GOA: ObamaCare Has Revealed The Moral Bankruptcy Of The Senate
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-- It's time for us for to repeat this loudly and often
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Thursday, January 7, 2010
Here's where we're at on socialized health care. The House and Senate
have passed ObamaCare bills, but the two versions are very different.
So, the bill can't go to the President until they iron out the
differences.
Make no mistake about it. This legislation moves us down the road
towards socialism, and it will result in even more gun owners being
disqualified from owning firearms.
We need to regroup and renew our efforts to kill ObamaCare -- an
outcome which is still very doable.
Now, repeat this phrase over and over: A MORAL CESSPOOL.
If we are going to defeat the anti-gun ObamaCare legislation, these
words are going to have to be repeated millions of times over the next
month.
The U.S. Senate has become a moral cesspool.
The U.S. Senate has become a moral cesspool.
The U.S. Senate has become a moral cesspool.
Why is this refrain so important? There are several reasons why, but
consider this: Throughout this fight over ObamaCare, Senators have
lied about guns... they've lied about the deficit... they've lied about
the costs of health insurance premiums and how the bill will affect
senior citizens. They have lied over and over to their constituents
about all these issues.
That's why it's time that we tell Democrat Senators how corrupt their
vote for ObamaCare really was. Obviously, they won't agree. So let
each Senator make the argument that, "I am not a crook."
That argument never wins elections.
Already, Democrat Representatives and Senators are either switching
parties or announcing their retirements. They know the American people
are disgusted with the moral bankruptcy of the U.S. Congress -- a
situation that has become obvious to anyone who watches the nightly
news.
Consider the following despicable practices which were perpetrated in
order to push ObamaCare through the Senate last month:
1. Lies
* For months, Senators claimed there were no anti-gun provisions in the
ObamaCare legislation. But everyone knew they were lying. So last
month, a provision was inserted into the Senate bill which claims to
allay the concerns of gun owners -- but leaves the most important
problem unremedied. If they weren't lying to begin with, then why try
to fix what they claimed wasn't there?
* Senators are now insisting that the current Senate health bill
protects the rights of gun owners, even though this version would still
allow the BATFE and FBI to troll through the ObamaCare database for gun
owners who would be disqualified because of their medical information.
This could result in millions of Americans -- who are suffering from
PTSD and other similar conditions -- being put into the NICS system and
denied the right to buy firearms.
2. Bribes
* A $100 million bribe to treat Sen. Ben Nelson's state different from
all others, in exchange for Ben Nelson's vote.
* A $100-300 million bribe to treat Sen. Mary Landrieu's state
different from all others, in exchange for Mary Landrieu's vote.
* $10 billion for community health centers operated by groups similar
to ACORN, in exchange for Sen. Bernie Sanders' vote.
* A bribe to Sen. Max Baucus in order to treat Libby, Montana,
different from any other town.
* A bribe to Sen. Chris Dodd consisting of a $100 million medical
center in Connecticut.
* Bribes to Sens. Kent Conrad, Brian Dorgan, Bill Nelson, etc., etc.,
etc.
* In fact, there are so many bribes in the Senate version of the
ObamaCare bill that the bribe-meister himself, Majority Leader Harry
Reid, publicly bragged that if your senator doesn't have a bribe in
this bill, it "speaks poorly" of him.
3. Extortion
* Threats to take away Sen. Joe Lieberman's chairmanship because of his
opposition to the government run "public option."
4. Fraud
* Senators are claiming that the Senate-passed version reduces the
deficit, even though:
a. $247 billion of the bill's costs are being snuck through in
separate legislation;
b. The "savings" rely on $465 billion of Medicare
"cuts," which no one believed were achievable; and
c. The "savings" rely on making new taxes take effect 3-5
years before any of those tax monies are spent.
* Senators are claiming that the bill would make Medicare solvent --
but this claim can only be made by fraudulently double-counting the
effects of the phony Medicare cuts.
* Senators are claiming that health care costs would be brought under
control, when the government's own Center for Medicare and Medicaid
Services found that costs would go up $245 billion.
* Senators are claiming that premiums would be brought under control,
even though the Congressional Budget Office found that policies under
the "exchange" (i.e., those policies which you would have to
buy, under penalty of law) would be 10-13% more expensive than if
Congress did nothing.
5. Secrecy
* The final version of the 2407-page bill wasn't revealed until less
than 48 hours before Congress began voting on it.
Now that the Christmas holidays are behind us, we need to get back to
work. Please take the time to contact your Senator, so that we can
protect the rights of gun owners by defeating socialized medicine.
ACTION: Over the next month, the term "moral cesspool" needs
to become part of the political lexicon. Below, you will find that two
sample communications are attached -- one for Democrat Senators, the
other for Republicans.
So please send your letter, and then get your relatives, your friends,
your neighbors, your gun clubs, churches, etc., to do the same.
You can use the Gun Owners Legislative Action Center at
http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm to send a pre-written message to
your Senators -- the appropriate e-mail will automatically be sent to
your Senator, based on whether he or she is a Republican or Democrat.
----- Pre-written letter for Democrat Senators -----
Dear Senator:
The U.S. Senate has become a moral cesspool, and you need to begin
doing something about it before this whole country is sacrificed on the
altar of the Senate's moral decay.
I am disgusted with the lies, bribes, and fraud which you have
advocated by voting for the Senate ObamaCare legislation:
* Millions of American taxpayer dollars were spent in the states of Ben
Nelson, Mary Landrieu and Chris Dodd to obtain their votes. In fact,
so many bribes were shelled out that the chief bribe-meister, Harry
Reid, publicly bragged that if a senator doesn't have a bribe in this
bill, it "speaks poorly" of him.
* The Senate bill was passed on the claim that the Reid bill reduces
the deficit, even though:
a. $247 billion of the bill's costs are being snuck through in
separate legislation;
b. The "savings" rely on $465 billion of Medicare
"cuts," which no one believed were achievable; and
c. The "savings" rely on making new taxes take effect 3-5
years before any of those tax monies are spent.
* Senators claimed that health care costs would be brought under
control, when the government's own Center for Medicare and Medicaid
Services found that costs would go up $245 billion.
* Senators also claimed that premiums would be brought under control,
even though the Congressional Budget Office found that policies under
the "exchange" (i.e., those policies which you would have to
buy, under penalty of law) would be 10-13% more expensive than if
Congress did nothing.
There is still time to change course. I implore you to change your
vote on ObamaCare.
Sincerely,
----- Pre-written letter for Republican Senators -----
Dear Senator:
Thank you for voting against the ObamaCare fiasco.
For months, Senators claimed there were no anti-gun provisions in the
ObamaCare legislation. But everyone knew they were lying. So last
month, a provision was inserted into the Senate bill which claims to
allay the concerns of gun owners -- but leaves the most important
problem unremedied.
Some Democrat Senators are now claiming that the current Senate health
bill protects the rights of gun owners, even though this version would
still allow the BATFE and FBI to troll through the ObamaCare database
for gun owners who would be disqualified because of their medical
information. This could result in millions of Americans -- who are
suffering from PTSD and other similar conditions -- being put into the
NICS system and denied the right to buy firearms.
Bottom line: Please do everything in your power to kill the ObamaCare
legislation. What can you, as a senator, do about this?
Please take away the incentive that the suicidal Democrats have for
selling their votes on ObamaCare for posh nominations in the Obama
administration after they are defeated at the polls or retire.
You can do this by announcing you will place a "hold" on the
nominations of Blanche Lincoln, Evan Bayh, Chris Dodd, Brian Dorgan,
and Michael Bennet -- nominations which will inevitably be made next
year as a payoff for their votes on behalf of ObamaCare.
It's time that the bribes stopped, and you can make this happen.
Sincerely,
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Second Amendment March
Larry Pratt, GOA's Executive Director, will be speaking at the Second
Amendment March. The March will take place April 19, 2010 in
Washington, DC. All gun rights supporters are urged to attend this
massive, free event. Satellite marches are also being planned for
state capitals around the country.
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