What became obvious from yesterday’s Obama/Dem PR-stunt-gone-awry is that they underestimated the GOP’s presentation of the more sane approach to controlling runaway costs of health care.
What has also become obvious is that after a weekend of a finger-in-the-wind waiting period, Obama and company will be embarking on a reconciliation “nuclear option” passage of unpopular legislation that will seal the fate of breaking the US bankroll.
Below is a list of swing voters that, as Morris puts it, may be induced to jump ship because they are facing re-election. Got some time on your hands? Pick up the phone….
But please do more. If you live in any of the states from which these swing Congressmen come, please call them. Let them know your opposition to health care changes. The phone for Congress is 202-224-3121. Here’s the list:
Vulnerable Democratic Congressmen Who Voted FOR Obamacare The First Time Around
These are the folks we need to pressure to switch their votes!
Arizona:
Harry Mitchell (Phoenix suburbs) Call (202) 225-2190!
Gabrielle Giffords (Tucson) Call (202) 225-2542!
Ann Kirkpatrick (most of rural Arizona, NE part of state) Call (202) 225-2315!
California:
Jerry McNerney (Stockton and Pleasanton) Call (202) 225-1947!Colorado:
John Salazar (Pueblo) Call 202-225-4761!
Connecticut:
Jim Hines (Fairfield County) Call (202) 225-5541!Florida:
Alan Grayson (Orlando) Call (202) 225-2176!
Illinois:
Bill Foster (Dixon, Batavia, and Geneseo) Call (202) 225-2976!Indiana:
Baron Hill (from Kentucky border up to Bloomington) Call (202) 225-5315!
Michigan:
Mark Schauer (Branch, Calhoun, Eaton, Hillsdale, Jackson, Lenawee & Washtenaw counties) Call (202) 225-6276!
Gary Peters (Oakland County) Call (202) 225-5802!
Nevada:
Dina Titus (Las Vegas) Call (202) 225-3252!New Hampshire:
Carol Shea-Porter (Portsmouth, Manchester, Lakes Region) Call (202) 225-5456!
New York:
Tim Bishop (Suffolk County) Call (202) 225-3826!
John Hall (Northern Westchester) Call (202) 225-5441!
Bill Owens (Plattsburgh up along Vermont border to Canada) Call (202) 225-4611!
Mike Arcuri (Utica and south central NY) Call (202)225-3665!
Dan Maffei (Syracuse) Call (202) 225-3701!
North Dakota:
Earl Pomneroy (at large) Call (202) 225-2611!Ohio:
Steven Driehaus (Cincinnati west to Indiana border) Call (202) 225-2216!
Mary Jo Kilroy (Columbus and west to Indiana border) Call (202) 225-2015!
Zach Space (Dover, Zanesville, Chillicothe) Call (202) 225-6265!
Pennsylvania:
Kathy Dahlkemper (Erie) Call (202) 225-5406!
Patrick Murphy (Bucks County) Call (202) 225-4276!
Christopher Carney (NE Penn) Call (202) 225-3731!
Paul Kanjorski (Scranton, Wilkes-Barre) Call 202-225-6511!South Carolina:
John Spratt (rural SC between Columbia and Charlotte) Call (202) 225-5501!
Virginia:
Tom Perriello (Charlottesville, Bedford, Timberlake, Martinsville & Danville) Call (202) 225-4711!
West Virginia:
Alan Mollohan (Wheeling, Morgantown) Call (202) 225-4172!
Nick Rahall (Huntington) Call (202) 225-3452!Wisconsin:
Steve Kagen (Green Bay) Call (202) 225-5665!
Vietnam era Navy wife, indy/conservative, and an official California escapee now residing as a red speck in the sea of Oregon blue.
We called against TARP by a ratio of 300-1 and it didn’t stop them from passing it.
We need to move beyond conventional politics at this point to stop the socialist agenda.
We need a national strike on April 19th.
Then repeat said strike once a month or once a week UNTIL THEY RESPOND TO US.
I would fully support a national strike.
Wait, I’ve been “on strike” since Obama’s very first day in office.
What a co-inky-dink
TSgt,
The powers to be, be they Republican or Demoncat, do not respect the American citizens.
Calling them and voicing our opinion has got us **nowhere**. It has though allowed the socialists to advance their agenda further along to their ultimate goal.
We need to stop playing defense and take the initiative.
Hit them where it hurts: In their revenues.
When you call, ask them if they asked our benefactors, ie… Japan, China, Russia etc… for permission to spend. Thanks to their spending, the US really isn’t “free” to pass and spend what ever the h-e-double hockey sticks they want.
Hre is a prediction. This has no hope of passing.
Rasmussen reports that he is down to 43% approval on his way to high 30’s in less than 2 years. By the end of this year he will be in the mid 20’s. Give me a break he is cooked.
