Repeal health care? Give up your own first!
Subject: Repeal health care? Give up your own first!
Dear Friend,
For 2 years, GOP leaders in Congress fought tooth and nail to oppose health care reform. They did their best to keep tens of millions without coverage, decrying any effort to help
citizens as “socialist,” “fascist” or some other equally baffling “ist.” And incredibly, they are now talking about repealing it.Well, four brave members of Congress are calling GOP leaders on their hypocrisy, demanding they practice what they preach, and calling on them to give up their government-sponsored health care. And we couldn’t agree more:
Write Congressman Boehner and Senator McConnell today. Tell them if they want to repeal health care, they need to practice what they preach, and give up their own government-sponsored health care first.
http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/gop_healthcare_hypocrites/?r_by=-2120708-96Ci0nx&rc=paste1
Please sign this petition. I did with this comment:
It is amazing how the conservatives manipulate their words and try to make us all believe their only interests is for the Common Good and America. When we all know in reality the truth is that they could care less about America and WE THE PEOPLE. Their
interests are purely corporate, in other words what’s good for the corporations is good for them. So the likelihood of such conservatives like McConnell, Boehner, et al who vow to make health care strictly a corporate commodity, voluntarily giving up their own government sponsored health care… Yeah right, WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER AND PIGS FLY! Their hypocrisy is so thick it’s a wonder that anything else can fit into their small unthinking brains. thinkingblue
Kangaroo Court Suspends Keith Olbermann
Phil Griffin’s Kangaroo Court Suspends Keith Olbermann
Attn: Phil Griffin MSNBC President:
If Keith Olbermann is not reinstated on “Countdown With Keith Olbermann”, I am Canceling, MSNBC from my Dish Network Package.
Every night I look forward to watching a voice of reason (Keith Olbermann) on my TV. He gives me strength to go on in the crazy atmosphere of Nutty Politics that has gripped our country. The lies that are made up by those whose only motivation is to get the Republican Party back into power so the CORPORATEHOOD of the ROUNDTABLE can continue to reap the benefits THE PARTY OF NO has bestowed upon them.
Mr. Olbermann emphasizes Common Sense allowing his viewers to realize “I AM NOT ALONE; IT’S NOT JUST ME WHO FEELS THERE’S A MADNESS SWEEPING THIS LAND.”
It is appalling that the humanitarian efforts this man has championed are but a flicker (if that) in the eyes of MSNBC President Phil Griffin, who said without sorrow, “I became aware of Keith’s political contributions late last night. Mindful of NBC News policy and standards, I have suspended him indefinitely without pay.”… Hmmm, I wonder where Mr. Griffin’s political affiliations lie?
MSNBC President Phil Griffin said in an interview with the Chicago Tribune’s Phil Rosenthal that he hopes MSNBC can grow to be more like Fox News, but that he won’t be putting any “hard-right shows” on his network. Griffin praised Fox News chief Roger Ailes for the television phenomenon he’s created…
The Huffington Post reported that NBC News policy does not prohibit employees from donating to political candidates, but does require individuals making contributions to obtain approval from NBC executives before doing so. (So what is the crime here, to warrant such a punitive action as suspension?)
I won’t call my Dish satellite provider right away but if Keith isn’t back on the air within a reasonable time I am dropping the extra package that includes MSNBC. I won’t have any incentive to watch because the biggest VOICE OF REASON is gone.
thinkingblue.blogspot.com
PS: If you would like to write MSNBC President Phil Griffin, about reinstating Keith Olbermann, here is his email address: phil.griffin@nbcuni.com
If Keith Olbermann goes SO DO WE!
Sanders Issues Statement on Keith Olbermann
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) “today issued the following statement on MSNBC suspending Keith Olbermann for exercising his First Amendment rights,” according to a press release.
“It is outrageous that General Electric/MSNBC would suspend Keith Olbermann for exercising his constitutional rights to contribute to a candidate of his choice. This is a real threat to political discourse in America and will have a chilling impact on every commentator for MSNBC.
“We live in a time when 90 percent of talk radio is dominated by right-wing extremists, when the Republican Party has its own cable network (Fox) and when progressive voices are few and far between.
“At a time when the ownership of Fox news contributed millions of dollars to the Republican Party, when a number of Fox commentators are using the network as a launching pad for their presidential campaigns and are raising money right off the air, it is absolutely unacceptable that MSNBC suspended one of the most popular progressive commentators in the country.
“Is Rachel Maddow or Ed Schultz next? Is this simply a ‘personality conflict’ within MSNBC or is one of America’s major corporations cracking down on a viewpoint they may not like? Whatever the answer may be, Keith Olbermann should be reinstated immediately and allowed to present his point of view.”
