Comments on: Will Planned Parenthood and NARAL Score the House Bill?

By: shc8engeoq6

shc8engeoq6 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:52:58 +0000

NOW had a rally in DC today. They have been working hard. It’s like single payer–the majority of AMerican want it, but we cannot even discuss it. Does that mean the single payer advocates have been doing nothing?

Just because you do not hear about it, doesn’t mean that they’ve been nothing. I’ve been sending emails and letters, and making phone calls for 4 months, as I am on the action lists for both NARAL and NOW.

By: shc8engeoq6

shc8engeoq6 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:48:40 +0000

The only time the Money Party doesn’t go with corporate profits is when they have the chance to limit civil rights. They know that limiting civil rights now means greater profits in the future.

By: shc8engeoq6

shc8engeoq6 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:47:00 +0000

Don’t blame NARAL and Planned Parenthood for the Dem’s actions. As a member, I’ve been making phone calls, sending emails and making office visits for 6 months now. Just because you don’t read about it in the newspapers, doesn’t mean that women haven’t been working. It’s the same old story as single payer, which the majority of the American public wants. The Money Party (the only political party in the US) strikes again.

Rather than criticize activists, criticize the Congress and start working for public finance.

It is so common for progressives, liberals, and democrats to criticize each other, rather than uniting and working together against the common enemy.

By: PJEvans

PJEvans — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:04:43 +0000

I guess PP and NARAL are expecting to get a lot of donations on this. Maybe they should get their fundraising letters back, with ‘Hell No’ written across them in red permanent marker (lipstick also will work). I’ll do that with the DNC/etc letters, too.

What party should we look to, now that the Dems have decided they don’t need women, GLBT, minorities, and labor?

By: PJEvans

PJEvans — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:59:40 +0000

This one comes by ew’s every so often and stinks the place up.

By: libbyliberal

libbyliberal — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:42:49 +0000

So rich women can get abortions with out of pocket money, but poor women on public option have lost the choice.

Haves vs. have nots one more time.

By: cregan

cregan — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:42:40 +0000

No, I just know your techniques.

Single payer WOULD have had a chance IF the House had not chickened out and actually held INFORMATIVE hearings and brought the public along. When you rush stuff, it is usually not too good.

They could have held ALL kinds of hearings bringing in analysts, single payer experts and even maybe some well recognized (not obviously biased) experts from single payer countries to testify.

Did they? No. How can you POSSIBLY get any public support for single payer without such??

By: Mauimom

Mauimom — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:34:24 +0000

It is in essence unconstitutional on its face!

And we can all start placing our bets on whether the 6 Catholics on the Supreme Court will find it so.

By: Mauimom

Mauimom — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:31:49 +0000

I’d like to suggest that we start an e-mail assault on Michelle Obama re this subject. Ask how she feels — for herself and her daughters — having her and their rights taken away by this coven of crazy old men.

Seriously, women across American have GOT to start realizing that the Democratic party no longer cares for them. Let’s start at the top.

By: Jane Hamsher

Jane Hamsher — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:05:30 +0000

Good point.