Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's decision to go to the Senate floor on Tuesday to call out the Obama administration for using the full power of a federal regulatory agency to suppress free speech -- specifically, to silence Humana's predictions about the impact of proposed ObamaCare cuts to the Medicare Advantage program -- led ABC, but not CBS or NBC, to air a story on the “gag order.”
ABC's story began with a McConnell soundbite (“'Shut up,' the government says, 'don't communicate with your customers. Be quiet and get in line,'”), before reporter Jonathan Karl explained McConnell was referring to the “Department of Health and Human Services, telling insurance companies who serve Medicare recipients, to stop 'misleading' and 'confusing' mailings, saying, quote: 'We are instructing you to immediately discontinue all such mailings, and remove any related materials from your Web sites.'”
Karl continued: “The extraordinary order comes in response to a mailing the Humana insurance company sent to customers in the Medicare Advantage program. The Humana mailing warned that because of Medicare cuts in the health care reform bills, quote, 'millions of seniors and disabled individuals could lose many important benefits and services.'”
On Monday, HHS offered “guidance” to silence criticism: “MEDICARE ISSUES NEW GUIDANCE TO INSURANCE COMPANIES ON MEDICARE MAILINGS.”
So far, the government's power play has succeeded. “Humana backed down, stopping the mailing and announcing that it would cooperate with the investigation,” James Taranto noted in his Monday “Best of the Web,” lamenting: “Corporations may provide lots of useful goods and services, but never count on them to take a stand for freedom.”
Now the question is, will the media champion free speech and be outraged by the abuse of power to suppress it, or will most journalists not mind the government hushing voices which go against Obama?
The story on the Tuesday, September 22 World News on ABC (transcript provided by the MRC's Brad Wilmouth):
CHARLES GIBSON: In Washington, the Senate Finance Committee today began voting on amendments to the health care reform bill, and the bill that comes out of that committee will become the centerpiece for the health care debate. But even before the amendment process began, a war of words broke out over what one of the nation's largest health insurance companies is saying about the bill. Here's Jonathan Karl.JONATHAN KARL: It's not often you hear language like this on the Senate floor.
MITCH MCCONNELL, SENATE MINORITY LEADER: "Shut up," the government says, "don't communicate with your customers. Be quiet and get in line."
KARL: He's talking about this order issued last night by the Department of Health and Human Services, telling insurance companies who serve Medicare recipients to stop "misleading" and "confusing" mailings, saying, quote, "We are instructing you to immediately discontinue all such mailings, and remove any related materials from your Web sites." The extraordinary order comes in response to a mailing the Humana insurance company sent to customers in the Medicare Advantage program.
The Humana mailing warned that because of Medicare cuts in the health care reform bills, quote, "millions of seniors and disabled individuals could lose many important benefits and services." But Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus says it is misleading to say his bill cuts Medicare benefits and ordered the HHS to investigate, prompting the gag order. Some legal experts say the order is unconstitutional. Senator McConnell agrees.
MCCONNELL: We cannot allow government officials to target individuals or companies because they do not like what they say.
KARL: And even some Democratic Senators are concerned that the bill now before the Senate Finance Committee reduces spending on Medicare Advantage by $123 billion.
SENATOR BILL NELSON (D-FL): I think it would be intolerable to ask the senior citizens on Medicare who have it to give up substantial health benefits that they're enjoying under Medicare.
KARL: HHS declined a request for an on-camera interview, but told us that they are investigating whether the mailings illegally give the impression that they are official communications from Medicare. While that investigation goes forward, Charlie, the gag order remains in place.
—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center
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The spineless GOPers should be lining up behind the mics...
September 23, 2009 - 01:39 ET by R D Helm...to denounce anything and everything about Obama's "plan" for AMERIKA.
Where the hell are they?
I think we need to adjust things so that all US Senators are up for election every two years instead of six.
-Dave
I agree with Rush. It's time for Obama to resign.
