SIGN THIS PETITION

[Capn Sunshine]

Our Friends at FDL have it all together. We all need to sign this petition so they realize our numbers.

They are trying to fram us as way way "leftwing" like affordable healthcare is some crazy commie notion.

[rug]

1. Right now?

[Capn Sunshine]

3. Yes! Right the F Now!

Ok, after your coffee break. But please, SIGN.

[tabatha]

2. Link does not work.

[Capn Sunshine]

4. Fixed

damn intertubes

[Capn Sunshine]

5. Hey

The link I put in there, does it show my name /email?

Just curious. Not that I care. Skinner and Earl already have that on their trouble list. :hi: JK boys.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Done, but I might have signed it once before.

[pleah]

7. I probably have this same one in my email,

but I signed anyway. And, no your email does not show up. I'd rather have single payer, though.

[crazylikafox]

8. done. thanks!

[Kaleko]

9. Done

[Alameda]

10. Me too...

[frogmarch]

11. Done. nt

[graywarrior]

12. I DU'd it.

[Capn Sunshine]

16. We can always count on you

plus I know the duck actually digs that.

[Dogtown]

13. Done & Tx! n/t

[SalviaBlue]

14. done

[omega minimo]

15. +4 Done. Thank you for posting. Rec this to Greatest people!!!

[Forkboy]

17. That was easy.

Good to see you, Capn! :toast:

[galloglas]

18. My note to Congress, through FDL's transom

"Public health care for all Americans should be as much a right as breathing free and drinking water. For Insurance Companies to profit from death and disease is amoral. Yet Congress shrinks from Universal Coverage to bow to corporate profiteers!

Even if, to appease the "We-Want-To-Sell-You-The-Air-You-Breathe Capitalists", the Congress cowers to a Public Option, it must be Medicare for all who wish it. Otherwise it is a sellout to the forces of Mammon.

And, can you serve both your constituents and Mammon? Not if Mammon (the capitalisti) say no, I believe.

Take courage, put the corporate contributions far from your mind, stop worrying about re-election and, just for this once, DO THE RIGHT THING! At the least you will be able to stand to see yourselves in the mirror in the morning."

[omega minimo]

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[omega minimo]

19. Email from FDL Thursday

Dear Firedoglake Activist,

After two months of your hard work, 65 members House drew a line in the sand: no public option, no health care reform.  You responded by raising more than $175,000 for those members in less than 48 hours. 



It's a great start, but it's just the beginning.  We need to make sure these 65 members hold firm.  We've shown them we have their backs.  Now they need to get ours.

I'm starting a petition to the House to keep their pledge to support only a public option in both the House bill AND the conference bill. 

I'm going to be in DC next month.  If we can reach 25,000 signatures, Jane Hamsher and I will be there to hand-deliver the petition to the House when they return to take up health care.

Click here to add your name to our petition to members of Congress who pledged to support only a strong public option.

Members of the House who took this pledge will be under insane pressure from Rahm Emanuel and the rest of the Obama Administration to cave for an insurance industry bailout.  



Rahm's plan all along has been to trade away the public option.  But Rahm didn't count on you.  Now that we've shown progressives in the House it's possible to stick together, it will be our job to make sure these members hold the line on a strong public option.

Let's be clear: these members need to hold the line on two votes.  Once when the House passes its own bill, and again on the conference bill that's combined with the Senate's version.  Anything less is a vote for an insurance industry bailout.

Help us reach 25,000 signatures on our petition to House progressives. You can make sure that progressives keep the pledge to only vote for a strong public option.



Click here to add your name to our petition: http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/keepthepledge



Thanks so much for your help.  I hope we can get to 25,000 signatures so I can deliver the petition with Jane next month.

Best,

Eve Gittelson (nyceve)

http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/keepthepledge

Help us reach 25,000 petition signatures: House progressives need to keep the pledge for a strong public option.
When Congress returns to work on health care next month, Jane Hamsher and nyceve will be there to deliver the petition.

[omega minimo]

21. .

[onestepforward]

22. Gladly signed! n/t

[mmonk]

23. I sent the Progressive Caucus a donation through ActBlue.

May as well do this also. Time to bring the heat.

[Laelth]

24. Done.

Here's what I said (cross-posted):

To the Honorable Members of the Progressive Caucus:

While I support single payer, I could settle for a public option that was projected to cover at least 50 million people within five years. That would drive down costs and "keep the insurance companies honest" by creating real competition in the market.

Anything less is a give-away to the insurance industry that is dying to get 50 million new customers all of whom must buy their products or become criminals. Many of us on the left are nearly fed up with the Democratic Party. If the Progressive Caucus, our only remaining defenders, sells us out, we will be done with this Party for good.

Please do the right thing and vote no on any "health insurance reform" bill that does not contain a "robust" public option--one projected to cover at least 50 million Americans within five years.

Thank you for your attention to my concerns.

Sincerely,

Hope that gets their attention.

:dem:

-Laelth

[omega minimo]

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