Where is the money coming from and why is it going to this campaign that does not actually have a specific call to action? The official message from on high is that HCAN is grassroots. Yup $40 million bucks, top down pre-determined pre-compromised message by K-Steet establishment. Nicely done professional Ads. Paid staffers sent out on-message from central office. But we are told its grassroots. So says Ezra Klein. So says David Sirota (who really should know better). Well HCAN is many things. It is a lot of money beng spent with our message that the for-profit private insurance companies are the problem. But grassroots it obviously is not! Sheesh. These are grassroots!
What it really is, is about building mailing lists and fundraising and get-out-the vote for November. It is a $40 million investment in party organizing. Think of it as the Democratic messaging counterpart to the National Rifle Association. In addition, the campaign is going to take advantage of MoveOn.org’s massive data files to reach out to like-minded supporters and officials promised to work in Democratic and Republican districts alike. “We’ll have an organizer in the district of every Blue Dog Democrat,” said HCAN campaign manager Richard Kirsch of the conservative Democrats. I guess that is all good. But it would be nice if for $40 million dollars they supported something without pre-compromising.
Over in the thread at big orange a commenter had a great idea. Go to the HCAN sign up page and for first name put SINGLE and for last name put PAYER, or alternatively, for first name put HR and for last name put 676. If 100 people or so do that, they will get the message.
Front page
This Will Define the "Progressive" Position
that’s what makes this effort so dangerous. At best, it’s a compromise (which, of course, will still have to be compromised). But this will be the starting point, the progressive position. Everything else will be “far left” or “radical” or “outside the mainstream.”
The most important thing to do is shine light on what this effort is, like with posts like this one. So thanks!
I used "Single" for the first name...
“Payer” for the last name, and HR 676 for the street address. That seems to cover it.
Great idea.
[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.
me too!
i’m considering recruiting all my sockpuppets to the cause. very easy to set up free email accounts….
no sockpuppets
considering one of our objections to HCAN’t is that it is an astroturf organization, we should avoid such tactics.
better to spread the idea to any sympathetic friends you have.
anyone contact Eliz Edwards yet?
and why is their site so vague about what they’re really advocating for?
please? just one?
just one teeny tiny little sock puppet? [since i already tried it. but i promise, no others.]
just one ;)
but only if you promise to contact one friend and ask them to sign up as Single Payer :)