Awesome: MoveOn comes out against ObamaCare
posted at 5:45 pm on December 18, 2009 by Allahpundit
Not a shock given the Pretty Vicious Rants and Important Action Alerts emanating from Nutrootsville these days, but if Sanders, Burris, or Feingold need an extra nudge to vote no, this might do it.
But it’s not too late to fix the bill. And as Joe Lieberman has shown, just one senator willing to stand in the way can force legislation to be changed dramatically.
Senator Bernie Sanders, a strong proponent of the public option, has already made clear that he’s opposed to the legislation in its current form—and he could decide to block it until it’s fixed.3
But there’s enormous pressure from all sides to pass a bill quickly, no matter how weak it is. Let’s show Bernie and other progressives that we’re counting on them to block this version of the bill—and we’ll get their backs if they do.
Can you sign our petition opposing the current Senate health care bill? Clicking here will add your name:
Be sure to follow the link and sign, my fellow progressives. Or better yet, start calling liberal senators and be sure to mention this poll to the aide you speak with. Sure, the data’s bogus insofar as polling on the public option is horribly compromised, but we’re at the “any weapon to hand” point here. By my count, there are five Democrats who are undecided: Nelson, the three named above, and Jim Webb, although the only one who’s explicitly threatening a no on cloture rather than the final bill is Nelson. Meanwhile, Reid’s margin of error if he wants this done by Christmas can, quite seriously, be measured in … hours.
Here’s MoveOn’s attack ad about Lieberman, which is dumb but creative and worth watching for the impersonation of Joementum. I’ll leave you with one more poll: According to PPP, Republicans who are angry with their leadership still plan to vote GOP next year by a margin of 77/12. Democrats who are angry with their party? Just 54/38. Help them, George W. Bush, you’re their only hope!
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Done…though I just realized that I’m probably on their mailing list now.
AUINSC on December 18, 2009 at 5:49 PM
Excellent! I had forgotten all about that.
darwin on December 18, 2009 at 5:50 PM
I’ve been blowing Webb’s office up. I think he could be persuaded by the conservative movement…if the pressure is intense enough.
uknowmorethanme on December 18, 2009 at 5:50 PM
um isn’t it easier to just say “republicans” in this case?
battleoflepanto1571 on December 18, 2009 at 5:50 PM
This fiasco is worse than a bowel obstruction.
Keep the Dems out of the Doctor’s offices.
seven on December 18, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Keeps you up to date on the latest discoveries in metal illnesses.
uknowmorethanme on December 18, 2009 at 5:51 PM
B/c who ISNT angry????
battleoflepanto1571 on December 18, 2009 at 5:51 PM
WHERE’S YOUR MESSIAH NOW, HIPPIES?
Chuck Schick on December 18, 2009 at 5:51 PM
By all means…
Let me add you to the MoveOn.org data base.
Seven Percent Solution on December 18, 2009 at 5:52 PM
Well, they certainly have the money to get creative! There will actually be people who will believe this.
What’s our country coming to????
Oy!
Grantman on December 18, 2009 at 5:52 PM
Reverse nutroot tactics? I’m signing.
darwin on December 18, 2009 at 5:52 PM
I signed but now have this terrible urge to puke.
farright on December 18, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Here’s a link to become one of their volunteers( moveons).
Wink, wink.
Linkey
javamartini on December 18, 2009 at 5:53 PM
I thought moveon.org would run the Child’s Play ad to oppose ObamaCare.
WashJeff on December 18, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Last time I signed anything political, I was called every evening during TV dinnertime, and begged for funds. NYET!
leftnomore on December 18, 2009 at 5:54 PM
What was that pathetic excuse for a commercial I spent almost two minutes of my life watching?
amerpundit on December 18, 2009 at 5:54 PM
There’s something really wrong with this…
BigWyo on December 18, 2009 at 5:55 PM
Anyone have a link to Sock Lieberman’s campaign? I’d like to donate.
jhffmn on December 18, 2009 at 5:55 PM
So crr6, if I sign this, what type of e-mail can I expect?
