<head><style>body{font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;background-color: #ffffff;color: black;}p{margin:0px}</style></head><body id="compText">Hi Art,<br><br>What galls me most are all the liberal "social justice" "catholics" who have been ga-ga about Snobama from the get go. I don't know about your parish, but even at St. James, I see a few cars with Snobama-Biden stickers on them. Granted, the number is very few, but it still galls me. How any Catholic can be in favor of a radical pro-abortionist, pro-euthanasia leader is beyond me. Must be all that "social justice" and "suburban guilt" stuff. Guess these yahoos think their "social justice consciences" trump the Church's teachings.<br><br>At least at the grass roots level, it looks like a lot of regular and real Americans are not one bit happy with the proposed "health care plan". And that so-called "catholic" witch Pelosi is apparently very upset about it. Pity. I hope her girdle shrinks to two sizes to small for her posterior.<br><br>Bret<br><br><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 0px;">-----Original Message-----
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<br>Subject: Obama Backers Outspend Conservative Opponents Nearly 3-to-1 on Healthcare Ads
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<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="910274822-17082009">Conservatives
must make a determined effort to communicate with the public about the
evils of Obamacare through extensive use of talk radio, letters to the editor,
and blogs.</span></font></div>
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<div><font color="#0000ff" size="4" face="Arial"><span class="910274822-17082009"><strong>Art</strong></span></font></div>
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<div>Newsmax.com</div>
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<h2>Obama Backers Outspend Conservative Opponents Nearly 3-to-1 on Healthcare
Ads</h2>Sunday, August 16, 2009 9:25 PM<br><br><br>
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<p>Supporters of President Barack Obama’s healthcare plans are outspending
rivals nearly 3-to-1 even as Democrats complain about the grass-roots protests
that have broken out around the country. </p>
<p>Those backing the administration’s plans to overhaul the U.S. healthcare
system radically have spent nearly $24 million worth of advertising, compared
with just $9 million from opponents, according to The New York Times. </p>
<p>“I’m up against a dozen groups running ads that will spend between $50
million and $80 million to promote a public plan and promote an employer
mandate, regardless of the cost,” said R. Bruce Josten, executive vice president
for governmental affairs for the United States Chamber of Commerce, which has
produced ads attacking the Obama administration’s ideas about healthcare. “We’re
trying to create a dialogue rather than cede the ground.” </p>
<p>An additional $24 million has been spent broadly in support of overhauling
the system without backing a specific plan. And even that figure doesn’t include
much of the money being spent by think thanks, sympathetic political media
sites, and other elements of the Democratic Party’s media machine. </p>
<p>Geoff Garin, a Democratic pollster who is advising several Democrats on
Capitol Hill, told the Times that whoever defines the debate would win it. </p>
<p>“Opponents are trying to cement the notion that this is all about
government-run health care,” Garin said, “while supporters want to cement the
notion that this is about fixing a badly broken system.” </p>
<p>But the Democratic message has been crippled by in-fighting within its own
ranks as the far left of the party has slammed Obama and centrists for readily
dropping the idea of “single-payer” socialized medicine. Some pollsters
attribute the severe erosion in support for the president’s plans to this trend,
in addition to the unexpected groundswell at town hall meetings around the
country. </p>
<p>In a highly unusual move, the Democratic committee attacked senators from its
own party — Kent Conrad of North Dakota, Evan Bayh of Indiana, Bill Nelson of
Florida, Mary L. Landrieu of Louisiana, Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, and Ben
Nelson of Nebraska — who have been skeptical about an overhaul or the public
option. The spot shows average voters with tales of woe who say “It’s time” for
an overhaul. </p>
<p>Organizing for America, the reconstituted Obama campaign team, is working
hand in hand with the Democratic National Committee and features the “It’s time”
commercial on its Web site. </p>
<p>Liberal groups such as MoveOn.org are presenting more personal attacks
against conservative House Democrats, including Representatives John Barrow of
Georgia, Jim Matheson of Utah, and Charlie Melancon of Louisiana, all of whom
voted against a Democratic health bill in committee. The advertisements tell
viewers in those districts that their congressman “sided with the special
interests and insurance companies.” </p>
<p>In addition, the conservative message implicit any many anti-overhaul ads is
much easier to convey: no government bureaucracies, no rationing of healthcare,
and the freedom to choose one’s own physician. </p>
<p>As an example, the Times cited one commercial showing a red balloon that
expands as the narrator warns that an overhaul would increase deficits, taxes,
and government control. Eventually, the balloon pops. </p>
<p>The White House conceded to the Times that Obama, who is stumping the country
for his healthcare plan, has lost some ground. They blame it partly on what they
call “misleading advertisements” suggesting that the government will ration
healthcare or that senior citizens will be denied end-of-life care. </p>
<p>Both sides are broadcasting their message in many of the same battleground
states — including Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Maine, Nebraska and North
Carolina — to reach conservative Democrats and moderate Republicans who may
determine the fate of the bill. </p>
<p>In a $12 million advertising buy that began in 12 states last week, a
coalition of drug companies, doctors, for-profit hospitals, and union members
defended overhauling the system. With piano music playing over pictures of
patients with health care workers, the commercial portrays the overhaul as
providing “quality, affordable care you can count on.” The coalition calls
itself Americans for Stable Quality Care. </p>
<p>“It’s very carefully drafted,” Ken Johnson, senior vice president of the
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, one of the biggest players
in the debate in support of an overhaul, said of the commercial. “We don’t want
to fan the flames; we want to calm people down.” </p>
<p>The “red balloon” commercial was sponsored by the United States Chamber of
Commerce. Josten told the Times that his group started advertising in Arkansas,
Colorado, Louisiana, Maine, and North Carolina to bolster lawmakers who had
expressed opposition to a government-run insurance option. The chamber expanded
its multimillion-dollar advertising campaign last week to 15 more states. </p>
<p>“I’m up against a dozen groups running ads that will spend between $50
million and $80 million to promote a public plan and promote an employer
mandate, regardless of the cost,” Josten said. “We’re trying to create a
dialogue rather than cede the ground.” </p></div></zzzbody>
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