The President did a Town Hall meeting in Portsmouth, New Hampshire today. He is going on the offensive to fight the right wing lies on health insurance reform. He has to:
Obama opened his speech by saying Americans are too often "held hostage" by insurance companies that deny or drop their coverage or charge fees they cannot afford.The teabaggers did a conference call today. They have been on the offensive to kill health insurance reform. Greg Sargent got the details of this call from the AFL-CIO. They have a simple goal: Kill reform. They don't want a solution. And, lest we forget, this is the base of the GOP (which should force the White House to reconsider its bizarre obsession with bipartisanship):
The call consisted of representatives of top conservative groups, such as the American Liberty Alliance, the “Tea Party Patriots,” and RecessRally.com, the AFL-CIO’s notes say.The GOP base isn't going to let GOP leaders in Congress cut a deal. Won't happen.
The moderator on the call, whose name could not immediately be determined, told listeners that bipartisan compromise on the Senate Finance Committee, where senators are holding talks, must be stopped at all costs, AFL-CIO’s notes say. The moderator called on members to pressure GOP Senators seeking compromise with Dems, like Chuck Grassley, Mike Enzi, and Olympia Snowe, to stop the negotiating.
“The goal is not compromise, and ANY bill coming out this year would be a failure for us,” the moderator said, according to AFL-CIO’s notes. The moderator added that “the Democrats will turn even a weak bill from the Senate Finance Committee into Canadian-style single-payer through underhanded implementation.”
Another organizer on the call, according to AFL-CIO, added: “The purpose of Tea Parties is not to find a solution to the health care crisis — it is to stop what is not the solution: Obamacare.”