WashJeff on December 18, 2009 at 5:55 PM
Just how many Waterloo’s does chicago jesus get anyway?
lukespapa on December 18, 2009 at 5:55 PM
Rove, you magnificent bastard!
Techie on December 18, 2009 at 5:55 PM
I’m in VA and as much as I dislike Webb, I just can’t paint him as a “progressive”. I doubt he’s keen on taking the country down the road Obama and his fellow progressives want … does he have the spine to vote no? Unsure.
darwin on December 18, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Democrats are eating their own? This is way better than any horror movie I have ever seen. Who wants popcorn?
rukiddingme on December 18, 2009 at 5:56 PM
At this point, 0 ought to be thankful for this because it provides cover on getting nothing done. He is going to need cover.
PrincipledPilgrim on December 18, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Heh, I think someone should edit that video….it’s just asking to be edited.
deidre on December 18, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Ah…I am their mailing list. Here’s the exiting e-mail you get from them when you sign:
AUINSC on December 18, 2009 at 5:58 PM
If they think the “still party of Bush” will fly in 2010, they’re nuttier than assumed.
Interesting – clerks from Sen. Coburn’s office are being bombarded with calls from Democrats, including from CA, lauding his move to have Sanders’ amendment read, and encouraging him to keep going.
Schadenfreude on December 18, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Haha, as a mole I got this and thought about signing it to hit ‘em from both sides but couldn’t decide.
NTWR on December 18, 2009 at 5:59 PM
“um , filibuster..” Lol.
the_nile on December 18, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Just email crr6 or Bleeds Blue and have their boss remove you from the list.
amerpundit on December 18, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Guess George Soros doesn’t have Barry’s back any longer.
GarandFan on December 18, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Olby was brutal on Obamacare the other night, when you lose Olby you are done. Too bad Barry has 3 years to spin his way out of this.
Daveyardbird on December 18, 2009 at 6:00 PM
I know it’s too late for this, but… It’s not Waterloo. It’s not Waterloo. It’s not Waterloo.
Could be a lot closer to the invasion of Russia, Napoleon’s or Adolf’s, but we can stick with Bonaparte. If so, Waterloo is very far off, yet (and don’t forget ’twas a close-run thing).
CK MacLeod on December 18, 2009 at 6:00 PM
I think several prominent pundits owe Joe Lieberman an apology and quick!
Techie on December 18, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Done, and quite progressively I might add. The author of one of my favorite novels (A Confederacy of Dunces) also signed, post mortem.
TXUS on December 18, 2009 at 6:01 PM
I figured it would finally happen, they cannot hold their many different nutty factions together. They all want a utopia but they all have a different end version, they all want their own pot of gold. At this point, if they can help stop this abhorent and unconstitutional bill, I hope they do. Anything to buy more time to get this bill into the sunlight and let the public know what is in it.
bluemarlin on December 18, 2009 at 6:02 PM
I suppose it was David Brooks’ fearsome column in The New York Times this morning that finally pushed MoveOn over the edge…
jon1979 on December 18, 2009 at 6:02 PM
I thought their ad was funny. Oh, and KILL THE BILL!
El_Terrible on December 18, 2009 at 6:03 PM
I don’t buy it.
Makes Maobama look centrist on purpose. “Poor me” pity play. Bloodied messiah, just tryin’ to save the world.
Anyone really think MoveOn, lefty robots, nuts and berries munchers, etc, will campaign and vote for anyone else?
Itchee Dryback on December 18, 2009 at 6:04 PM
LIEBERMAN SKIPS TOWN!
Enoxo on December 18, 2009 at 6:05 PM
i suspect this is more about the conference report than anything. so they’ll want their boys to vote for cloture, then vote for the conference version.
the conference version will have a public option…and pass by 53 votes.
chll, MoveOn and Soros and all the little fruitcakes will be happy at the end of the day.
r keller on December 18, 2009 at 6:05 PM
OK, I’m finished.
