Email Of The Day
Nothing happens for nothing in politics, and if Republican private citizen Sarah Palin weren’t a perceived threat to the Democrat Party, she’d be ignored. However as we’ve seen, Sarah Palin is the one person Democrats refuse to ignore…
Dear (name witheld),
Right now, Sarah Palin is on a highly publicized, nationwide book tour, attacking President Obama and his plan for health reform at every turn.
It’s dangerous. Remember, this is the person who coined the term “Death Panels” — and opened the flood gates for months of false attacks by special interests and partisan extremists.
If Sarah Palin really coined the term “Death Panels”, she’s been proven to be accurate, but why let truth get in the way for a fundraising pitch.
Whatever lie comes next will be widely covered by the media, then constantly echoed by right-wing attack groups and others who are trying to defeat reform.
As we approach the final sprint on health reform, we can’t afford more deception and delay. We need to be ready for anything — and have the resources to respond with ads, events, and calls to Congress when the attacks come.
So we’re setting a big goal: $500,000 in the next week to help push back against Sarah Palin and her allies. Please chip in $5 or more to help reach our goal.
Earlier this month, Palin publicly said that she hopes health reform will be “dead on arrival.” And since then, she’s been working fiercely toward that goal.
On Tuesday, Palin went on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show where she outrageously — and falsely — suggested that Americans could “face jail time as punishment” if they don’t buy insurance.
Palin has many more interviews scheduled on Hannity and other conservative shows in the next few weeks, with more platforms to go after the President. As soon as she does, the rest of our opponents will likely parrot those attacks.
We need to be prepared. And we’re counting on you help. Can you chip in $5 or more?
http://my.democrats.org/SarahPalin
Thanks,
Mitch
Mitch Stewart
Director
Organizing for America
Private citizen Sarah Palin is considered so much of a threat, she’s being used to raise money for the Democrat Party via Barack Obama’s Organizing for America.
2012 may not be so apocalyptic for us after all, us being Republicans.
h/t Nick
November 22nd, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Wow my brain hurts after reading all the false crap this “Mitch” character has to say. Why can’t they all just GTFO of this country and join Cuba or China already?
November 22nd, 2009 at 11:01 pm
I’ll give away the withheld name… “Dear Useful Idiot,”…..
November 23rd, 2009 at 1:42 am
“On Tuesday, Palin went on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show where she outrageously — and falsely — suggested that Americans could “face jail time as punishment” if they don’t buy insurance.”
Wasn’t it Pelosi who said “that she was OK with that”?
November 23rd, 2009 at 8:37 am
Obama himself said it was okay, but yes, Pelosi said it first.
President Barack Obama recently told ABC News’ Jake Tapper that he shares Pelosi’s belief that jail time is an appropriate punishment for not buying health insurance. Obama did not always believe this. Debating Hillary Clinton in 2008, Obama said:
And I think that it is important for us to recognize that if, in fact, you are going to mandate the purchase of insurance and it’s not affordable, then there’s going to have to be some enforcement mechanism that the government uses. And they may charge people who already don’t have health care fines, or have to take it out of their paychecks. And that, I don’t think, is helping those without health insurance.
November 23rd, 2009 at 10:07 am
I also received this email.
D*$m commies… they should all move to Cuba.
November 23rd, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Sooo, should we let Mitch know about his little lies in this fundraising letter?
– death panels – true, not in name (duh) but in practice
– jail for not participating – confirmed from the maw of Pelosi and O, directly
– “It’s dangerous. … Remember, this is the person who coined the term “Death Panels” – It’s not dangerous, it’s the 1st Amendment
– “…attacking President Obama and his plan for health reform at every turn.” – Truth is, we have no idea what Obama’s plan is or if he has one. This is all Pelosi and Reid.
Pardon if I offend some sensibilites, but as I type this the word “Dumbass” keeps coming to mind in reference to this. I’m not sure why….well, actually I do.
@Syble – “…they should all move to Cuba.” I’ve voiced the same sentiment, but I’ve come to realize that this doesn’t have anything to do with ideology, as much as that ideology is able to elicit control over others. Sure they could go to Cuba, or wherever, but that wouldn’t serve their purpose. There they would be just another schmuck under Castro’s thumb. THEY want to be the big cheese. They want to be the “elite” ruling class. They don’t really care what ideology gets them there; socialism is just the current most convenient. It’s the same reason that these very people are kowtowing to islam: the islamists are the strongarms that generate the “crisis” to exploit.
I really think that if O thought he could get away with declaring himself emperor, a la Napoleon, he would. I don’t think he’d end up in exile, however. The scary thing is that there are people who would line up to crown him.
November 23rd, 2009 at 5:45 pm
PB I believe you have that right – O really thinks he should be “king of the world” as it were.
I’m all for helping him see that he may be alone in that thought.