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To readers in the Boston area:
John Kerry is a fine public servant and an American hero, but his vote on the Iraq War proved that he cannot be trusted to do the right thing in Congress when it counts.
John Kerry “supports” the public option, but will not commit to voting against a health care reform package that does not include the public option. If we don’t speak up, history will repeat itself, and Kerry will end up being “for the public option before he was against it.”
Let your voice be heard! Join us on Tuesday, October 13th, as we demonstrate at John Kerry’s Boston office. Let the Senator know that reform lacking in substance is no reform at all.
It is very important that we make ourselves visible. After all, over 2/3rds of the American people support the public option. Therefore, all we have to do is keep reminding the Democrats and the media that the people are united in their desire to put an end to gross profits for the insurance companies.
There are no excuses. Meaningful reform is within our sights, but it won’t happen unless we continue to speak up. The insurance companies are doing everything possible to preserve their sick profits, so we must make our voices heard in the name of true reform. Otherwise, the final plan will be little more than a watered-down turkey.
Demonstrations will be taking place all day long, but we are asking people to make a particular effort to show up for one hour at lunch time. We are advising the local media that this is a “lunch time rally,” so if you can just stop by on your lunch break, that would be terrific! Thank you, and long live the public option!
There is no Republican filibuster possible.
There can only be a filibuster of disloyal democrats betraying their party.
BRING ON THE FILIBUSTER!
It will help the American people realize that the Democratic platform they voted for (the one Obama and the elected supermajority in Congress ran on), which includes the public option, is being betrayed by 9 Senate Democrats. The ensuing wrath will not only bring these 9 Senators in line, it will destroy the false power of the filibuster.
We have a video that makes the case against disloyal Democrats. If you agree, please share this information and donate to our ads. We want to shift the blame for the public option’s troubles where it belongs, to disloyal Democrats like Senator Bill Nelson.
http://forprogress.org/healthcare