Just vote the bums out
September 23, 2009 - 01:51 ET by richb313The only way to fix the Political In Crowd is to vote them out. It is the only way. If we as voters never return an incumbent for the next twenty years Washington will eventually fix itself. Professional Politicians and Staffers are the problem.
Too much power concentrated in one place. It is a condition that leads to the symptoms of corruption and graft. The corruption these days is more sophisticated but it is there. The more time politicians spend in Washington the more corrupt they become. The sad fact is that some of the very people whose whole career has been built on rooting out corruption have been corrupted themselves.
New blood is needed. We need to excise the cancer that has been allowed to grow to malignancy if we are to save this country. So I say again "Never ever re-elect anybody to anything until the last remnants of the corruption that exists in Washington and politics at large are a thing of the distant past.
"Never ever re-elect
September 23, 2009 - 06:00 ET by Newsbusterbrown"Never ever re-elect anybody to anything until the last remnants of the
corruption that exists in Washington and politics at large are a thing
of the distant past.
If conservatives do that, there won't be an America anymore since only Democrats will be in office.
“There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
How would you know the difference?
September 23, 2009 - 06:18 ET by richb313There is not a dimes worth of difference today. Why did the republicans spend so much? They have not learned a thing. The current crop needs to go, all of them.
Good morning rich
September 23, 2009 - 06:52 ET by cocodrieevery last one needs to go.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
There is not a dimes worth
September 23, 2009 - 07:26 ET by NewsbusterbrownThere is not a dimes worth of difference today.
If that were really the case, we would have had tea parties a few years ago when the Republicans were spending up a storm. The fact is, as reckless with the purse strings that they were (no argument there), the GOP can't compare to the Democrats. Saying otherwise is just exaggerating.
“There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
"There is not a dimes worth
September 23, 2009 - 07:43 ET by celator"There is not a dimes worth of difference today."
I believe their silence in the matter shows that Republicans are in complete agreement with the totalitarian HHS mandate. What other conclusion is reasonable?
Vote them all out.
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
Listen Again
September 23, 2009 - 11:01 ET by UtherpendHow can you make that statement when the person who spoke out against this is a REPUBLICAN. If you are talking about the other Repubs who are silent then I would agree but don't try and take my Senator down with the rest of the do nothings RINO's. Mitch McConnell has been out there in the fight the whole time, and I know this from the updates he sends his constituants.
"For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security."
Uther,
September 23, 2009 - 12:37 ET by JoeBobUther,
McConnell is my Senator as well. Prior to the vote on TARP that Bush signed, I called both Bunning and McConnell to register my protest over the bailout of our financial institutions. In reply, Bunning sent me a letter saying that he would not vote for it, and he didn't. McConnell sent me a wishy-washy letter telling me he didn't like it, but.... McConnell did not receive my vote in November.
Sure, he just made a statement about 1st amendment rights, but how much is it to score political points against the Dems? All I know is when he was voting with my tax dollars, he showed himself to be a captured-by-the-Beltway politician rather than a principled conservative.
Without recognizing the ordinances of Heaven, it is impossible to be a superior man. - Confucious
It Will Never Happen As....
September 23, 2009 - 16:42 ET by GeneralAlThe only way to fix the Political In Crowd is to vote them out. It is the only way. If we as voters never return an incumbent for the next twenty years Washington will eventually fix itself. Professional Politicians and Staffers are the problem.
As long as there are ignorant voters getting government handouts from taxpayers pockets, it will never happen!
The liberals have successfully convinced these people that Conservatives are the disease and liberals are the cure. The only way to beat them is to eventually outnumber them. So lets encourage abortion for our liberal friends and massive reproduction for our Conservative friends!
Stroke of the pen, law of the land. Kinda cool!
September 23, 2009 - 06:02 ET by motherbeltThat's from Paul Begala in the Clinton years.
