OFA Launches Web Page To 'Set The Record Straight' On Health Care

[babylonsister]

President’s Former Campaign Committee Sets Up “Setting the Record Straight” Page

August 19, 2009 6:52 PM


Officials of the President’s former campaign committee “Obama For America” – now “Organizing For America,” and part of the Democratic National Committee – have added a “Setting the Record Straight” page to push back against “lies” about health insurance reform and “expose the special interests and partisan attack groups who deliberately spread these rumors and lies in a desperate attempt to preserve the status quo. “

“These lies create fear and anger – and we're seeing the results around the country,” Mitch Stewart, director of Organizing for America, writes on the web page, launched today.

The webpage is far more sharp-elbowed than the one at WhiteHouse.gov, as in the page debunking “Former Governor Sarah Palin's Outrageous ‘Death Panel’ Comments.”

Some “fact checks” will be disputed. The webpage, for instance, goes after the town hall disruptors in a way the White House no longer does. (Though it once did.)

“Staged Disruptions Organized by Right-Wing Groups,” asserts the footnoted OFA “Setting the Record Straight” page. “Insurance companies, special interests, and partisan attack organizations are spreading lies and using scare tactics in order to incite people to lash out at their representatives and disrupt public events. …Their goal is not to debate or to have their voices heard. The goal of these disruptions is to hijack the entire public discourse, shut down debate, intimidate and instill fear.”

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http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/08/presidents-former-campaign-committee-sets-up-setting-the-record-straight-page.html

[Peacetrain]

1. Good deal.. maybe the media will check in for a change and get their stories straight

[Cha]

2. Good, I was posting this on different

threads yesterday that had negative "media" stories on it.

Another good thing about this White House is they see a problem.. they're working for solutions while caring about the American People.

[Teaser]

3. web site ain't gonna cut it, though

we need a televised speech outlining the basics of the plan.

[babylonsister]

4. It will help people who are looking for info. I have to believe

there are a lot of people out there who have valid concerns.

[Teaser]

6. yeah, but I think a lot of the "confused'

are low info types who barely understand email.

I swear, my mom still doesn't know how to use Google.

[DrToast]

5. Wow....a website. That should settle things. n/t

[FrenchieCat]

7. More threads of folks buying media spin here

than folks recommending something to deflect media spin.

How tragic!

[NYC_SKP]

8. +1 nt