Does this health care ad work?
21 October 2009 10:07 am by Taylor Marsh
http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/10/heather-graham-pitches-public-option.html
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It’s clever. It frames the issue well. I don’t know that it will change any minds. At this point, what is important is not popular opinion. The American people already support a public option. It is our elected officials who need to be persuaded.
Hey psychodrew. Yep, it’s our “elected officials” and the Democratic majority.
avarosis wants to know what is wrong here. pelosi leads on po. reid dithers. wh wont push po but po unites dems and most in the country. john asks- did obama promise big pharma not to push po in exch for their help? obama’s statements make zero sense. “pass the bill ou least lke” and “po is best way to go but i wont fight for it.” i mean come on. im thinking the po was sacraficed by wh to get pharma on board. we should demand to know. he cmapaigned on it and should not be allowed to back out so easy on his promises. i want that pccc ad on reid run-but on obama. i cant help but think that is next and it should be. “hey obama-want to win re election-then why dont u support the po?”
and yes obama’s people know hwo to push. they pushed the climate bill thru the house. wapo had a story on bank reg. rep bean-a blue dog with big bank ties tried to kill a new rule that lets states once again go after banks. wh got to her-pushed her around and suddenly she dropped her oppo to it. then other blue dogs suddenly stopped criticizing reg banks. its clear wh shut them down on that one.
I think the ad makes the point of differentiating what is needed to win the race as opposed to expecting a “win” to fall in your lap.
I think Avarosis friend is on the right track. I’ve long felt that Obama made deals that didn’t include the PO. He wants the money from the Big Health Interests. It’s the special interest folks who got him elected imo. If we get a PO it will because the people demand it and the people will get it done. The Administration couldn’t do much more to defeat it unless they strangled it in the public square.
I think that Obama can be a very competent President – he just doesn’t act on any meaningful principles when it comes to the rank and file citizen.
“he just doesn’t act on any meaningful principles when it comes to the rank and file citizen.”……therefore not worth a damn.
Well, not yet worth a damn for the little people. But he didn’t campaign for the little people either. He campaigned for “we’re the ones we’ve been waiting for.”
t4h has a thread up on Obama and phrama, etc.:
http://www.taylormarsh.com/2009/10/21/what-is-going-on-here/
Keep talking about the ad in this thread.
I love this ad!
Straight-forward, takes a swipe at the insurance industry, and emphasizes COMPETITION in a way that is humorous and thoughtful.
ps. Heather is rockin’!