So much for "the world's greatest deliberative body," right?
I said elsewhere yesterday that both our politicians and the media are so entrenched in their cushy jobs and the trappings, that they have forgotten what they are supposed to do.
We have a Senate and a House who are lying down on the job while this President arrogates power to himself and a circle of "czars"
Shameful.
How is this for Supporting and Defending the Constitution?
September 23, 2009 - 01:44 ET by richb313The more I see the Obama administration operate the more concerned I become. If they are allowed to get away with this suppresion of speech the more concerned every citizen should be. If Humana is putting out confusing and just wrong information they are allowed to. They are not in violation of any trade practice because they are not misleading or otherwise being dishonest about a product or service they are selling.
What Humana is doing is trying to save thier company. If they go overboard with some of thier statements they have still done nothing illegal. It is not like we have not been forced to listen to falsehood after falsehood from the Obama Administration in thier own efforts to sell Health Care.
The danger is that the Government ordered Humana to cease without a hearing. It was an order from the exectutive branch and Obama is directly responsible. It does not matter if he was aware or not. It happened on his watch. I would hope that someone would school Obama, the Constitutional Expert, that this sort of thing just is not allowed under the first Amendment. In fact if he continues with this obvious suppresion of First Amendent Rights he should be impeached. That can't happen while a democrat majority still exists in Congress.
I would hope that someone can figure out how to challenge this unconstitutional order before the Supreme Court. Maybe, just maybe, the court could reign him in but remeber that the court does not have the power to enforce anything. It is only due to co-operation of the executive that any court ordered remedy can take place. Would Obama disregard an order from the court, I do not know and pray to never find out.
Obama..
September 23, 2009 - 01:57 ET by ondskapI never really thought that Obama and his ilk would actually respect, let alone adhere to the Constitution strictly. That's just something I figured based on the fact that he and his comrades hail from the slimy underbelly of Chicago's demoRat infested sewers. I'd say, prepare yourself to be unpleasantly surprised at the extent they will go to turn us into a complete state run top-down bureaucratic liberal funny farm of a country.
Obama is not at fault with
September 23, 2009 - 09:56 ET by Dan The Man 2Obama is not at fault with this, obviously it is some overzealous employee who needs to be fired. There its fixed go back to sleep.
Wow, Newsbusters is making
September 23, 2009 - 02:24 ET by Barry BondsWow, Newsbusters is making the Right look stupid.
So the government is suppose to let private companies simply lie and mislead their constituents?
Government: "Stop lying!"
Humana: "O.k."
Newsbusters: "Why is the big bad government impeding on this innocent corporations right to lie?"
"So the government is
September 23, 2009 - 02:48 ET by ckc1227"So the government is suppose to let private companies simply lie and mislead their constituents?"
Of course not. That role should be reserved for government only.
Besides, everyone knows the First Amendment says "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech UNLESS it interferes with President Obama's desire to nationalize health care, in which case Congress can do whatever the hell it wants."
Medicare
September 23, 2009 - 04:51 ET by ForbusPer the Associated Press:
"Congress’ chief budget officer is contradicting President Barack
Obama’s oft-stated claim that seniors wouldn’t see their Medicare
benefits cut under a health care overhaul.
The head of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office,
Douglas Elmendorf, told senators Tuesday that seniors in Medicare’s
managed care plans would see reduced benefits under a bill in the
Finance Committee.
The bill would cut payments to the Medicare Advantage plans by more than $100 billion over 10 years."
So who's lying?
Obama to CBO....
September 23, 2009 - 06:05 ET by motherbeltObama to CBO....
"Shut up," he explained.
Barry Bonds
Again, Barry strikes out.
September 23, 2009 - 05:21 ET by G. MayAgain, Barry strikes out. Up for some late night trolling I see!
How did Humana lie? Please cite the lies specifically and then source the passages in the proposed bills that refute these lies.
We'll wait.
