From the 1961 Operation Coffee Cup Campaign against Socialized Medicine as proposed by the Democrats, then a private citizen Ronald Reagan Speaks out against socialized medicine.
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ABC is refusing paid ads for its health care program at the White House. Thus they’re refusing even a paid-for alternative viewpoint.
Conservatives for Patients Rights requested the rates to buy a 60 second network spot immediately preceding the broadcast of the Town Hall meeting.
Here is statement from Rick Scott, chairman of Conservatives for Patients Rights.
“It is unfortunate – and unusual – that ABC is refusing to accept paid advertising that would present an alternative viewpoint for the White House health care event. Health care is an issue that touches every American and all potential pieces of legislation have carried a pricetag in excess of $1 trillion of taxpayers’ money. The American people deserve a healthy, robust debate on this issue and ABC’s decision – as of now – to exclude even paid advertisements that present an alternative view does a disservice to the public. Our organization is more than willing to purchase ad time on ABC to present an alternative viewpoint and our hope is that ABC will reconsider having such viewpoints be part of this crucial debate for the American people. We were surprised to hear that paid advertisements would not be accepted when we inquired and we would certainly be open to purchasing time if ABC would reconsider.”
Wild Thing’s comment…….
I would think this was an an antitrust violation or the FCC rule regarding public air ways. But I don’t know that much about that kind of thing. ABC is now a state-run news organization taking their marching orders from Obama.
We will get one side, the pro-government side. They will debate how much government should do, not whether it shouldn’t. TYRANNY
This entire farce will be scripted in advance. Obama will know every question that will be asked, and will have a prepared answer- whether from teleprompter or from memory. In fact, I’m willing to bet the White House will pick the questions it wants to answer.
Fox needs to have an hour long show up against it with alternative ideas. Let’s see who wins in the ratings. heh heh
Bottom line is this is a Screw you!” to any citizen that does not agree with him. Nice huh, what a president this jerk is even to his own voters that might have a brain cell left to know they do not want socialized medicine, the death sentence.
If anyone feels like you want to tell ABC how you feel about any of this, here is a link.
http://abc.go.com/site/contactus.html
OK so the other side of the coin is this. This could be all good news. It shows the Demoncrats are LOSING on health care. They DON’T HAVE THE VOTES, and need to resort to Obamapropaganda to try and rally public support.
Also just let one of the communist lefties try to introduce The Fairness Doctrine now. LOL OH sure and all we have to do is laugh in their faces and say…..ABC mate.