It didn't take long, did it?
First, it was Rick Scott's Conservatives for Patients' Rights-which was essentially a front group for, um, Rick Scott. Now we've got Patients United Now (PUN), a front group of Americans for Prosperity (reminder: sponsor of the Joe the Plumber tour and world-class climate change deniers). Seems you can't have too many groups crying "CANADA!" in a crowded cable market.
This latest attack is lifted straight off a messaging memo by Republican strategist Frank Luntz, whose talking points aim to undermine health care reform in three simple steps: scare, conflate and confuse the American public. The ad's format is similar to a series of Rick Scott ads from earlier this month (guess they're low on creativity in the Grand Old Party), paring up health care stories with misleading claims about reforming the system.
Below is excerpted text from this latest attack ad on health care:
Shona Holmes: I am here today because I was able to travel to the U.S. where I received world-class treatment. Government healthcare isn't the answer and it sure isn't free.Announcer: Now Washington wants to bring Canadian-style healthcare to the U.S., but government should never come in between your family and your doctor. Learn more at patientsunitednow.com.
Shona Holmes: My advice to Americans - as patients, it's your care. Don't give up your rights.
Here's what we already know: health care reform will look nothing like Canada. Nowhere in the ad does PUN even try to explain how health care reform would "bring Canadian-style healthcare to the U.S." That's because, in the words of Rachel Maddow, it's complete bull-puckey.
We've got to fight back. The 60-second ad starts on tomorrow, May 27 and runs through June 2. It will run in at least nine key states, including Montana, and will also air on May 31st on the Sunday morning talk shows.
This blatantly misleading ad has no business airing on television. Join us in fighting back - sign the petition to stop the swift-boating of health care reform on television.
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Hypocrisy, thy name is SEIU!
The Union Bosses either think the rank-and-file-dues-paying-members are either too stupid or too lazy to read the “Employee Free Choice Act of 2009” at the Library of Congress Thomas website http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.1409: because they keep saying that Card Check doesn’t eliminate the secret ballot.
“SEC. 2. `(6) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, whenever a petition shall have been filed by an employee or group of employees or any individual or labor organization acting in their behalf alleging that a majority of employees in a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining wish to be represented by an individual or labor organization for such purposes, the Board shall investigate the petition. If the Board finds that a majority of the employees in a unit appropriate for bargaining has signed valid authorizations designating the individual or labor organization specified in the petition as their bargaining representative and that no other individual or labor organization is currently certified or recognized as the exclusive representative of any of the employees in the unit, the Board shall not direct an election but shall certify the individual or labor organization as the representative described in subsection (a).”
"...the Board shall not direct an election but shall certify the individual or labor organization as the representative described in subsection..."
Nope, Card Check doesn’t eliminate the ‘secret ballot’ it eliminates the ENTIRE VOTE! If this is truly ‘our’ Union, why do the International Union Elite keep lying to us about something that is so easy to check?!? Is honesty and integrity too much to ask for from ‘our’ leadership?!?
On Feb 8th of this year, SEIU International President Andy Stern sent out the following “tweet”:
“Why won't Tom Donahe debate me on employee free choice #EFCAfail4:10 PM Feb 8th from mobile web SEIU_AndyStern “
Since May 15th, I have been calling President Stern’s office at 1(202)730-7300 no more than once per business day and offering to take up President Stern’s challenge to debate him. Since then, I have not received a single message from President Stern himself, though my local Union Rep (who I have far more respect for than I have for President Stern since Andy seems to be too busy and important to talk to this dumb ‘prole’ where as my Rep has been respectful, polite and professional and is willing to have an honest conversation with me about a topic we clearly don‘t agree on) did contact me and offer to discuss Card Check with me.
So this all begs the question, Why won’t President Stern debate me on the Union usurpation of choice from employees? Or perhaps he simply doesn’t want to risk loosing a public debate with a high-school drop-out against his Ivy-league collage education? I mean, that would be pretty embarrassing…
Stop “swift-boating” your own Union members! Enough with the lies from ‘our’ Union!
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