Big Ed is on FIRE on his radio show on health care LIVE in Buffalo.

[avaistheone1]

Big Ed is doing a fantastic job. He is so passionate and the audience is loving it.

Go Ed!!!!!!!!!!!:kick:

[FrenchieCat]

1. I love it too......

only, he is preaching to the choir for the most part, unfortunately. :(

[TomCADem]

2. Well, The Choir Can Always Call Their Congressional Rep!

The nice thing about preaching to the choir, is that the choir can turn around an amplify the message. :)


From Organizing for America's website:

Calling Tips
Here are some tips:

Be polite, respectful and clear. Introduce yourself to whoever answers the phone and let them know you are a constituent – mention what city you live in. Tell them you are calling to say that you strongly support President Obama’s three principles for health care reform in 2009. Congress must pass a plan that reduces costs, guarantees choice – including the choice of a public insurance option – and ensures quality care for every American. Ask if your member of Congress also supports these three principles. Example Script for Your Calls
Hello, my name is __________ and I'm a constituent calling from __________ (city or town).

I’m calling today because I wanted to let you know that I strongly support President Obama's 3 principles for real health care reform. Any plan Congress passes must reduce health care costs, guarantee choice – including a public insurance option – and ensure quality care for every American.

Also, I think it's critical to get this done in 2009; it's just too urgent to wait any longer.

Does (Rep./Sen.) _________ support these 3 principles?

Thank you!

[avaistheone1]

3. It's great. It is important to keep the troops fired up. This is a movement that is growing.

That is because people are talking to their neighbors and their coworkers. There's been a number of editorials recently also strongly favoring a public option preferably single payer.

Because Ed has good visibility throught MSM - the same audience is not necessarily being addressed when Ed speaks.

[bertman]

4. Yep, he's on a roll. One of the FEW liberals who's willing to stand up and be counted.

I was always kind of lukewarm toward Big Ed until he got his teevee show. I think it gave him a passionate connection to the people that he didn't quite have before.

[avaistheone1]

5. Whoa Nelly! Ed is talking about people's homes being taken, their jobs being taken...

Well are we going to allow the government get away with not giving us a national health plan NOW -that things that are especially so bad.

[flpoljunkie]

6. Ed also just made a great case on MSNBC. He says the American people are behind Obama, will make

Congress pay if they sell us out.

[avaistheone1]

7. I think Congress grossly misunderestimates the fallout if they do not establish

a single-payer system, or a strong, meaningful public health option.

[FrenchieCat]

8. All congress has to do is kiss the Corporate media's ass, ...

and the media will take it from there. They will distort, twist and misinform a majority of the citizenry into believing that Congress was right and the President is just plain wrong and extreme. They do it all of the time. Sure, it doesn't work that well, but well enough to keep most in Congress safe. Must be those Big Pharma commercials we keep seeing on the TeeVee that the corporate media is scared to lose the revenue from. After all, the Government doesn't pay for much advertisement.

[avaistheone1]

9. Congress better not get too cocky. We have been regularly unseating

Democrats members of the Congess and Senate who do not vote like Democrats - no matter what the MSM has to say about them.

MSM is dying, most of us don't listen to them very much. We know we can not trust MSM, or rely on them for information.

[FrenchieCat]

10. I would love to see the MSM die a violent death,

but unfortunately for us, they still have great influence.

As for Senators who do not vote like Democrats, I agree, we have to get rid of them.
They are kind of like thinking you have money in your pocket, but once you are out shopping,
and it's time to pay, you discover that it's Monopoly Money.

[flpoljunkie]

11. Lieberman's leading the charge against a public option, and is the subject of Schuster's Hypocrisy

Watch today on MSNBC--coming up sometime this hour.

Looking forward to it.

[Chisox08]

14. Lieberman is a Republican

I hope the next time he is up for election the people of Conn. vote him out.

[Sebastian Doyle]

20. They voted him out the last time

Unfortunately Connecticut is lacking a law that most other states have. A law that says "if you lose the primary, you don't get to change parties (or invent a fictional one like Holy Joe did) and run again in the general election".

If they had that law, Ned Lamont would be in the Senate right now.

[flpoljunkie]

24. Lieberman says 'There's plenty of competition in the private insurance market.''

This is what we are up against with the Corporate/Conservadems.

[avaistheone1]

12. Good analogy.

[avaistheone1]

13. Wow. Big Ed calling for a Congressional actuary to compare the costs of various

health care plans including single payer. Amazing! Simply amazing! Go Big Ed!!!!!!!

[slipslidingaway]

25. Of course the cost of the plans should be compared! n/t

[avaistheone1]

26. But the cost of all the options is not being compared by the MSM.

I give Ed credit for putting that aspect out there for MSM consumption.

[slipslidingaway]

27. I very much agree and I'm glad to hear that he brought up the issue.nt

[avaistheone1]

15. "Don't tell me this can't be done. We just need to care about our neighbor."

quoted from Ed Schultz 6/15/09


Ed Schultz - my vote today for Best Person in the whole world.

[avaistheone1]

16. "Get it done or Get them out"

Loving Ed Schultz today.

This is the human rights struglle of our time.

[Sebastian Doyle]

17. Usually don't listen to all three hours of Ed's show

But I make an exception when he airs these town meetings, to hear the voices of the people, as much as what he has to say.

And the voices of the people are clear on this one.... overwhelmingly FOR single payer. :kick:

[avaistheone1]

21. I don't normally listen to Ed's show at all. But since he started talking about

single payer with such conviction, I find myself continuing to tune in. Today's show is a gem. It is perfection. Way to go ED!!!!

[uponit7771]

18. He's burning down the house...

...eom

[avaistheone1]

22. He cetrainly is. Ed's gifts shine when he is fired up.

:fistbump:

[uponit7771]

19. If Ed is willing to lead a march on Washington for heath care I'm willing to march...

...eom

[avaistheone1]

23. Me too.