Posted on 15 August 2009
Reader’s Digest: In 2006, a Georgia activist pushing a state law to crack down on illegal immigrants paid 14 homeless men $10 each to hold signs and march around. It worked. People thought the rally was genuine — a local radio station even broadcast it live. But listeners had no idea this was just a [...]
Posted on 14 August 2009
Columnist – John SammonIn town hall meetings where Republican hecklers shout down anyone who has a different opinion than they do—-you’re seeing the worst in America. All its greed and selfishness and stupidity laid bare. Here are 10 reasons why Republicans remind me of the mob in a Frankenstein movie carrying pitchforks and torches as [...]
Posted on 14 August 2009
“Right now the Republicans are sitting around rooting for the President to fail.” “And one of the reasons people are so hysterical at all these health care town-hall meetings… is they know they have no chance to beat health care this time, unless they can mortify with rigid fears some moderate conservative Democrats. Why do [...]
Posted on 14 August 2009
Message From: Organizing for America — As a member of the Action Wire, you played an important role stopping misinformation during the campaign — and now you’re needed again. By now, you’ve probably heard some rumors about President Obama’s plan for health insurance reform that don’t sound very believable. And that’s because they’re not. Special [...]
Posted on 14 August 2009
Dear Friends, Colleagues and Supporters, The big insurance companies are lying to the public and turning out right-wing zealots to town halls to yell and scream and incite violence. It’s time to take back the terms of this debate. It’s time to show America what these insurance CEOs really are: billionaire rip-off artists who are [...]