President seeks $500,000 for ads to rebut Palin
November 21,
Another e-mail from in...@barackobama.com hit my inbox yesterday. The
subject: Sarah Palin.
It begins: "Right now, Sarah Palin is on a highly publicized,
nationwide book tour, attacking President Obama and his plan for
health reform at every turn."
The mail goes on to say "It's dangerous. Remember, this is the person
who coined the term "Death Panels" -- and opened the flood gates for
months of false attacks by special interests and partisan extremists."
"Whatever lie comes next will be widely covered by the media, then
constantly echoed by right-wing attack groups and others who are
trying to defeat reform."
"So we're setting a big goal: $500,000 in the next week to help push
back against Sarah Palin and her allies.....We need to be prepared.
And we're counting on you help. Can you chip in $5?"
So it has come to this: a sitting president soliciting donations for
counter-attack ads on a former VP nominee hockey mom that most of the
mainstream media rediculed in the last election. If her claims are so
outrageous, why bother spending the money to respond? Maybe because a
lot of people are listening to her, and many of them might just agree
with what she is saying.
I don't think it helps the conservative cause to exaggerate the health
care bill's possible impact (there are enough awful things in the bill
right there in black and white)....the Obama e-mail states that Palin
claimed on Rush Limbaugh that Americans "could face jail time as
punishment" if they didn't buy health insurance. This is technically
true, but only because punishment for tax evasion could include jail
time; and one would have to not only fail to buy insurance but also
fail to pay the 2.5% income tax in lieu that the bill requires, and
have a judge or jury hand down a jail sentence.
But in any case, hyping the bill's possible impact with extreme
statements just gives the bill's supporters ammunition: when the
wilder claims are shot down all of the conservative's arguments become
suspect.
My advice: don't listen to either Obama, Pelosi, Reid or Palin.
Question everything they say because both sides have a lot invested in
the outcome and they both want to be "right." After all, both Obama
and Palin are running for president.
Text of HR 3962, the bill recently passed by the House
Congressional Budget Office evaluation of HR 3962
Text of S. 1796, the bill being considered in the Senate
better watch it quick and BE VERY AFRAID AFTER WE DO, because we don't
control government, government controls us. Because we never fought
for civil, human rights, a
day in our pathetic political lives. We as republicans just as well
live in china. Because WE ARE A BUNCH OF COWERING PUSSIES WHO SEE
GOVERNMENT AS A CONTROLLING ENTITY, INSTEAD OF A CONTROLLABLE ENTITY.