G MAY...
September 23, 2009 - 05:36 ET by danybhoyBarry does'nt seem to understand that freedom is the solution to the human condition. He also does not understand that some backbencher in Congress should'nt be trying to use strongarm tactics to a shut-up a company from telling it's customers what a proposed law will do to the very service that they provide either.
The new troll, same as the old troll, seems to be a flat out socialist. Anyone who really knows what President ACORN is about & supports them is a socialist. They may say they are "progressive", same thing.
"...How blind can you be, don't you see...
...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."
Nightwish
BB: Regardless of the
September 23, 2009 - 06:24 ET by BDBB:
Regardless of the claims Humana is putting out, the GOVERNMENT cannot tell them to cease communicating. That is actually something called censorship which the left continuously accuses the right of without justification.
You are dismissed.
The government did tell
September 23, 2009 - 10:05 ET by Dan The Man 2The government did tell Humana to stop and worse Humana did stop. All the government needs to project power it does not have is to have a complicit population that it is dictating to. In the past months Obama has been projecting quite a bit of power, power usually reserved for major catasrophes like in the world ending variety.
We, well me, are basically sheep. We listen to authority and try to abide by it. I think of The Time Machine, the movie in the 60's, and the Pavlov reaction to the siren. That is us, the independent spirit is buried and we need Rod Taylor to awaken it, well I want the girl myself.
So Bahhh Bahhh Black Sheep.
You forgot to show
September 23, 2009 - 06:43 ET by theduck6how Humana lied. It's OK we've grown used to libs not supporting their argument.
The President lied thru his teeth at his last joint session speech. Why don't we start there. It's not a lie just because YOU disagree. The CBO, his own Treasury Dept and facts prove Obama lied. How did Humana lie? The indepoendent analysis in the government says Humana is right.
Wow, a liberal makes himself look stupid. Wow.
September 23, 2009 - 07:02 ET by Mike76No, you're making yourself look stupid. Your President Obama is and has been lying through his teeth. It's the usual method of operation for people like Obama and you. The companies are calling him out on his lies. Obama, and liberals in general, being insecure, fearful people, want to shut down exposure of Obama's lies.
It's real simple for a normal person to understand. But you're not intellegent, Barry, so I guess it's going right over your head.
barry, if you do not see how chilling this action is by our Gov.
September 23, 2009 - 08:08 ET by pahuberthen you are part of the problem and not solution.
My guess is you are just one of the liberal shills that come on this site with several different monikers since NBs does not authenticate IP addresses (HINT HINT to NBs).
Well, see you later Jesse Jackson or Kennedy or Arkansas Zipper....
you
September 23, 2009 - 09:38 ET by east tennessee johnRight to lie? Does the proposed bill(s) kill medicare advantage programs or not? If it does, there is an impact on those who partake in the program, yes or no? If there is and the sponsoring company tries to inform their customers of this, what exactly is the problem? Where does the government get off ordering a private company to not inform their customers? I suppose you think that private insurers won't be impacted by any bill that passes either. BO kiss ass.
Sounds like you're
September 23, 2009 - 10:04 ET by BruzillaSounds like you're pre-determining that the company is lying, which it isn't. The Democrats are looking at Med Advantage and seeing the Medicare is paying insurers $6,000 or so for every Med Advantage member, and if the member only racks up $1,000 in costs, the insurer is pocketing $5,000 of taxpayer dollars and that's wrong. What they aren't seeing is all the members who are wracking up $10,000, $100,000, $300,000 in bills... for which the insurer still gets only $6,000 to cover. The only way you can cover that additional $4,000 or $96,000 or $294,000 is using the $5,000 you didn't spend on the other member.
If Congress cuts the spending on Med Advantage plans, and lowers the per member payments, there won't be enough money to cover everyone and the program will end.
