Sigh:
Last year, millions of Americans came together for a great purpose.
Folks like you assembled a grassroots movement that shocked the political establishment and changed the course of our nation. When Washington insiders counted us out, we put it all on the line and changed our democracy from the bottom up. But that's not why we did it.
The pundits told us it was impossible -- that the donations working people could afford and the hours volunteers could give would never loosen the vise grip of big money and powerful special interests. We proved them wrong. But as important as that was, that's not why we did it.
Today, spiraling health care costs are pushing our families and businesses to the brink of ruin, while millions of Americans go without the care they desperately need. Fixing this broken system will be enormously difficult. But we can succeed. The chance to make fundamental change like this in people's daily lives -- that is why we did it.
The campaign to pass real health care reform in 2009 is the biggest test of our movement since the election. Once again, victory is far from certain. Our opposition will be fierce, and they have been down this road before. To prevail, we must once more build a coast-to-coast operation ready to knock on doors, deploy volunteers, get out the facts, and show the world how real change happens in America.
And just like before, I cannot do it without your support.
So I'm asking you to remember all that you gave over the last two years to get us here -- all the time, resources, and faith you invested as a down payment to earn us our place at this crossroads in history. All that you've done has led up to this -- and whether or not our country takes the next crucial step depends on what you do right now.
Please donate whatever you can afford to support the campaign for real health care reform in 2009.
It doesn't matter how much you can give, as long as you give what you can. Millions of families on the brink are counting on us to do just that. I know we can deliver.
Thank you, so much, for getting us this far. And thank you for standing up once again to take us the rest of the way.
Sincerely,
President Barack Obama
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Who's keeping track of all this money?
And why the heck do they need it? Obama has every major news outlet ('cept Faux obviously) eating out of his hand. MSNBC has dedicated itself to faithfully flogging the daily talking point. Evidently, ABC is doing their broadcasting from the White House to pimp Obama's health care "reform" on June 24.
Obama has been, and continues to be, the recipient of tens of millions of dollars of free PR from the MSM. How could he possibly need donations. Yeah, I know, it's all about optics---perpetuating the new urban myth about how his base really is just a HUGE number of small everyday donors.
I gues they need it
for that coast-to-coast operation of operatives.
Today Sebelius says:
So he needs all this money "to get a bill passed." What a sad state of affairs -- 650 mill needed to elect a president, and now, millions just to get a bill, any bill, passed.
I used to work next door to a restaurant
that only rang up checks to the the tune of $89, or $139, even when I just bought a $6.99 greek salad from them. I don't know what that was about either, but I think it might be the same thing.
"Someone needs to point out that elephants produce infinitely more shit than donkeys." Brad Mays
Oh, lambert...and I was just thinking it was
time for lunch...urp!
Seriously, why does the president, who gets news coverage at the drop of a hat, need money from the people to get health care reform done? Is he wholly unfamiliar with the concept of leadership or the bully pulpit? Is he planning to pay off the health care lobby, or something? I mean, what's the money for???
We write, we fax, we call - we make as direct a plea for reform as possible, to the people who will be writing legislation and voting on it. Apparently, I was supposed to be writing checks to Obama instead.
The sad thing is that he will probably collect millions, and a lot of it will be from people who don't have jobs, can't afford health care and who still see Obama as some sort of savior. Blech.
yep
Apparently, I was supposed to be writing checks to Obama instead.
Getting legislation passed without sending money is so 20th century.
You know, my father once told me the reason Dem's
were so bad at collecting small donations was because they didn't totally think it was right to take money from people who didn't have a lot to begin with. I think I agree with that view. I mean, I've read of pizza guys maxing out in donations. It's a bit sickening.
The liberty of democracy is not safe if people tolerate growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism.---FDR
This isn't about supporting Obama's health care legislation
It's about keeping his private "Obama army", the OFA, alive. Every charismatic leader needs reliable troops to call his own. Red Guards, Republican Army. I'm only being slightly hyperbolic here.
Political parties are so 20th century!
preach it sister
Obama has figured out that people are up in arms about this and this can be used to separate them from their money. I just got an email from Health Justice:
Or Bernie Sanders
From an email I got today:
No more throwing my donations down the shitter, er, to the Dems. They are no longer the Party I once proudly belonged to.
Only tyrants rig elections.
Pinning my bogometer
This is the sentence that got me:
If that was the real concern, a lot of different policies would be in place. And very different rhetorical strategies would be employed.
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Smoke and mirrors
Gives the illusion that Obama is willing to fight for REAL healthCARE reform while he increases his donor list and lines his 2012 reelection campaign chest.
DONATE TO SINGLE PAYER INSTEAD
Not one more penny to Obama or the Dems!
DONATE to your favorite Single Payer group.