How To Annoy The Hell Out Of Congress
September 19, 2009 · carl · Print This Article
For quite some time now, we here at the Freedom Medium have been urging all of our readers to contact their members of Congress and make their voices heard regarding their opposition to health care “reform.”
Some of the biggest voices in the conservative ranks have been instrumental in pointing out the twisting of facts and the outright lies of the supporters of what is quite possibly the worst piece of legislation ever written.
For instance, after reading this entry from Michelle Malkin, it appears to me that Joe Wilson was right!
Glenn Beck asked the question is it healthcare or a freedom grab?
The Mobfather, Rush Limbaugh, asked Whose Swastika’s, Speaker Pelosi?
All of this, combined with millions of you contacting your members of Congress, showing up at town hall meetings, and attending Tea Parties is having the desired effect.
Not only is public support for Obama’s healthcare plan ebbing, now Congressional supporters of the plan are bickering with each other!
Don’t stop now, the battle is not over, we have to keep up the pressure, but all of us making our voices heard is making a difference!
Take a look at this story from The Hill to learn how there is now virtually no GOP support for the health care reform bill:
Senate Democrats are going to have to move forward on healthcare without a single Republican supporter after Sen. Olympia Snowe said Tuesday she could not back the Finance Committee’s bill.
Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) failed to win any Republican backer despite weeks of intense negotiations behind closed doors to strike a deal.
Snowe (Maine), who was one of three Republicans who backed the $787 billion economic stimulus package, was being lobbied heavily by the White House, and some centrists view her refusal to strike a deal with Baucus as troubling. But concerns about how the plan would be paid for prompted her to back away in the hours before its release.
“I do have concerns and I’m not sure they can be addressed before he issues [legislation] tomorrow,” Snowe said.
Faced with the prospect of having to pass legislation without Republican votes, Obama’s chief political adviser David Axelrod met with Senate and House Democrats on Tuesday to stress the importance of party unity on healthcare reform — a message most directly aimed at centrists who now are critical to its passage.
Democrats control 59 seats in the Senate. Without a…Read the rest of this entry
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