WashJeff on December 18, 2009 at 6:05 PM
Oh for goodness sake Allah they are just playing “bad cop, worse cop” – (and it’s a fund raiser, but what isn’t for them?).
Obama is supposed to look like a moderate if they come out in force against it. Obamacare is obviously not that bad if the nutters don’t want it. Don’t fall for it.
Moveon & the nutters could care less if the only thing left in the bill is that it forces the masses to pay for the coverage of their pet hamsters, once they get a toe in the door they are in.
The only good bill is a dead bill.
batterup on December 18, 2009 at 6:08 PM
Since everyone is in the mood for signing petitions, would you please sign this one too?
ACTION ALERT – Stop Gitmo from coming to Illinois!
And now for a shower to wash off the MoveOn cooties I may have picked up when signing that petition.
Knucklehead on December 18, 2009 at 6:08 PM
A lefty meltdown…hilarious to watch but an anxious source of hope indeed.
Dark-Star on December 18, 2009 at 6:09 PM
The best chance for f’in up Harry Pelsoi & Co. is a 20″ snowfall. Its almost natural poetry if it would happen.
Pleasepleaseplease.
Itchee Dryback on December 18, 2009 at 6:10 PM
I feel like the term Waterloo is getting used about every 3 days. When all is said and done I suspect that everyone’s going to define a different point in time as President Obama’s Waterloo, but personally I think it was ‘death panels’.
That was the beginning of the end, when the uninformed and independents really started having their eyes opened as to what Hopenchange was really all about.
BadgerHawk on December 18, 2009 at 6:10 PM
evil always eats its own
unseen on December 18, 2009 at 6:11 PM
You are so right. Ever since the “death panels” comment, things have been going downhill for The One. Thank you God for Sarah Palin!!
deidre on December 18, 2009 at 6:12 PM
I’m going to call Hagan’s office to see if she can get pressured to switch. She is a moderate but being a Freshman senator and having six years before re-election it might be hard to get her to switch.
lavell12 on December 18, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Awesome:
MoveOnObama comes out against ObamaCareMissread the headline there for a minute I though the nightmare was over but never fear even if Pinnochio did come out against his own unread bill Dingy Harry (the war is lost) Reid would still push on, He’s on a suicide mission and takin as many Dems as possible with him!
Maybe we should just let em pass it?
No, not now, not evah!
dhunter on December 18, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Oh Gawd thats funny,and so like,I guess when the Liberal
Party threw Lieberman under da bus,and the Leftys treated
him like a leper,er more like Judas,payback,and especially
in politics is a b*tch!!
Go Joe Lieberman,haha!!
canopfor on December 18, 2009 at 6:13 PM
This is not the Messiah of the Universe I thought I knew.
nitzsche on December 18, 2009 at 6:13 PM
They hate free markets more than life itself.
tarpon on December 18, 2009 at 6:14 PM
I love that one.
Gooooooo blizzard !!!
BadgerHawk on December 18, 2009 at 6:14 PM
A bill so BAD that NEITHER party wants it, yet the dams want it passed without delay. Freeking amazing. Do these clowns have ANY idea how pathetic and irresponsible this looks? (is?)
JusDreamin on December 18, 2009 at 6:14 PM
There you go again. Clicking on liberal sites. I ain’t goin’ there. What good do petitions, calls, letters and e-mails do?
Not a Goddamned thing!
Don’t we get it yet? They’re not listening to us! Lot of these filthy bastards are gonna jump off the cliff for this POS in the WH.
The only thing that seems to have ANY effect are the polls and the demonstrations, including the tea parties.
