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HAARM: Takin' It To The Streets

By Jessica Kutch on July 1, 2009 12:18 PM

They're back.

This weekend, the same groups that organized anti-Obama "tea parties" around the country are putting together another round of July 4th tea parties. This time, killing health care reform is at the top of their agenda.

Naturally, HAARM wanted to get in on the fun. Check out the video of HAARM's anti-health care reform protest: www.haarm.org


Just like HAARM's protest, the tea parties this weekend are funded by the deep pockets of special interest groups who have a financial stake in keeping our broken health care system the way it is.

But, just like HAARM, most people don't support these groups' radical agenda. In fact, a recent poll shows that 76% of Americans support the option of a public health insurance plan - a key component of President Obama's plan.

Groups like HAARM that are trying to torpedo President Obama's health care plan are on the very fringes of the political landscape; they don't speak for us. Will you make sure Congress understands that?

Tell Congress you're one of the millions of Americans supporting Obama's plan for health care reform: http://action.seiu.org/page/speakout/haarmspeakout

Thanks to the movement you've helped build, Americans are in overwhelming support of President Obama's plan to fix health care. We are in the majority - let's make sure we sound like it.

Tags: HAARM, health americans against reforming medicine, healthcare crisis, healthcare reform, President Obama, tea parties, tea party

Meet HAARM: Healthy Americans Against Reforming Medicine

By Jessica Kutch on June 23, 2009 3:28 PM

Is it just me, or do our opponents sound crazier every day?

Take opponents of health care reform; they're spending millions of dollars on TV ads that call the President's plan "socialism," "rationing," and "a government takeover." It sort of makes you wonder - where do these people come up with this stuff?

Meet HAARM: Healthy Americans Against Reforming Medicine - www.haarm.org

HAARM is what we imagine is happening behind the scenes of the anti-health care reform movement. An organization dead set on torpedoing any efforts to fix America's broken health care system.

We've even made a video to show what it looks like inside one of their late night brainstorming sessions. Take a look: www.haarm.org

Obviously, HAARM isn't real, but the stuff they say in the video really does come straight out of the Republican playbook. And, with a debate as serious as reforming health care, taking your talking points from Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh is simply unacceptable.

Will you watch the video and share it with your friends? We need to get the message to our opponents that we're not buying their nonsense; it's time for a serious conversation about fixing health care.

Tags: Betsey McCaughey, Frank Luntz, Glenn Beck, GOP, HAARM, healthcare crisis, healthcare reform, Zach Wamp

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