There is a large difference
September 23, 2009 - 10:54 ET by MudhenThere is a large difference of between a lie and difference of opinion. You say we'd be better off to take the Governments word (whom we all know would not and never has lied to us) and I say let these companies state their case, good, bad or otherwise. Its shouldn't be too hard to tell who's version is closer to the truth.
Take a look how many times Obama's own statements on Healthcare have conflicted with what others in his own party have to say. Are these Lies, a difference of opinion or somewhere in between?
A different opinion is not a lie
September 23, 2009 - 12:17 ET by adamjw2Humana was giving their opinion, their interpretation of what is in this latest bill. Explain to me how an opinion can ever be a lie.
Who's stupid?
September 23, 2009 - 16:46 ET by CobraMan"So the government is suppose to let private companies simply lie and mislead their constituents? "
Excuse me, but companies don't have constituents, they have CUSTOMERS.
You may not understand the concept of free speech, but the companies are free to send anything they like to their customers.
As for you're supposed "lies," the Government is not supposed to decide what is truth and what is fiction, especially about subjects the government itself is trying to control (that's called conflict of interest. You should look it up sometime). The customers are only ones who are able to make those decisions, and make them for themselves.
If customers feels that a company is misleading them, they are free to stop using that companiy's services, the government shouldn't be involved. Why should any government send cease and desist orders to any company? Let the PEOPLE do that themselves.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court
Yeah, B. B., Thats Right!
September 23, 2009 - 16:47 ET by GeneralAlYep, only Obama and the Communist Libs are allowed to lie! Its only for our own good! If anyone contradicts the Messiah, its got to be a lie because he is the perfect, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent one. Oh wait thats God I'm talking about! Sorry, B.B., but Obama is not God even if you think so!
the Audacity of Humana
September 23, 2009 - 05:51 ET by BKeyserI saw this on Fox yesterday. One of the words that comes to mind, oddly enough, is audacity. It's absolutely gestapo-like and illustrates the mentality of the crybaby left. Since this is about MediCare Advantage, wouldn't that make Humana a direct competitor of AARP? And doesn't this perfectly forecast the future with government-run health care bringing competition to private health insurance companies? Stunningly overt and outrageously unethical.
WHY does the Obama admin
September 23, 2009 - 06:15 ET by motherbeltWHY does the Obama admin even care if these private insurers pay what Medicare doesn't?
My husband is not retired; he is technically "employed" but on Long-term Disability. After two years of disability you get enrolled in Medicare. Because of that, he has Medicare premiums deducted from his SSDI. He also has a Medicare Advantage plan through his employer.
It is not free. We pay for it every month, even though the cost is shared by the employer, like regular health insurance.
So why does Obama want to do away with these plans?
Easy...it's all part of the plan to do away with all private insurance, in spite of what he says. He wants everyone dependent on the government for their health care, in one form or another.
Don't listen to what he says; watch what he does.
Agreed mb
September 23, 2009 - 06:21 ET by BKeyserThe Raucus plan actually seems to lessen the damage to MA, if I'm remembering correctly. I knew that MA was "supplimental" insurance and from what I've heard, is the only thing that makes MediCare even tolerable for a lot of folks. I've heard that one of the huge "advantages" is that MA takes care of the mountains of required MediCare paperwork; so they affectively administer MediCare for you. (Please correct me if I'm wrong here.) And why would Barry want to eliminate an optional, supplimental insurance to an already failing and burocracy-laden government plan? Well, to make folks more reliant on government, I guess.
I totally agee with your assessment.
Glad to see this didn't go unnoticed
September 23, 2009 - 06:50 ET by docjohn52This is a direct attack on the first amendment, and by the way, if I had a provider that is concerned over it's liquidity, I would not welcome but DEMAND a heads-up.
Whomever the jacka$$ is in control at HHS, needs to get his hat handed to him.
Make no mistake Obama, your transparency is alive and living...
We'll see you at the polls.