Many wise men are now writing that the liberals do not care. They will pass this knowing that they will be thrown out of office. But, they will have passed this monstrosity. The long term gains vs. their short term losses are what they are focused on.
You are misleading us. Abortion is not increased by the Senate bill.
You are trying to pull a slick trick on us.
Abortion is not affected one way or the other by the Senate bill.
Play catch up, frank mcginty…. First of all, no one but you on this thread has even typed the word “abortion”. But since you did, the argument amongst the moderate Dems is not about Roe v Wade, but about federal funds used for abortions. duh wuh….
Is this the best the Obama machine can offer for spamming blogs??? LOL
You folks and most of the comments are out of the responsible mainstream.
You remind me of the ugly party-busters at the local meetings of congresspeople
last summer. And they remind me of the Nazi thugs who disrupted the democratic
process in Germany and allowed Hitler to take over.
@frank mcginty:
Yeah, those SEIU thugs were pretty reprehensible:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=seiu+thugs+attack&aq=0&aqi=g2&aql=f&oq=seiu+thugs
They can’t even leave Boy Scouts alone:
http://radioviceonline.com/seiu-thugs-think-eagle-scout-candidate-volunteering-too-much/
Thanks for the reminder.
@frank mcginty, again you sail in from “left” field. Perhaps, other than yourself, you’d like to point out one “Nazi’esque” comment on this thread.
You dance in, bring up something completely off topic, then when rebuked, accuse us of Nazi thug tactics.
Suggest you have a long gander in the mirror, guy.
FRANK MECGInty,you remind me of a person with a reverse brain that who says the opposite of the real truth,bye
The unthinking drones claiming, “abortion isn’t covered by the Bill” are correct in once sense, and one sense only. There is no passage that explicitly says: “This Bill shall cover abortions for X in the amount of $Y, for a period of Z.
What those of us who think that those who want to kill their children should pay for it themselves know, is that unless there is a specific line that forbids it, it is enough of a gray area to make us wary.
We have too much evidence of past laws that end up doing exactly the opposite of what Dem-produced laws initially claim, to trust anything they do.
The troublesome Mikulski Amendment is the focus of our doubts. To wit:
Those “community providers” include Planned Parenthood, among others.
We have also seen what the Dem reaction is to attempts to specifically address the issue:
-They shot down the Stupak Amendment. Which was very clear and concise. If the Dems rejected it, then they are for it’s opposite, even if left un-said and denied.
-They muddied the waters with the passage of the Capps Amendment, which would leave it to private insurers to decide whether or not to cover abortion, and in the case of the federal plan, leave it up to HHS, but it would not be part of the “essential benefits package”. (Suspiciously, these benefits are yet to be defined by the government.)
-The Health and Human Services Secretary, Katherine Sebelius is 100% supportive of abortion on-demand, and she has a long history of wanting the public to pay for it, along with every person in this Administration. If it’s “up to her”, we all know that Planned Parenthood will get what ever they want…If she was willing to be excommunicated from her Catholic faith for her abortion stance, we have no doubt she’ll have no problem determining that abortion should be paid for by those of us who still value human life.
Thus, our rightfully skeptical position, regardless of the application of Godwin’s Law by the intellectually feeble among us.
Love the indepth explanation, Patvann… but don’t you think you used too many big words for the O’faithful to comprehend? LOL
Patvann —
Your statement is nonsensical. If there is no federal money going to pay for an abortion, then abortion is in no way subsidized by the bill. Any claim that, absent your requested language it “could” be subsidized in the future, borders on the absurd. There is a “possibility” that the government might on day pass a law requiring the ritual murder of anyone named Patrick; but to say that, absent an express ban on it, that the possibility exists, requires a leap of logic that is beyond the absurd.
Nope, this is simple b.s. It is just part of the GOPer “throw everything at the wall and see what sticks” campaign. GOPers have tried “death panels,” “save Medicare from the Dems,” “union sweetheart deal,” “it’s really about reparations to Negroes,” “it will explode the deficit,” “Bob Byrd is against reconciliation,” and now this. As one ridiculous talking point is shot down, another one crops up — just like crabgrass, only less useful.
billy bob has given us a stellar example of the stubborn arrogance of the unenlightened straw man. Ignore the substance of the bill’s language, throw out a bunch of racist remarks, and hope the jellyfish will bite at the bait.
Hold your breath, bubba….
*snif*
Did somebody step in something?
I smell desperation and idiocy steeped in bullshit.
Mata —
Racist remarks? Where? Oh do you mean the part referring to the bill as “reparations”? That was Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck who said that. Take it up with them, silly girl . . . .
billy bob, you are one big walking, typing racist remark, guy…. this is your standard mode of bait and dodge. Predictable, tiresome, and on occasion, an educational and enlightening insight to the limitations of the progressive mind. At least for those that can actually tolerate getting thru one of the comments.