Lanceman on December 18, 2009 at 6:14 PM
oops, make that “dems” above. or “damns”, that works too
JusDreamin on December 18, 2009 at 6:15 PM
the sheer hilarity of this is extraordinary.
ted c on December 18, 2009 at 6:16 PM
I hope God dumps so much snow on D.C. Pinnochios’ plane can’t land and 1/2 the Dims get stranded at their Hos’ house and the other 1/2 in the Senate chamber till after Christmas.
Weeeuuu what a stinky place that will be with 1/2 the dims livin their all week.
dhunter on December 18, 2009 at 6:16 PM
This will make a Saturday night cloture vote very difficult for Reid. I mean, if Joe can’t get back to Washington after sundown Saturday due to inclement weather — thank You, God — this would put the final vote off past Christmas.
How perfect that this bill could well find its deserved demise because of a religious duty and bad weather.
TXUS on December 18, 2009 at 6:18 PM
If I sign it do I have to take off my Cheney-Cheney in 2012 bumper sticker?
SteveMG on December 18, 2009 at 6:19 PM
soros funded puppet shows….
wow… how convincing…/s
ted c on December 18, 2009 at 6:20 PM
LIEBERMAN SKIPS TOWN!
Don’t worry funnyman Franken you frickin moron ,Joe didn’t take it personal!
Paybacks a bitch you low life scumbag.
dhunter on December 18, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Is moveon.org so stupid to not realize when they made that commercial that if Obama got into office he would easily leave Bush in the dust?
Question answer’s itself.
WashJeff on December 18, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Waterloo has cometh,with a sprinkling of Helm Deep,and
finished off with a nice toping of the ending of the Zulu
War,and in less than a year,the Liberal Party has reaped
what they have sowed,and the ObomaVoterBots,are tasting
a bitter betrayal of Hope and Change!!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on December 18, 2009 at 6:22 PM
Hey Franken you low life, classless, clueless tool How’s it feel when Joe doesn’t take it personal?
dhunter on December 18, 2009 at 6:24 PM
This is going to make Chris Matthews very upset. Tingly legs & all.
portlandon on December 18, 2009 at 6:24 PM
May I join the Chorus of Joe Wilson’s in stating that President Obama is a Liar? Thank you.
PappaMac on December 18, 2009 at 6:25 PM
Ok, I clicked on MoveOn.org, and signed the damn petition–why do I feel like I need to take a shower..?
lovingmyUSA on December 18, 2009 at 6:26 PM
It may be a Waterloo, but I sure wish I had a clearer idea of who was playing the role of Wellington.
Blacklake on December 18, 2009 at 6:27 PM
Obama bin Lyin’.
TXUS on December 18, 2009 at 6:27 PM
Or, if not a land war in Asia, maybe it’s at least going against a Sicilian when death is on the line.
malclave on December 18, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Moveon.org finds it’s hole.
Heh.
Key West Reader on December 18, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Yeah, it’s pretty icky over there, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do. This is war, after all. Just use disinfectant soap. -_*
TXUS on December 18, 2009 at 6:33 PM
Next ACORN will be going door-to-door getting signed petitions against Obamacare…
albill on December 18, 2009 at 6:33 PM
TPMDC
2010 Campaign Preview: Democrats To Say GOP Still Party Of Bush
===========================================================
So the Leftys are still stuck on stupid,and their gonna campaign once again,on the blame Bush lock step talkin
point montra,well h*ll,good luck with that,besides,what
has Obama done for you lately beside absolutely zero,zip
and ziltch,and since,Hopey has no politically victories,
accept for all those awesome ah’s and Um’s speeches,theres
not one single thing that Obama has done for his own elec
torate————OUCH,thats really gotta hurt!!
canopfor on December 18, 2009 at 6:35 PM
I’m with ya on this. I think there is some kind of strategy going on here to make this look like Republicans should like this bill and vote for it and maybe pull in one or both of the Maine sisters to cover for Nelson, letting him off the hook. The left doth protest too much, methinks. My guess is they get through anything with 60 votes, go to conference and add in the public option, then go with Reconciliation because the American public has demanded it by signing all these petitions.