→ Another Warning
September 23, 2009 - 07:00 ET by Cool ArrowDon't forget Nancy Pelosi's thinly veiled threat, mentioning the violence of the early '70s.
A Democrat killed Harvey Milk, Nancy!
I've not commented on
September 23, 2009 - 07:19 ET by ConservativeRexI've not commented on anything in a while as it seemed to me y'all had everything covered pretty well. However, this knucklehead Barry Bonds is another matter. That this numb-skull is even allowed on this site with a chance to show his ass ought to make him grateful, it does not.
I have read his post concerning different topics. It's always the same ol' tune. He just throws firebombs, nothing substantial, or worth debating. He can wax rhetorical all he wants, but when the sledgehammer slams down on his empty skull it won't mean a damn thing. If to this point he had written anything that deserved a reply I would have by now. He'll burn out in a bit and mosey on down the trail, like so many before him. Not to be missed by any.
That whistling sound you
September 23, 2009 - 08:48 ET by BKeyserThat whistling sound you hear is me ignoring trolls. Besides, it's hard enough dealing with one goofball named Barry- I don't wish to concern myself with another. It would be nice if others felt the same way sometimes.
I'm with you CRex...
September 23, 2009 - 08:54 ET by JPR1I check in daily here at NB and rarely have the time to comment but this moron deserves a moment.
Anytime I hear such ridiculous, adolescent misuse of English I know I’m listening to a no-account liberal bringing nothing of substance to a discussion.
Hey Barry! Private companies do not have constituents. They have customers! Constituents are members of an electoral body with a clear expectation of honest representation in favor of their best interests.
Grab your dictionary, it’s right there under constipation, a word that just might apply to the space between your ears.
Re knuckleheads
September 23, 2009 - 09:33 ET by slickwillie2001Trolls above all crave attention. Ignoring them is always the best policy. When you ignore them it drives them to more and more outrageous comments until they are banned. Engaging a troll means the troll wins.
You are correct, Slick
September 23, 2009 - 22:48 ET by Scout FinchEvery response to a troll brings a "tingle" up his/her leg. The less we engage in troll response, the less they will desire to engage in nonsense here.
You will never win an argument with a troll. They throw a fire bomb, sit back and wait...and then someone here responds with logic. Trouble is, they don't then respond to a logical reply. They hide out and remain silent until they decide to throw the next fire bomb on another thread.
Today's Confirmation
September 23, 2009 - 08:45 ET by jaywlToday the news includes an item from the CBO saying that Humana was correct. The Obamapushers want to hide the truth of this and any other that informs the public of what Obamacare will bring. Our guardians of truth (the media) should be front and center on this. Not only was Humana correct but the govmint's blatant use of a phoney "appearance of official correspondence" is one more reason the MSM, had this been a Bush admin tactic, would be howling and screaming for weeks, calling for hearings and prosecutions. After the tables turn I hope the this kind of thing is remembered and they have the gumption to treat in kind.
→ This is stupid!!!
September 23, 2009 - 09:04 ET by Cool ArrowSo now the Dems are crying when a Private corporation actually informs its consumers?
Did I say crying? OK, maybe Nancy Pelosi will arrange for a Democrat to kill a few people.
Liars
September 23, 2009 - 10:06 ET by cajun2I know I'm a little late coming in on this thread but I just had to step in it. I will defend NB. The articles on this site, I interpret, as an attempt by NB to bring the truth to Americans, if the truth hurts the dems or gop or this white house, fine. It appears, lately, that much of the news shows just how much this administration lies. I gotta tell ya, its a lot more than the 2 biggest liars in our history and that was LBJ and Nixon combined. It is not about party. Its about the truth. Its about protecting freedom of speech, protecting the constitution and rights of ALL Americans. Sometimes the truth is hard to accept. Libs may be getting more and more angry in their posts, screaming racism, but still come to this site for sharing and information. Methinks, it is because they are currently in denial, but are soon to be faced with a huge disappointment. We must be protective of NB's right to expose the lies, no matter who is telling the lies. We must also understand the grief and disappointment many will feel when THE ONE truly betrays his followers. They will need our support and ok, sympathy, because though we have all been there, for many this is their first time to feel they are being represented, they will be the hardest hit. The answer is not to attack and denigrate but to encourage exposure of lies, deceptions, and threats to our constitution. Those with any intelligence will eventually get it. Those that follow blindly will always be blind. Thank you NB.
The real concern with this
September 23, 2009 - 10:08 ET by BruzillaThe real concern with this isn't freedom of speech. The real concern is the government is saying that because they pay the bills, they set the rules. The only control the government has over insurers is that they make the Medicare Advantage payments, and it now appears the government thinks that they can hold this over the heads of the insurers.
This sets a very dangerous precedent in regards to government-controlled healthcare. If they can intimidate insurers into doing what they demand, they'll also do it to doctors, hospitals, and patients.
internet czar
September 23, 2009 - 11:11 ET by rowdygirlIf he had appointed an internet czar, this would never have happened. I guess this is why he wants control of the internet too.
We're doomed.
The Complete Speech
September 23, 2009 - 11:12 ET by Utherpendhttp://mcconnell.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=318129&start=1
"For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security."
Gibson: "a war of words
September 23, 2009 - 11:42 ET by Chris NormanGibson: "a war of words broke out over what one of the nation's largest health insurance companies is saying about the bill."
Way to downplay the importance of the story by characterizing it as a "war of words", Charlie.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
Quite So, Chris
September 23, 2009 - 13:44 ET by BlondeTo paraphrase, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
I hope he fails, too.
The Fuhrer is getting mad...
September 23, 2009 - 13:27 ET by stage9Das ist nicht gut.
"If God is dead, somebody is going to have to take his place. It will
be megalomania or erotomania, the drive for power or the drive for
pleasure, the clenched fist or the phallus, Hitler or Hugh Hefner."
— Malcolm Muggeridge
Will The DOJ investigate?
September 23, 2009 - 13:44 ET by c5thenThis is a clear violation of the 1st amendment and because it is directed at and impacts primarily only a certain group of people, namely the elderly, IMO it is also a violation of the Civil Rights Act. Will Holder and the DOJ launch a criminal investigation to see who ordered the letter? Will they prosecute the perpetrator in Federal court?
Throw 'da bums out!!!
no incumbent re-elected, with very few exceptions!
www.loyaltoliberty.com
I agree that this is a
September 23, 2009 - 14:26 ET by MaximusBraveheartI agree that this is a travisty, and a hint of the tyranny coming down the road under Obama types. They deserve jail (Obama AND his conspirators)! It is treason to remove our rights that are given under the Constitution. Then he has the nerve to get on TV and say others are lying and then dole out lie after lie. This is a nightmare and the media are fast asleep at the wheel of justice. Most of Congress should be locked up for not upholding their oath. M-B
This is outrageous. I
September 23, 2009 - 16:56 ET by bigtimerThis is outrageous.
I cannot help but wonder how long the American people as a whole are going to keep ignoring the stronghold this administration is putting upon the freedom we have in this country...I hope it won't be too late...
O/Soros team is in competition with Chavez.
I am really worried what's to come on down the line...including the internet.
'Go Green...Recycle Congress'
Come On Guys
September 24, 2009 - 06:29 ET by ChattychitoHow do we stop this Administration and stop them now. they are way out of line. Presidential Media Blitz, ACORN coddling, Anti-white rhetoric from Lloyd, NEA pressuring, Heath Care Socialism and stymieing free speech.
We can let this go on any more. Time to stand up America and have another march on Washington on Thanksgiving day weekend this time we stay until they hear us.
"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effect of folly is to fill the world with fools."
Herbert Spencer's "State Tamperings with Money Banks"