Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman Liberty Counsel > > President Obama has once again intentionally misled the > American people. In a meeting dubbed the "Sham Wow Summit," > he promised to listen to new ideas, but allotted twice > as much time for the majority party's views as for > Republicans. But that was just one of many misrepresentations. > Please see below. - Mat > > At a place called Blair House, the President's official guest > quarters across the street from the White House, Barack Obama > played host to a select small group of legislators to find > "common ground" for passage of a healthcare reform bill. > > Well, that was the White House's version, anyway. > > As we now know, that's not what happened. In reality, the > so-called "summit" was an elaborate magic show, complete > with sleight of hand, illusion and elaborate misdirection - > all designed to resuscitate the once-thought-dead ObamaCare > bill. > > This political theater took place in the space of seven and > a half hours. The President had already destroyed the > credibility of the meeting on Monday by publishing his > Trillion Dollar plan that looks, coincidentally, a whole > lot like the discredited Senate version of ObamaCare - > including abortion funding! > > We were expected to believe that legislators could deal with > over two thousand pages of a bill that amounts to a government > takeover of an estimated 16% of our economy in just a few > hours! Unbelievable! > > Of course, the President never had any intention of finding > "common ground." In fact, the invitation to the summit came > with a PS: If you don't go along with me, I have > "reconciliation" ready in the wings! > > In other words, "the fix was in." And from what we can see, > this eleventh-hour attempt to ram socialized medicine down > the throats of the American people is more dangerous than > any that has gone before. > > ++There was more to this "Hail Mary" than met the eye. > > There was an even more telling activity going on behind the > scenes this week. Utilizing the same technologies and > strategies that propelled him into office, Obama's cohorts > launched "One Million Voices for Healthcare Reform: A > Virtual March on Washington." > > This scheme was almost as elaborate as its title. Here are > statements from its organizers: > > "The nation's leading progressive [read, radical left] > organizations are joining forces for A Virtual March on > Washington" to send Congress one million messages urging > action on health care reform. This is designed to be the > single largest action yet in the health care fight. > > "The Virtual March on Washington: A Million Voices for Change" > campaign is bringing together some of the largest progressive > organizations in the nation including, MoveOn.org Political > Action, Progressive Congress Action Fund, Health Care for > America Now (HCAN), and Service Employees International > Union (SEIU).... > > President Obama, who has failed to effectively govern > throughout his first year in office, has re-hired his > campaign staff to try to regain the popularity he enjoyed > while running for office! > > The highly orchestrated political theater we witnessed on > Thursday would be merely pathetic if it wasn't such a > dangerous and dishonest abuse of presidential power. > > ++We must NOT cave in to this manipulation! > > We must act NOW to counter this outlandish strategy. The > next few weeks will be crucial as members of Congress are > being pressured to accept the Obama/Reid/Pelosi reconciliation > plan. We cannot allow the only messages Congress hears to > be from the "Obama for President 2012" crowd! > > The pressure is mounting as ultraliberal activists redouble > the use of corrupt "Chicago-Style" politics of coercion > and bribery that have so dramatically overshadowed Capitol > Hill for the last year. > > Here's just one measure of their audacity: When the American > people cried, "Foul!" over the Cornhusker Kickback, the > President then decided to extend the exorbitant bribe that > bought Senator Ben Nelson to the ENTIRE SENATE! > > Now, we have a sort of "Omnibus Kickback" on the table - all > of it paid for by you and me, the hapless American taxpayers! > > Amazingly, when Obama's team heard the uproar over certain > Senators getting bribes, they thought it was because all > the other Senators wanted one, too! What a low view of our > nation this administration must have. This is outrageous! > > ++We cannot allow Congress to be bullied and bribed into silence. > > I need thousands of patriotic Americans to respond to this > challenge with a massive PHONE CAMPAIGN to flood Congress > with a crystal clear message: "NO TO OBAMACARE!" > > I'm asking every member of the Liberty Counsel team to > counter this last-ditch liberal scheming and once again > press hard on Members of the House and Senate with personal > phone calls - and concentrated prayer! Go here to see your > Senators and Member of Congress and their phone numbers: > > Sen. Wyden 202-224-5244 > > Sen. Merkley 202-224-3753 > > Rep. Walden 202-225-6730 > > > ++Despite the Left's deceptions, WE are the majority! > > A recent Rasmussen poll found that 58% of likely voters opposed > the Reid/Pelosi legislation, and 61% wanted Congress and > the president to scrap their socialist reforms and start > from scratch. > > It is clear that the American people wanted a reboot of > the entire process. Instead, the President took the worst > parts of both the House and Senate bills and crafted his > own version. Now we're getting more of what HE wants - > including provisions he explicitly promised would never > be included! > > Do you remember his televised speech to both Houses of > Congress on healthcare, in which he looked straight into > the camera and said with emphasis, THERE WILL BE NO > FEDERAL FUNDING OF ABORTION in our reform? > > Well, according to National Right to Life, the so-called > "President's Plan" includes provision for public funding > of abortion on demand in three distinct ways. It goes > even further than the Senate bill did! > > And here's another broken promise: The President's Plan > is so expensive that he is now calling for increased > taxes for those making well under $250 thousand per year. > I'm sure you remember his hollow campaign promises on > not raising taxes. > > ++These insolent, elitist central planners must be stopped! > > The sheer arrogance of the Obama/Reid/Pelosi axis of power > defies logic. These ideologues dissemble, bribe and continue > to invent cunning new schemes to pass their pet bill, all > the while knowing that a majority of Americans strongly > disapprove! > > Joyce, now more than ever, Chicago-style politicians, > socialists and radical abortion advocates need to understand > that WE ARE NOT GIVING IN TO THEIR PRESSURE and we will not > be silenced until ObamaCare is declared, "Dead: Do Not > Resuscitate!" > > ++Say a resounding "NO!" to reconciliation and to ObamaCare. > > Let's make Congress do something they haven't done in a > long time... listen to the voice of the American people! > > Join our intense Liberty Counsel PHONE CAMPAIGN! We're > going all out to protest ObamaCare's special perks, > backroom deals, bribery, lies and the scandalous way > in which the process has been handled. > > Here's what I'm asking you to do... > > #1 - Call your Senators and Congressman! > > Stop the Obama/Reid/Pelosi machine's head-long > push for healthcare "reform" once and for all. Even if you > have done so many times before, help us continue flooding > congressional offices with protests until the liberal coalition > finally gives up. > > The next few weeks will be the most crucial time since this > battle began. Even with the Left's arm twisting campaign > taking place, there must not be any doubt in our elected > officials' minds that their careers will not survive a > vote for the so-called "President's Plan" or any other > version of ObamaCare. > > > #2 - Continue to pray that this unbalanced, anti-life bill - > whatever version it has morphed into - will be > completely derailed with no chance of returning! > > We refuse to pay for abortions! We will not allow our taxes > to be increased to pay for special interest perks! We will > not allow the trickery and deceit that has become the norm > from the Obama/Pelosi/Reid power axis to continue! > > Together, we can send a powerful message to the 111th Congress! > Help us counter the left's "virtual march." Join thousands > of like-minded Americans who will make Congress and the Obama > Administration realize that we are fully awake to their > trickery and strongly oppose their underhanded efforts to > pass ObamaCare. Make your calls as soon as possible! > > > > P.S. There are still a number of legislators "on the fence" > regarding ObamaCare. Some know that a "yes" vote will be > political suicide for their careers. More need to know! > Let them understand that we are holding them accountable > if they vote "yes" on ObamaCare. Also, please consider > sending this message to 10-20 of your like-minded friends. > Thank you for taking action with us! > > > > > > >
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