Internal RNC Memo: "Engage In Every Activity" To Slow Down Health Care Reform

[babylonsister]

Sam Stein

Internal RNC Memo: "Engage In Every Activity" To Slow Down Health Care Reform

First Posted: 07-21-09 11:05 AM | Updated: 07-21-09 11:27 AM



A private memo distributed by the Republican National Committee calls for like-minded advocates to help defeat President Barack Obama's health care proposals by delaying its consideration.

The memo, which was obtained by the Huffington Post from a Democratic source, provides the clearest illustration to date of the political playbook being used to stop Democratic attempts at a health care overhaul. Much of the material mirrors the speeches and presentations made by conservatives both inside and out of elected office to date. Obama's plan for health care is deemed an "experiment" and a "risk" that could bankrupt the country and dangerously change the doctor-patient relationship.

In particular, the 12-page memo makes the case that it is a Republican priority to slow down the consideration of health care reform before it can become codified.

"The Republican National Committee will engage in every activity we can to slow down this mad rush while promoting sensible alternatives that address health care costs and preserve quality," the memo affirmatively declares.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/21/internal-rnc-memo-engage_n_241940.html

[sfwriter]

1. Any activity at all looks like a mad rush to them...

No solutions, just obstruction.

[Arkana]

2. WHAT sensible alternatives?????

They haven't proposed anything! ANYTHING! THEY HAVE NO IDEAS! NONE!

FUCKING FUCK ON A FUCKSTAINED FUCKING SHITFUCK! WHY DO WE TAKE THESE PEOPLE SERIOUSLY?!?!?!? THEY'RE THE FUCKING PARTY OF FUCKING 'NO'! THAT'S ALL THEY'VE 'PROPOSED'! NO! NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO CAUSE DEM DEMMYCRATS ARE BAAAAAAD! THAT'S ALL THEY'VE GOT!

FUCK!

[tj2001]

3. i.e. "Kill All Uninsured Americans"

That's what they want

[Spazito]

7. I would add "and insured"...

given the facts given in Michael Moore's "Sicko" which covered only insured Americans.

[Why Syzygy]

4. This crap should motivate

Obama and EVERY Democratic law maker to write the law WE want and pass it!
They don't NEED those bums! :banghead:

[gratuitous]

5. Their obstruction memo was longer than their counterplan

The Republicans' memo about obstructing health care reform, at 12 pages, is three times as long as their little four page counterproposal memo that had no plan, no specifics, no costs, and no counterproposal. This should be sufficient evidence, prima facie, for the major media outlets to discount any and all Republican bloviating on health care. But it won't be, as the new god of bipartisanship has supplanted the media's old god of mandate.

[dysfunctional press]

6. that's not an 'internal memo', it's a press release.

"The Republican National Committee will engage in every activity we can to slow down this mad rush while promoting sensible alternatives that address health care costs and preserve quality..."

yeah...right. :eyes:

[Occulus]

8. Wrong! It's from the RNC Healthcare Briefing Book

Says it right near the top of the document: MEMORANDUM FOR REPUBLICAN LEADERS.

You didn't even bother to click the link, did you?

edit: The exact phrase you rolled your eyes at and said "yeah, right" about lies at the bottom of Page 8 of the internal RNC memo.

[dysfunctional press]

9. keep drinking the kool-aid...

the way in which it's worded, the pugs intended it for public dissemination.

[Occulus]

10. Why would they put templates for letters to the editor in a press release?

Officials with the RNC did not immediately return a request for clarification or comment on the memo's subject matter. While documents like these commonly are passed around behind the scenes by like-minded partisans on both sides of the aisle they usually don't make their way into the public.

[dysfunctional press]

11. ...

[Occulus]

12. Ah. I see. Everything is now clear. n/t

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