They all know killing the Ones main piece of legislation will kill him and any future agenda when they can go back later and tweak it. The peons on the ground have no idea but the big backers with the money are in on it.
/tinfoil hat
yakwill83 on December 18, 2009 at 6:36 PM
the sheer hilarity of this is extraordinary.
ted c on December 18, 2009 at 6:16 PM
ted c: Catostrophic Backlash!!hehe:)
canopfor on December 18, 2009 at 6:38 PM
I signed the MoveOn petition and forwarded it to all my buddies.
How often will I get to team up with MoveOn, Dean, Sanders, the SEIU and Keith Uberdouche?
Chuck Schick on December 18, 2009 at 6:39 PM
Getting on the moveon/org list is not hard, but its almost impossible to get off of it. An old girlfriend, who was a lib, put me on it as a joke. It took me so long to get off, I couldn’t even remember her name when I finally did.
volsense on December 18, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Let’s see, KOS hates it, Moveon despises it, Screamin’ Howie Dean says it should die a quick death now!
So what is B.O. waiting for to finally kill this boondoggle of his once and for all, the official orders from his One True Lord and Master, Darth Soros?
pilamaye on December 18, 2009 at 6:47 PM
These Donkey Senators are all standing up and shouting ‘I’m Spartacus!”, but we all know that there is only one Spartacus…and his name is Joementum.
Well done sir..well played. You pulled the knife the nutroots stabbed into your back in 08, cleaned and honed it to a perfect edge, and let them have it under the ribcage at their moment of triumph.
Revenge is indeed sweet when served this ice cold.
DrW on December 18, 2009 at 6:47 PM
I never, ever agree with MoveOn. And I’m not going to agree with them now over this. Because their idea of fixing the bill is quite the opposite of what I want and that is to kill the bill outright.
Then I want medical tort reform, interstate insurance commerce, and rules to prevent insurance companies from dropping medical preconditions.
It should take only three pages of paper to write this bill.
Kini on December 18, 2009 at 6:47 PM
her name was Hillary, right?
DrW on December 18, 2009 at 6:48 PM
It doesn’t seem to have occurred to MoveOn et al that they wouldn’t have handed all this power and influence to Senator Lieberman, or any other single Senator, if they hadn’t embraced a pure partisan strategy, trying to unite the left side of the Congress instead of working from the center out.
They decided, quite deliberately, to give Lieberman this power months ago.
Chuckles3 on December 18, 2009 at 6:52 PM
Done…more than once. Used a couple of pseudonyms (Madonna Schwartz, Jesus Eichenbaum, Mary Schindler, etc.) in addition to… Wonder if they’ll ‘get it’. Probably not. And yes…nice warm shower please. Lib cooties are ick-ier than most.
Yellowdog12 on December 18, 2009 at 6:53 PM
It’s like the old saying goes: When you start out trying to screw everyone, you end up pleasing no one.
logis on December 18, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Piss in the wind Barry….and the wind pisses back!!
PappyD61 on December 18, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Take Burris of the list.
Per RedState.com:
MoveOn.org Tells Members to Oppose Senate Bill, Burris Changes Tune
powerpro on December 18, 2009 at 7:07 PM
I fear all this screamin from the left is just to gin up support and to fool the American 52% into supporting them when the Public Option is added back in in conference. Then they only need 51 votes when it comes back to the Senate and the Nelsons’, Liebermans’ etc. can vote no and say see there I was against it.
Chicanery and trickery is underway. Anyone voting for this must be gone. Anyone that voted for stimulapaloosa must be gone! Don’t let the crapweasals weasal!
