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 Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 2:13 am Post subject: White House Asks Citizens for Information on Health Care |
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Article Here.
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"There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there," the blog said, adding that "since we can't keep track of all of them here at the White House, we're asking for your help."
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The White House said it wanted to be made aware of "fishy" comments about its health care plan because it wants to set the record straight. But critics called White House move an Orwellian tactic designed to control the health care debate.
"This is a very troubling attempt to stifle the free speech of Americans who have the constitutional right to express their opinion and concerns about health care," said Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice. He called on Obama to repudiate his blog. |
What do you think? Personally, while I feel a large portion of any real "resistance" to health care reform is the result of the active spread of misinformation and invalid argumentation by the Insurance Industry and their Conservative pets, the White House should have no problem keeping apprised of the false information in circulation without resorting to this sort of nonsense. Conservatives are screaming it on television daily, after all.
Anyone with a basic knowledge of history can easily see how making such a request of American citizens does nothing more than provide the opponents of the Obama Administration ammunition. How could anyone have actually thought it was a good idea? |
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