The GOP Is Attacking Me Already. Please Help.
I know, I know. The 2014 election is still almost a year away. But the national Republican Party already is attacking me, and I need your help.
The Washington Post recently reported that the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is "targeting" me, and 18 other House Democrats. Why? Because we voted for healthcare reform in 2010. The headline of the article was "'Keep Your Health Plan Act' Spells Trouble For Dozens of Democrats."
The NRCC did, in fact, carry out this threat under the snide heading, "If You Don't Like Your Democratic Representative, You Don't Have To Keep Them (sic)." (The NRCC seems to have been infected by the same bad-grammar/bad-spelling bug that runs rampant among teabaggers.) The NRCC then pretentiously informed Florida voters that "In 2014, They Get to Press the Restart Button." (Oh, God, it's a reset button, not a restart button. Can't these GOP tools get anything right?)
The Republicans then excoriated me for voting for ObamaCare and then . . . wait for it . . . against repealing it! So, scandalously, the charge against me is that I was for ObamaCare before I was for it. As U2 used to say, "I stand accused of the things I've said." ("When Love Comes to Town" (1989) – ed.)
And here is the clincher – the Republicans say that these actions make me an "ObamaCare co-conspirator." Woooooooooo.
Listen, you don't have to put me in a hypnotic trance to get me to admit that I support universal, comprehensive and affordable healthcare for every American. Call me crazy if you want, but I believe that all Americans should be able to see doctors when they are sick, and get the care that they need to stay healthy and alive. I prefer that position to the Republican healthcare plan: "Don't get sick, and if you do get sick, die quickly."
But here's the thing: We're nowhere near the 2014 election, and yet already, the Republican Party is on the warpath, whacking at me. Shades of 2010, when they called me their #1 target, and spent more than $1 million to defeat me.
So I have to ask you – would you please help? Would you please give us the resources that we need to defeat their lies with our truth? Would you please contribute to our campaign? $25 or $35 or $50 can make a big difference, and every dollar counts.
As I explained a few weeks ago, the best way that you can do that is to become a "sustainer," making monthly contributions to our campaign. But even if it's just this once, please give what you can give. Please.
Don't let them threaten me. Don't even let them bust my chops, and try to silence us. Our work is too important for that. You know it, and I'm counting on you.
Courage,
Rep. Alan Grayson
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Give 'em hell!
Welcome.
I've donated to you before and will again, but not right before the holidays.
When anyone wants to see the good political parties have done for America, just get out the accomplishment comparison and contrast chart and the issues will get clearer to people.
Like The Who say... People forget. Remind them that their day-to-day struggle is the direct result of their party wanting them to forget....and those worn down by their struggles will forget. It's understandable. But you're here to help them never forget whose side you and your party are on, and that just taking their time to vote in 2014 for all Democrats will ensure that the wealth of this country gets fairly spent on its own 99% for a change.
I'm referring to this article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/10/alan-grayson-scam_n_4422599.html
Folks here at DU do not have a lot of money - and we sure to not have MILLIONS that we can lose.
I wish that when you post here at DU that your hyper-links would go to actual info regarding 'issues' instead of a DOZEN links that ask for money!
Thanks
