Comparing Health Care Reform to Emancipation and Desegregation

Oh, please!
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When MoveOn.org was first formed, they put out a plea for inclusion… but somehow the only candidates they pushed and points they listened to were the most “progressive.”
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Do they ever ask what we LOSE when entitlements are increased? When money is stripped from those who work hard and given to others who don’t produce much… with large doses of waste along the way?
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Huge amounts of borrowing and regulation on top of Bush’s profligate war spending is a prescription for disaster… Social Justice by fiat is NOT the business of Congress.

Sargent adds his rather puzzling analysis:

While the ad makes a rather grandiose appeal to lawmakers’ historical consciences, it also sends a straightforward political message to them: If they take a tough vote and pass reform, they’ll have major air cover from big-spending groups as they head into the bruising fall campaign. If not, well…

…well, what?
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A wavering Blue Dog in a purple-district battleground won’t receive the dubious benefits of ad buys from the same organization that ran the “General Betrayus?” spot said Blue Dog probably voted to condemn in the House?
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Can you see the GOP ad in response?
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“Democrat Congressperson X is accepting ads on their behalf from MoveOn.org, the same far-left, liberal lobbying activists whose anti-military “General Betrayus” campaign X voted to condemn! Who else is X accepting support from? Call his office and ask…“

I don’t care about this any more than I cared about the ads in your other post. What minds are any of these expected to change. Although Stuart is right, a GOP response to this is way too easy.

Good point.
With friends like MoveOn.org, who needs enemies?

…a GOP response to this is way too easy.
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The right wingers will run those ads about Dems regardless of who donates, how they voted on health care, etc., simply because they are Dems. It’s time to nut up and stop being afraid.

Did you ever stop to think that maybe not everyone who needs help is lazy and does not want to work? When the economy is strong, unemployment is around 3%. That means 97% of people choose to work.
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My sister has lupus. Thankfully she has a good job and is lucky to have health insurance. What would happen to her though, if she were unfortunate and lost her job in an economy like we have now? Pre-existing condition, she could never get affordable coverage. Sure, she could go to the emergency room and she would not be turned away, but lupus is a disease that needs to be constantly monitored. You have to keep up with your medicine and doctor visits and you can manage it, but if you don’t do that, it can very well be fatal. I suppose you would tell her just to die?
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This is what would happen if my sister lost her insurance…My parents would sell their house and spend their hard earned savings for her. After that is gone, my hard working 80 year old grandfather would sell his trucking business. A Korean War veteran who started his business 60 years ago and still works would sell everything. Bye bye American dream!
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Sorry to write a long post, but you have to think more. This situation thankfully has not happened to my family, but it’s too easy to see how it could. Sure, some people would take advantage of the system, but it would help countless, honest, people who just need a hand to get them back on their feet.
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The difference I see between conservatives and liberals is that liberals are ok with a small percentage of people taking advantage of the system if it helps honest people in the end. Conservatives would rather let everyone suffer than allow one lazy person take advantage.

So Move On should remain mute?

moveon should be prosecuted for treason.

This is the funniest thing I have seen, no one in their right mind would believe this.. but it did make me call my rep and tell her to vote NO..