Unconvinced.
Hoyer does not have 216 on St. Patrick's Day, and this brings a nervous grin from Minority Whip Cantor. Source writes that the Democrats are boasting they have 211 as of Wednesday morning. Since no one who has the count knows if it is accurate, since it is theory until the day of, this means that the majority remains unconvinced of the argument, awaiting the next pivot. Best source remarks that the Democrats are boasting of 211 because they do not have it, and are gaming their own members.
Score.
The next pivot may be the CBO score of the so-far unrevealed sidecar legislation that goes into the reconciliation bill. Word last eve that there is trouble with the final cost, and Big Pharma was dragooned to Rahm Emanuel at the White House to hand over more cash give-backs. The score looks to be unhappy-making, and note that Harry Reid is announcing only a partial score of pieces of the reconciliation sidecar. The CBO does not fib, but it can only plug in the assumptions that are sent over. Not all the assumptions have been assembled, and the ones that have been may be getting swollen costs. Who knows? This is a major problem. Not only is there no transparency -- but also the guys with the bill don't know what the bill is or costs. Hilarious.
OFA Panic.
Below find the latest spam video from OFA that is attached to a general cheat sheet about how I am to call a member of Congress and congratulate him/her for supporting "reform." Note that the video includes another "Queen for a Day" healthcare nightmare that somehow will be fixed if and when we pay more for less. Okay. POTUS preaches to the choir like no one since Jim Wright. Note that the choir behind POTUS is getting better, like a Coke commercial for who likes the "real thing," or a GM commercial about who is ready to go with the new dream car (no wheels, no engine, no gas, no costs, no car, just walk!). The OFA is off course and doesn't know how to get back on the main road. It is as if a posse of strangers swerved into the mainstream for a few months (August to November 2008) and since then have drifted back to their normal triteness. Now they are frustrated that we do not hear them. Retail politics is about listening to the voters, not the voters' listening to you. POTUS is deaf. POTUS sailed into the White House without an education in retail politics. Assertion is not persuasion. Shrug. And telling old wives' tales is not leadership. Shrug.
Calling Tips
- Be polite, respectful and clear.
- Introduce yourself to whoever answers the phone. Let them know you are a voter and mention what city you live in.
- Let them know that you support the President's health reform proposal.
Example Script for Your Calls
Hello, my name is __________ and I'm a voter calling from __________ (city or town).
I'm calling to say "thank you" for fighting for health insurance reform -- and to let you know that voters in our state have pledged 602,636 volunteer hours to fight for members of Congress like you.
I know that the final vote will be very close, and wanted to let you know that voters at home are standing with the President and members of Congress like you on health reform.
Thank you.
Paid for by the Democratic National Committee -- 430 South Capitol Street SE, Washington, D.C., 20003. This communication is not authorized by any candidate or candidate.
Obama did not come into the White House in order to practice retail politics. In fact, retail politics, he believes, is what's wrong with this country. He came into the White House to divide us into groups and then blow up the bite-sized pieces. It's not that he lacks education. He’s a community organizer – college educated. He knows what Abbie Hoffman knew, that “expedience, not justice, is the rule of American law” - and that it can work both ways. Hoffman was a rebel rouser; Barack Hussein Obama is President of the United States.
Obama knows very well what he's doing. He's like Ryan Bingham in the 2009 film "Up In The Air", hired to conduct lay-offs for bosses who are too cowardly to do it themselves. He’s come to dismantle democracy and capitalism, and redistribute the wealth. The American people have already received their pink slips; Congress will be next, and then comes justice’s turn.
Those who see him as incompetent do him an injustice. He’s going strictly by the book, sentence by sentence, page by page.
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i'd like to teach the world to sing
in perfect harmony
i'd like to buy the world a coke
but michelle won't let me.