare." Perhaps the way to reach some of these folks, who are protesting against an idea that will actually help them, would be to change the dialogue. Rather than trying to inform them why healthcare reform would be something they would actually benefit from, an appeal should be made to their sense of patriotism. As it is, when anyone of a progressive nature tries to talk sense to these teabaggers, the only thing registering in their brains is "Obamacare." And "Obamacare" is bad because in their minds, any support for reform would be seen as supporting the platform of "the left" and ultimately, the President. Can't have that, no matter how much effort is put into a bill that would benefit everyone, regardless of party affiliation.
So what would appeal to these people who are bound and deterimed to work against something that would help them? Get them behind a slogan that would give them a sense of doing something good for the country.
What if we renamed the healthcare reform debate to "Patriotcare?"
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