Democratic ad for health-care overhaul

And now a commercial message:

“A lot of people have been saying mean things about the Democrats’ plan to overhaul health care in the United States. These people haven’t even seen the plan yet. It’s not even written, and they’re against it.

“Write your members of Congress. Tell them you are in favor of the Democrats’ plan to overhaul health care.

“Paid for by the Democratic Committee of Faithers.”

Genius!

The New York Times reports, less fancifully:

Supporters of Mr. Obama’s plan to overhaul the system have vastly outspent opponents, with $24 million worth of advertising, compared with $9 million from opponents. An additional $24 million has been broadly spent in support of overhauling the system without backing a specific plan.

Unfortunately, the supporters’ real ads are about as specific as the dreamed-up version.

Frank Warner

Comments

[CJW]

And our feckless president is out also saying there are people saying mean things about plans that haven't made it through Congress nor even read by him. WTF? And he likes to say "Let me make this completely clear...". He has yet to make anything clear during his administration. Ready to lead on day one-- NOT!!!

[Frank Warner]

What the feck?

[David Holliday]

Now this is interesting. I read it in a New York Post article entitled "Why the Public Isn't Buying It".

In the 2008 exit poll, 34 percent of voters described themselves as conservatives and 32 percent as Republicans; 39 percent described themselves as Democrats, only 22 percent as liberals.

That rings true to me. I consider myself a conservative. I identify with the Republican party because they have been more true to conservative principles (until recently that is). I'm pretty sure, although I don't want to speak for anyone, that most of my friends who are Democrats consider themselves to be moderates. Where that leaves Obama, his followers and the extreme liberal leaders in Congress is somewhere out on their own. No wonder they are feeling the pressure.

[Neo]

An administration official said tonight that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius "misspoke" when she told CNN this morning that a government run health insurance option "is not an essential part" of reform.

Now exactly how do you have a debate when the "authors" of the bill can't even get the program straight among themselves ?

[jj mollo]

I believe most of the money spent by the opposition is subterranean. Disinformation, and lots of it. They don't want you to see the knife before they put it in.