Look we may all have agreements or disagreements about this health care legislation, but one thing for sure is that much of the noise out there is based on LIES.
You have Sarah Palin dropping the "Death Panel", then tries to take it back, sorta, and well the damage is already done.
The seniors out there are HEARING this and there is little response from our side.
We have been through this with the Obama Campaign.
It is called, "slow as a turtle."
My concern flag went all the way up during the AARP phone in town hall meeting. Many of the questions were about the health care bill killing seniors, the misunderstanding of Medicare, and ALIENS or ILLEGALS getting coverage.
Well, all the above is wrong. But our side is doing a shitty job dispelling these rumors.
We all need to go back to campaign mode, here and get out there with the facts.
This is bothering me because the GOP is targeting one group, seniors, and right now they are winning. The main stream media is all about making ratings, not about presenting FACTS, so much of what is undeniably WRONG is going unchallenged.
One thing the Obama Administration was RIGHT about was having a bill in tact, BEFORE the break to alleviate all this confusion that the right wing media, main stream media, paid political operatives, lobbyists, insurance companies, ignorant people have created. Without this bill, in solid writing, ONE BILL, it is easy to take all these floating bills out there and make shit up. That is what the GOP has done.
Sadly, I was at work today hammering home and denouncing all the lies of these bills. All I was getting back was, "well that is not what is on television." Folks, seniors are REALLY concerned about all of this and this and they are listening to this noise. Unfortunately.
I don't know what the Obama White House's game plan is, but they needed it in play, YESTERDAY.
Lastly, I hope that the Democrats will not fold and not offer this country a public option. This is a chance for everyone in this country to join the pot and force insurance costs down. I don't hear many Democrats talking about this and explaining it, because the right wing has demonized the word "public option" to mean a "government run" plan. I am still scratching my head and wondering, "how in the hell did THAT happen?" We need to hijack the conversation BACK to the facts, but it is hard to do when you constantly have these commentators on television stating bald face lies as truths.
August is not even over and it is just nasty out there. If you want real reform, as we wanted Obama in the White House, we all must fight for it. It is as simple as that.
And send this link to everyone you know, Health Insurance Reform: Reality Check
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