From the Desk of:
Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.org Alliance
As I write, Ron De Jong and dozens of Grassfire friends
are on Capitol Hill delivering petitions and visiting Senate
offices. Ron tells me the resistance to our grassroots efforts
is growing as the healthcare votes near. See below.
–Steve
Desert Conservative Visitor,
Yesterday, Harry Reid announced that his super-secret (yet-to-
be-revealed) version of ObamaCare will, in fact, include the
public option.
He’s trying to re-cast the public option as a state-based
program, but don’t be fooled. It’s still the same government-
run system that will increase costs and give the government
control of our healthcare. And it’s all being done in secret.
As one Republican Senator said:
“It is literally three people, the committee chairman, Harry
Reid, and somebody from the White House sitting in a
room in an undisclosed location writing a health care bill
that no one will get to read.”
Now, Nancy Pelosi is pushing harder than ever, calling this the
“endgame” of the healthcare debate and trying to re-cast the
public option as the “consumer option.”
Allow me to translate…
The final push — the “endgame” — for ObamaCare has
begun under the guise of a “new and improved” version
that is not new or improved. And they want to keep
you and me in the dark and locked out of the process.
+ + Congress doesn’t want to hear from you!
Reid wants to keep you in the dark so as to avoid a repeat of
this summer’s backlash to the House bill that erupted in town
hall meetings across the country.
In fact, our Communications Director Ron De Jong just told me
that he has never seen such resistance to our petitions. It
is clear that the Obama-Reid-Pelosi Congress is making it more
and more difficult for citizens to get their voice through!
That’s why Grassfire is doing something we’ve never done before…
As a follow up to the petition deliveries, we want to flood
Congress with thousands of hand-delivered personal letters
from citizens across the nation — delivered directly to
Senate and House offices on Capitol Hill.
In order to accomplish this goal, we have set up a new
hand-delivery service that works similar to our fax service.
You simply write your message (or modify the suggested
text) and schedule your hand-delivery. In appreciation of
your gift to Grassfire, our team will make sure that your
letter is HAND-DELIVERED to your two Senators,
your Representative and other key members of Congress.
Go here to schedule your HAND-DELIVERY:
http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?U=22524&CID=122&RID=21999609
Again, Congress is trying to shut you and me out of this process.
That’s why Reid and Pelosi are being so secretive about the actual
bill. That’s why they are trying to hide the real cost of ObamaCare.
That’s why they are making it difficult for citizens to deliver
petitions!
Please take a moment to arrange to have YOUR message to Congress
HAND-DELIVERED. Go here:
http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?U=22525&CID=122&RID=21999609
Thanks for taking a stand.
Steve Elliott, President
Grassfire.org
P.S. As I write, despite Reid’s pronouncements, we still haven’t
seen a bill! And it’s clear they want to shut you out of the process.
Our service will get your message through — hand-delivered directly
to your Senators, your Representative and other key members of Congress.
Go here:
