Sometimes leaders lie to their followers to improve morale.
People will lie to a mortally wounded person and tell the person
everything will be alright.
MoveOn.org, incredibly enough, is telling its supporters it is
"winning" the fight to force government-run healthcare down the
throats of Americans.
It also keeps pushing its push poll that falsely reports that
Americans support the socialist public option.
Here is the group's latest email --filled with the usual lies and
distortions about what the public wants-- to supporters:
Dear MoveOn member,
After a few weeks of health care craziness, there's good news:
we're winning on the ground. Lots of town
halls are now dominated by supporters of health care reform.
The vast majority of Americans want the choice of a public
plan.1 And a powerful bloc of progressives in the
House is standing strong on real reform.
The really bad news? The media's still acting like President
Obama's health care plan is on the skids.
If we don't turn the conventional wisdom around before
Congress begins voting on health care, we could be in big
trouble.
We've got a plan to make it happen. It starts tomorrow with
major vigils across the country to bring the media's focus back
to the real people suffering under the current health care
system.
And then we'll shake up the media story again by going on the
offensive against Republicans, with a new series of tough ads
that call them out for their ties to the health insurance
industry.
But to actually make a big splash, we need to raise
$185,000 today—and that's going to take at least 50 donations
from people in Washington. Can you chip in $20 right
now to help out?
[LINK OMITTED]
Right now, Republicans in Congress think they can get away with
viciously slandering President Obama's plan for a public health
insurance option—even though 77% of Americans say they want to
have the choice of a public plan.2
These Republicans need a
reality check. Every member of Congress should know that
opposing health care reform isn't just morally wrong—it's
politically dangerous and unpopular.
That's why we're planning some very tough new TV ads. They'll
let voters know exactly how much money their representatives
have taken from the insurance industry, whose top goal this
year is to kill the public option.
These ads are a surefire way to put Republicans on the
defensive, and show that Americans want their representatives
to stop siding with insurance companies by obstructing health
care reform.
To hit our goal of $185,000 and get
these ads on the air, we need at least 50 people in Washington
to step up. Can you chip in $20 right now to
help out?
[LINK OMITTED]
Thanks for all you do.
–Nita, Kat, Stephen, Joan and the rest of the team
Source:
1, 2. "New Poll: 77 Percent Support 'Choice' Of Public Option,"
The Huffington Post, August 20, 2009.
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51799&id=17087-10523989-_Ao3JTx&t=5
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