Nelson pushes back hard against liberal attack ad

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/nelson-pushes-back-hard-against-liberal-attack-ad-2009-08-01.html

Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) has hit back hard at a television ad campaign that accuses him of acting on behalf of insurance companies, warning liberal critics that healthcare reform may die if they keep up their aggressive tactics.

Nelson’s spokesman Jake Thompson slammed two liberal groups, including one founded by former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, for launching a harsh attack ad against his boss.

“These scare tactics are certain to further divide the public on healthcare reform, make it less likely Congress will pass real reform and call into question the motives of those who say they want reform, but use the issue to raise money to try to buy influence inside the Beltway,” Thompson said in a statement.

“If this is an indication of the politics going into August, then healthcare reform may be dead by the end of August,” Nelson’s spokesman added in conclusion.

Democracy for America (DFA), founded by Dean, and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) have launched an ad in Nebraska accusing Nelson of “leading the charge to delay health reform this summer.

“That’s exactly what they want; the health and insurance companies that have given Sen. Nelson over $2 million know that if they can stall reform, they can kill it,” said the ad’s narrator, Mike Snider, a Nebraska restaurant owner who saw his health insurance rates go up.

explain the $2 Million.

And to think, I helped that guy get elected Governor.

Wish Nelson has similar balls to stand up to the insurance companies. The same goes for Max Baucas.

Democracy for America:

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/


Progressive Change Committee:

http://boldprogressives.org/

http://www.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/21594

http://wewantthepublicoption.com/

"if you haven't been bought and paid for by the healthcare conglomerates and lobbysist, we're still trying to make you see reason" attack ad.

reforms if we allow ourselves to be compromised by DINOS and FAUX democrats.

I am not arguing for "purity" just certain minimum standards.
First and foremost to be a democrat you have to work for the PEOPLE not the Parasitic Corporations.

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Good! They hit a nerve, and the truth at that! Turn up the heat and let him fry! Maybe if both sides just lay both "plans" (single payer and the present complicated "bill") out in an hour long TV slot, with no drama, no bias, and in simple layman terms so that people can see what they're getting, then the spin and talking around the subject would be laid to rest, and the soap opera can die.

Cross Dawgs?

Their arrogance is only matched by their cold hearts and bad karma.

Strategery by the insurance corporation to kill threatening legislation for at least another decade.

That's why they hired 350 former congresscritters to fight this!

Oh you goofy citizen you.

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Shame on them.. If they showed the same fighting spirit against republicans, maybe they would not have anti ads run against them:)

for posting the DFA ad to a list read by Dems in my state. And I don't even live in Nebraska.

So yes Nelson is fighting back and I love it. That means the powers that be in our party recognize DFA as an influential stakeholder.

Go Howard!! :bounce:

"If you accuse me of trying to stall healthcare reform, I'll stall healthcare reform."

:banghead: