OMG, What Have You People Done?

OMG, What Have You People Done?
by thereisnospoon
Fri Aug 21, 2009 at 06:15:07 PM PDT

You people are absolutely amazing. Give you a little idea like handing out Carrots instead of Sticks, and what do you do with it?

You raise more fracking money for the Progressive Dems in a just a few days than the pharma/health insurance industry has spent buying off its Blue Dog poodles in the whole year. That's what.

You heard me right: the $347,000 and counting you've raised for signatories on behalf of the public option has absolutely dwarfed the money used to buy off the Blue Dogs--to tune of $5,341 per progressive member from you, versus $4,401 from the anti-reform industries per Blue Dog. That's amazing...

MORE WITH LINKS:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/8/21/770670/-OMG,-What-Have-You-People-Done

we could get the selling/lease price for each member of Congress. We might be able to buy/rent back our representatives for a limited period.

Wonder, of wonders, when does the bidding start?

took back representation. Imagine the public as one enormous lobby for our own good.

Most thought provoking post I've read in a long time. Nice job!

...very thought provoking

:woohoo:

why not raise money for the blue dogs in hopes they'll tell the insurance companies to get lost?

let them drool and learn first

Make a PAC dedicated to seeing someone in favor of serious health care reform elected in those districts. All money donated to the PAC spread amongst those dictricts, either to them, if they come out in favor of (or vote for) it, or primary challangers if not.

This is the equivalent of firing a gun near their heads, you know like we did when we were torturing people.

without the public option, I won't vote for him in the next election!

Don't be silly. All your doing is enabling the reich wing by taking an attitude like that.

and as far as I'm concerned, he is a republican!

I have very few discretionary dollars to throw around anymore, but the instant I saw this fundraising effort I got out my plastic. I'm thrilled to have helped send a message to those dirty-dog Dems.

Here's the link:

https://secure.actblue.com/

Sad.

Not fighting the other democrats!

Happy. :)

Act Blue - Standing Up For The Public Option
http://www.actblue.com/page/theytookthepledge?refcode=fb

FDL FireDogLake - Join the fight for a real public option
http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/healthcareaction

MoveOn - Standing Up For The Public Option
http://www.moveon.org/

PDA Progressive Democrats for America - Healthcare for All
http://pdamerica.org/iot/iotpage.php?page=Healthcare%20for%20All

I don't remember who it was, but they were saying how Obama supporters weren't showing up to defend health care reform, how they were too exhausted after all the activism of the election. It was demoralizing. But this news belies that. Thank you! I'm so glad I read this post.

Since this whole healthcare reform "debate" began they have been doing their best to make any effort at reform look bad. I remember one show they did a couple of weeks ago where they had an "expert" from the Lewin Group on and, the following day, one of their sponsors was (surprise surprise) the Lewin Group. NPR has been in the crapper for a long time with the rightward slant on their "reporting".

and shouted the yayhoos down at their "Rally" before the Town Hall.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYP3x2FnbxE

http://heraldnet.com/article/20090812/NEWS01/908129963


It makes me laugh now! We were sure hollering that day! hahaha


K and R

Okay, not really. I just couldn't pass up the opportunity.

It's impressive that real grassroots organizing can raise this kind of money, but it's also a shame... VOTING should be enough to have the will of the People done; we shouldn't have to donate money on top of that.

pennies on the dollar to corporate interests. We the people have an excellent chance to out bid them and buy our own legislation and politicians.

the proceeds to fighting for health care. Have a card board cut out of him. He is a public figure, I don't think there will be a lawsuit.

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thanks for posting this!! We are a powerful group:-)

We;ll get this done. they try to demoralize us, try to scare us, lie to us and tell us Obama is defecting, etc -- but we are strong and we will not be defeated in this!

We are the progressives; hear us roar!

Just a fun note: It took Sarah Palin a year to raise just under a million dollars for her SarahPac and "trust fund", and the Republicans call her their "Fund Raising Giant". I say, suck on this, Poujadist Princess!

Eat our Dust!

Just kidding. K & R