Nancy Pelosi counted votes last night and has determined that she does NOT have enough votes in Congress to pass a robust public option. More at the LINK. I am going to make this REAL EASY for anyone who feels strongly about health care reform -either way- and who wants to have their voice heard on the issue. It’s time to put our representatives on speed dial if we are ever going to get what it is that we want from them. Here’s the easy how-to:
- Please set aside 3 minutes per call.
- Place one call to House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi @ 202-225-0100 .
- Place the second call to your local Congressional Representative and ask to speak to them by using this number (202) 224-3121 . Be prepared to tell the operator who your representative is, your zip code or your city/state.
- Use this website to report who you spoke to, what was said and your position is on the issue: LINK
If you are FOR a strong public option, demand a robust public health insurance option — something 76% of Americans want. LINK Let YOUR representative get used to hearing YOUR voice on the issues. Operators are waiting!
ROFLMAO!!! Where did you find your “poll numbers” to support the claim, 76% of Americans want the public option???? HEEELLLLOOOO!!! That’s the main reason America doesn’t WANT Obama to “Fix” healthcare to begin with and that’s why even Democrat Legislators won’t support the plan – they’re rightfully scared to death of their consituents
It’s almost as though people like “Get it Right,” and people like me and Red Vixen, are living in two different worlds: Fox News World, and the Reality-Based Community. But it is nice that we could help this rightie “Roll On The Floor Laughing his/her Ass Off.” Polls vary widely on the public option question, depending on how it’s phrased, but not all THAT widely (it’s always a majority) and I’ve seen the 76% more than once.
Now that the closed-door talks are going on, we’ve been subject to a crazy-making tsunami of contradictory leaks. Politico is really not the most reliable news source, they’re generally tilted against Democrats and progress. From what I hear, the confusion is between the stronger Jay-Rockefeller style public option (I call it the Rocky Option) and the more watered-down Chuck Shumer version. The latter has the votes no problem, Nancy’s trying to twist arms to get the stronger one. Either version is lightyears better than the status quo (and a first baby-step to single-payer) BUT remember that whatever the House comes up with now is going to be THEIR starting point for negotiations with the Senate’s weak sausage, so let’s cross our fingers and make the call for the Rocky Option. Don’t bother calling any of our useless Republicans though, call Loretta (if you’re not really in her district, give your zip as, oh, let’s say 92840 in Garden Grove. She IS after all, our county’s ONLY voice of sanity in the House of Representatives, so in a way she’s all our Congresswoman.)
The rumor today that I’m more worried about is that the President is so besotted with Olympia Snowe and bipartisanship that he’s pressuring the Senate negotiators to go with a “TRIGGER.” The Trigger is bullsh*t, just another way to put off healthcare justice for another few years. Call Obama’s office like I did today and tell them FORGET the trigger, FORGET lovely Olympia, and LET Harry Reid push his strong public option with the states-can-opt-out clause!
Phone: 202-456-1111 or 202-456-1414
Then, please report your call by clicking here:
http://pol.moveon.org/whcalls/indexb.html?id=17662-542167-5UBKP4x&t=3
I don’t know if 76% is accurate, but I’m sure the percentage is huge. How do I know this? Because this is one of the main issues that Obama ran on. He debated it over and over again with other candidates and he won convincingly. The “death panel” righties did everything they could to bash Obama on this, then they make a big deal of Obama’s drop in the polls. It’s like me kicking you in the nuts and then say, “hey, why are you down?”
Lastly, Vixen, is that a picture of an actual operator working for Pelosi?
As a ordinary hard working person living in this country I will call TO NOT SUPPORT HEALTH CARE RUN BY GOVERMENT!. I do believe in reform but no health care run by goverment burocrasy!!!!!!!!!. White House KEEP YOUR F…ING CONTROL OFF OF THE HEALTH CARE!
Yeah Freedom! You tell ’em! You want NO CHOICE besides handing your F…NG money over to a private insurer to profit off of and then deny you care, OR going bankrupt when you get sick or injured, OR maybe just dying! YAY for FREEDOM and NO CHOICE!!!