I DON'T THINK SO!!. I posted this diary yesterday but thought I'd try it again. The MSM has all but declared the President's Healthcare Reform initiative dead. Well....I DON'T THINK SO!! They are not going to tell us what we need when they do NOT have our best interest at heart.
So, ok people...my momma used to always say "I can show you better than I can tell you". It is time to show the t.v. pundits and congress that we are with our President on the issue of Healthcare 100% and that we mean business! President Obama told us during the campaign that this was going to be hard and that this was going to be an epic battle. No matter how the opposition in congress tries to frame this issue...we all know the truth. This is about the Corporate Lobbyist paying off (ok...campaign donations) members so they can hold onto their profiteering ways. Our President warned us about this and also told us that he couldn't do this by himself. I want to let the President know that we've got his back!! We're going to put more pressure on those Blue Dogs to let them know we mean business!!
Look, our President was voted into office with a MANDATE. He got 53% of the vote. His job approval rating stands on average at about 57%. That means there are more people who didn't vote for him but approve of the way he is doing his job. President Obama campaigned on Education, Energy Reform, and affordable Healthcare. He is not trying to do anything more than what he promised during the campaign. We did not elect him not knowing his priorities. We all know this is NOT a battle over the deficit. This is a battle against special interest groups who want to keep the status quo or better yet mandate coverage without having to lower costs. They are trying to break our President. Most of us feel in our gut that if we don't get meaningful legislation 2012 could be a real hard ship to row. Personally, I am mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore. When I went into that voting booth and pressed that lever for President Obama and the Democratic Party I did so knowing this Presidency was going to be unlike anything I've ever seen...if he really intended to make change. I know so many of us have had our gripes with the President but most of us still Hope and Believe. For those of us who are tired of listening to the talking heads tell us "No We Can't".....I want to remind them that it was that "Yes We Can" spirit that elected President Obama. For those of you who feel like that election was years ago....I ask that you take a listen and feel the power of those words again.
President Obama once also said,
We are looking for more than just a change of party in the White House. We're looking to fundamentally change the status quo in Washington.
It's a status quo that extends beyond any particular party and right now that status quo is fighting back with everything it's got, with the same old tactics that divide and distract us from solving the problems people face, whether those problems are health care that folks can't afford or a mortgage they cannot pay.
So this will not be easy. Make no mistake about what we're up against. We're up against the belief that it's all right for lobbyists to dominate our government, that they are just part of the system in Washington.
But we know that the undue influence of lobbyists is part of the problem and this election is our chance to say that we are not going to let them stand in our way anymore.
We're up against the conventional thinking that says your ability to lead as president comes from longevity in Washington or proximity to the White House. But we know that real leadership is about candor and judgment and the ability to rally Americans from all walks of life around a common purpose, a higher purpose.
So let me remind you tonight that change will not be easy. Change will take time. There will be setbacks and false starts and sometimes we'll make mistakes.
But as hard as it may seem, we cannot lose hope, because there are people all across this great nation who are counting on us, who can't afford another four years without health care, that can't afford another four years without good schools, that can't afford another four years without decent wages because our leaders couldn't come together and get it done.
I STILL BELIEVE That's why I donated $50 to Organizing for America. The oppositions is making buy ads like nobody's business. We helped get the President in office let's help him sell this damn plan. BUT we also have to be honest....as we've learned these past couple of weeks that special interest money does not stop at congress's door. Our media is bought and paid-for by lobbyist money. There is not a real debate out there there is propaganda. That is why our President didn't announce to the Press Corp. his upcoming Press Conference on 7/22..he tweeted it (I've got to get a twitter account). If we didn't know before we now know how it works on the inside of MSM. We don't have to look any further than the two most recent examples of Gov. Sanford's debacle and how many in the MSM including Morning Joe's producer and David Gregory himself tried to sell their journalistic integrity for access or the Washington Post trying to sell their access to the mover's and shaker's in Washington for 25K a pop. So, I've decided to put the MSM media down while I try to fight the good fight. If I want information I'll get it from the blogs/websites I trust.
I do no live in Indiana but that is the closest location to me regarding the opposition. My senators are on board (thank goodness). My plan is to hook up with the OFA arm in Indiana and do all I can to put pressure on Evan Bayh to listen to his constituents. Lobbyists can donate money but it is the people who vote. I did not do all that phone banking, contributions (for the first time in my life I might add), and door knocking for nothing. It's time to pull out the walking shoes again. I won't forget as many of you will not either as to who supported the President's Mandate and who did not. I hope the KOS community will get organized and energized again to save the President's agenda.
YES WE CAN!!!