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Dear Douglas,
Sometimes, the truth is…well… almost
unbelievable.
You’ve heard TeamObama attack Americans for
“manufactured anger.” You’ve seen them tell citizens to send “fishy”
emails attacking the health care takeover directly to the White House.
You saw Speaker Pelosi vilify hundreds of thousands of us as
“un-American” for simply defending our freedoms. And, we’ve all seen
the media accuse Americans for Prosperity and others of inciting “mob
violence.” (Click
here to view some of these attacks including my interview with MSNBC’s
Rachel Maddow)
But, believe it or not the radical Left is
actually running ads offering to PAY FOR “GRASSROOTS” activists who
will support the health care takeover.
Take a look at Craigslist.org—it's
full of listings like this one.
What hypocrisy.
Speaker Pelosi and the Obama Administration are
attacking Americans who take time away from work and families to stand
up for their freedoms.
Meanwhile, their allies are actually offering to
pay people to be “grassroots” fronts.
And the big industry players—the insurance
companies and the pharmaceutical companies— are all over TV with ads
supporting big-government regulations.
Clearly, they are very well-funded but they are
losing on the issues – 53% of Americans now oppose the health care
takeover while only 42% support it. Gallup did a poll earlier this year
that showed that despite all the hype from the left, global warming
ranks dead last among eight environmental concerns. They also cannot
inspire Americans to support their agenda. So, they trash average
Americans and pay for “grassroots” fronts.
This week President Obama is holding staged town
hall meetings before hand-picked audiences across the nation where,
sadly, he says things that just are not true. But, Americans are not
buying the falsehoods. They know government run health care will not
save money. They know bureaucrats deciding whether seniors can get the
health care they need is a frightening idea.
So, we can expect the other side to continue
trying to demonize you and me. The key for us is to be civil but
insistent, appropriate but still passionate.
And, always, we must remember what is at stake.
I hear from so many of you. Pam in Atlanta, GA
sent a picture of her 96-years-young grandmother fishing with her
79-year-old mother and told me the story of her grandmother’s hip
replacement. She wrote that under government-run health care her
grandmother would most likely have been denied that hip replacement
“…because of a number, her age.” Pam went on to say that she’s drawn a
“line in the sand” on the health care issue because of her loved ones.
Keep up the fight. Make sure you check out the
outrageous ads offering to pay “grassroots” workers pushing FOR
government-run health care.
At AFP we cannot offer you money to be a
grassroots activist but we can tell you that you’ll be earning
something far more valuable – your continued freedom.
Sincerely,
Tim Phillips
PS: Be sure to visit AmericansforProsperity.org
to see where our “Hands Off My Health Care” bus tour is going next and
where our anti cap-and-trade “Cost of Hot Air” tour is heading next.
I’ll be in Pennsylvania tomorrow and Friday and then Ohio and Virginia
next week. Hope to see you! Either way, know that we’re winning.
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