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CT Whips It
By: Jane Hamsher Thursday June 25, 2009 11:45 pm	Tweet

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Today, Beau from CCAG is twittering the huge Health Care ’09 rally and lobby day live from DC. You can follow CCAG’s twitter feed all day here, photo updates here, and video updates here. This is by all accounts the largest national healthcare reform lobby day in history, and it comes at a crucial time. You can follow CCAG on twitter throughout the day for updates on meetings between Connecticut voters lobbying for meaningful health care reform – including a robust public option – and their representatives.

Am thrilled about the inclusion of the pledge:

[A]sk them to pledge to vote against any bill that does not contain a public option that is (1) available nationwide, (2) on day one, and (3) accountable to Congress and the voters.

I’m thinking about printing up a flyer that can be held up like a cue card for making videos with members of Congress.

Loads of people are FOR a public option. But where will they be when push comes to shove?

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One Response to “CT Whips It”

Mauimom June 26th, 2009 at 9:57 am

Jane, EPU’d from another thread:

Jane, I would add to your wonderful list of suggestions “take five:” take the time to get five fellow Americans to call, write, e-mail etc. in support of the public option. It can be members of your family, neighbors, co-workers, etc.

As I’ve written before, this is ALL about numbers — how many “communications units” any Congressional office is getting on the issue.

The more industrious and sophisticated of us may be taking the time to get through to the legislative assistant and attempting to extract a pledge on the public option, but even the laziest among us — well, okay, not us, but perhaps your friends? — can find time to write a postcard, go to the Congresscritter’s website and send an e-mail [if you’re in their district], make a phone call to a bored, but still tallying Congressional receptionist.

Also don’t forget to make an additional call to the Congresscritter’s district offices [local offices around the state]. Totals of calls received there will be forwarded to DC. You can usually find the phone numbers for district offices on the Congresscritter’s web site.

All you have to do is be sure to include the magic phrases above, with PUBLIC OPTION in big, bold letters.

While most of us “faithful” have been in this for the long haul and are willing to do a lot of work, we can multiply our effect by enlisting others for actions that will take only a little of their time & effort, but will have a big effect.