THE BILL MUST BE READ ALOUD ON THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE!
dhunter on December 18, 2009 at 7:09 PM
And by the way… if the world is coming to an end if this man made catastrophe isn’t stopped soon, do you really need to head back to Washington because of a blizzard and cut short your trip and possible agreements to save the planet?
yakwill83 on December 18, 2009 at 7:12 PM
A snow storm is heading to WaDC and apparently a lot of the eastern seaboard is under a winter storm warming. (Weather Channel says 1-2 FEET of snow at WaDC. “remarkable for this time of year”) Lieberman goes home for the Sabbath and might not make it back for the vote because of the snow. Obama is in Copenhagen pitching global warming in the middle of record snow storms. GLOBAL WARMING!! HA! Is God funny or what? You go, God! The follies of men…
As far as signing a petition at MoveOn.org–not so much. I don’t want my computer associated with anything that organization stands for and I certainly don’t want my name on any “document” coming from them to whomever.
Is it just me or have we all been cast in a Mel Brooks movie?
Driefromseattle on December 18, 2009 at 7:16 PM
I would call liberal loon Kay Hagan’s office and pretend to be as loony as she, but they know my voice…haha.
SouthernGent on December 18, 2009 at 7:29 PM
“Be sure to follow the link and sign, my fellow progressives.’
Good chuckle, ap.
notagool on December 18, 2009 at 7:34 PM
What percentage does MoveOn represent? .1%? What percent does KO’s audience represent? .005%? Ed Shultz – .001%, and so on down the line ….. Add it all up and what do you got? A little under 10% of the country wanting stronger government intervention. Oh, I almost forgot about David Brooks. I think he is part of it too but exactly where he fits into that mix of miscreants I’ll leave up to Rahm to decide.
The democrats in office should be laughing at these aforementioned people and organizations. Although, there are a few exceptions: Pelosi, Reid, Sanders need those people and any other socialist liberal I’ve forgot to mention. Are not they the people on the ground & their biggest campaign boosters?
If the democrats can’t find another Grover Cleveland type of leader, they might as well join the Socialist Party and make it official. That is what MoveOn & all the other “so called” progressives want. Oh, Hillary too. Pledging Billions of Dollars toward a sham in Copenhagen. What the hell is a Sec of States job anyway? What page did she lift that socialist idea from? What a career ending pledge to make at a Marist get together.
It was the Independants & moderate democratic voters who were [duped in to hope & change rhetoric] pursuaded in order for the democrats to be where they are at today. The liberal democrats don’t have to worry about losing their ultra-left wing base. It is the I’s and the Mod’s that they have become disenfranchised. The dem’s ran as centrist but they govern [legislate] as big spending high taxing socialist liberals. The dem’s in the leadership of their party tells them not to worry about getting re-elected, but without a villain to point their finger at now, the moderate democrats themselves are being portrayed as this villain. The moderates better wise up to that fact & fast.
They 110th & 111th arrived because of vicious attacks of the previous administration and also they were accusing the 108th & 109th congress of government wasting billions of tax dollars, violating individual rights with the patriot act, homeland security and so on ….. The far left made the republicans out to be villains and the misinformed citizenry took the bait.
In just under 3 years the 110th & 111th congress has out spent all previous bodies of congress in US history. Guess what follows? The highest tax increases since Jimmy Carter’s time in office or maybe worse. Suck on that!
When your seated at a table playing poker, if you are trying to figure out who the sucker is, your problem is solved, you’re it.
Americannodash on December 18, 2009 at 7:39 PM
may the force be with us!
cmsinaz on December 18, 2009 at 7:40 PM
I’m calling BS. MoveOn OWNs more than enough Democrats in both the House and the Senate that if they TRULY wanted the bill killed, they wouldn’t have to announce it… they would simply make a couple of phone calls… This move stinks. Pelosi “left town” and is now in “campaign mode” and will not ask her members to vote on anything controversial…. sine the Senate bill does not match the House bill and they don’t have time to reconcile it, they ONLY way the House can do it is to vote it through. I don’t believe ANY of it.
CC
CapedConservative on December 18, 2009 at 7:46 PM
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