Edwards fundraiser - CUTE!

[sandnsea]

https://secure.ga3.org/03/Halloween/nQpzQtPM1vPCj

Click on this and then imagine this letter instead of the thank you note. Came in my email, I like to get stuff from all the campaigns to keep up.

>>It's not the ghosts and goblins of Halloween. It's that 12 MILLION of them DON'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE.

There is only ONE candidate with a real plan to guarantee that EVERY SINGLE CHILD in America has health insurance.

Others say, 'my plan covers almost every child.' Or 'my plan covers 96 percent of all children.'

Senator John Edwards thinks THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. Where he is from, it's WRONG to leave any child without proper health care. The United States has the best health care system in the world - the best doctors, nurses, and other professionals - why shouldn't every child have access to it?

EVERY CHILD
John Edwards' health care plan guarantees that each and every child in America - for the first time in our history - will have quality health insurance.

Help John Edwards do what is right. Please give $31 by October 31 to help John Edwards' campaign. With John Edwards in the White House, America's kids (and their parents) can forget about worries over health care coverage and enjoy the spooky fun of Halloweens to come.

We're going to try to make this Halloween scary for President Bush by raising $100,000 by October 31. Add your contribution to our Halloween goodie bag online and send a message that health care is the right of every U.S. child.


Thank you for your support!

[pruner]

1. has John Edwards given health care to ONE SINGLE CHILD?

EOT

[dajabr]

2. Irrelevant!

He SAW people without healthcare in the Mills. Or was it the Malls?

Yes, it's all about the Mills... sheesh!

[AP]

8. Well, it certianly wasn't at the Mayflower Club (Dean's LI country club?)

(or was that, the Madestone Club?) and it wasn't at St George's (Dean's prep school) and it wasn't at Yale.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

9. St. Albans *cough*

[JohnKleeb]

14. Thats Al Gore's school not Edwards.

BTW I think what Edwards saw in the mills that is uninsured people is relevant, indeed if I were a miner like my ancestors were I would see the need.

[DemDogs]

15. Edwards went to high school

in his hometown in NC. I don't think too many millworkers send their kids to St Albans.

[JohnKleeb]

19. neither do I

:hi: Kucinich supporter here but I like Senator Edwards, truly a credit to the value of hard work and he has some neat views, hes my kind of democrat, a populist who fights for the little guy.

[KittyWampus]

22. Maidstone Club?

Hey! That's right around the corner from where I live... were the Deans members?

Jeez, that's the epitome of Lily White Bread Land....

[AP]

24. Yes indeed.

He grew up in a big house on Long Island. Had an apartment on 5th or Park Ave (cant' remember). Went to St Georges and Yale.

[sandnsea]

3. Deanie's shitting all over a thread

in two minutes flat. Must be some kind of record.

I wonder if Howard Dean would have done anything if it weren't for federal regulations. Even Dr. Dynasaur was the result of that do-nothing Congress. Dean is totally full of shit.

"The following year, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA-87) allowed states to extend this optional poverty-level coverage to children up to eight years of age and to raise the income eligibility threshold for infants and pregnant women up to 185% of poverty. The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Acts of 1989 and 1990 (OBRA-89 and OBRA- 90) subsequently mandated certain coverage that had been optional up to that time. Specifically, OBRA-89 required all states to cover children up to age six with incomes below 133% of poverty. And OBRA-90, as described in the text, required states to phase in coverage for all children up to age 19 in families with incomes below 100% of poverty (reaching full coverage of children by October 2001)."

http://www.futureofchildren.org/information2827/information_show.htm?doc_id=77623

[w4rma]

5. It's not like many Dean threads go by without you doing what you say

Deanies are doing. :shrug:

Anyway, I thought Gephardt's policy was for single payer universal health care which would every single child in America (and the adults too).

Part of the Dean proposal extends "health coverage to every uninsured child and young adult up to age 25, {he}'ll redefine and expand two essential federal and state programs -- Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program."
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/PageServer?pagename=policy_statement_health

I don't know what Kerry's or Clark's proposals are.

[SahaleArm]

6. Curious?

Is Dean willing to play hardball with the AMA and promise universal single-payer healthcare?

[sandnsea]

7. Are you sure?

I butt into fundraising and meetup and other threads of that nature? Might want to recheck that. You'd find I avoid them.

This is a thread about a cute fundraising email, nothing more. Go ahead and piss on it if you want to, won't surprise me a bit.

[indigo32]

10. I have to admit

we are in agreement that that was lame... but not all of us are like that SandnSea

[sandnsea]

11. Well actually

This is sort of an open response to someone who was crowing because one whole Kerry thread managed to go by without a snide comment. My experience is more along the lines of what happened here and it happens all the time and has been happening for a very long time. There's guilty people in all camps, but Deanie's deny that this happens and it's annoying.

[knick4life]

17. John Edwards' Record on Healthcare

You can find it at
http://www.johnedwards2004.com/healthcare-record.asp

[topdog08]

26. He co-authored the Patients Bill of Rights

Which passed the Senate but was defeated by Republicans in the House.

[DemDogs]

27. At least four

Edwards has had four children.
And then his business, which I am sure had health benefits.
Which means he has given health insurance to every single child within his control to do so. 100%

[Toucano]

4. 43.6 million uninsured Americans.

12 million is a nice start, but I wish we were more ambitious than that.

[DemDogs]

18. Edwards' health care plan was good enough for Clark

He announced it as his own today. AND he called it Real Solutions, the name of Edwards plan. Amazing.

[SahaleArm]

20. So do they have the same coverage?

Or are are you just running around like a headless chicken screaming Edwards invented universal healthcare? And on every thread?

[jeremiah fpoa]

12. A real plan with real solutions

Edwards has a solution for health care reform. Every child born in the US is guaranteed to have it based on tax credits and instant free enrollment upon birth in to a health care program. There is no excuse for accepting anything short of this goal. And there is no reason why Edwards plan isn't the most reliable. Go Edwards.

[DemDogs]

25. And three days left -- donate now! (n/t)

[DemDogs]

13. Cute fundraising promotion - with a positive twist

I really like the idea of a fundraiser keyed to a positive idea. Great work, Edwards.

[ncdem4life]

16. Edwards

I thihk Edwards has the right idea in trying to insure the uninsured and focus on those who are normally forgotten. I think it's refreshing to see someone who remembers what it's like to grow up in humble beginnings (though I realize he does focus on this a lot), and I appreciate his concern for those who are without. Can we honestly say that about the other candidates? Or are we just hearing lip-service from them?

[diamondsoul]

21. This, my friends, is a great pitch!

WTG Edwards team!

[DemDogs]

23. If you like the pitch and like the guy,

go ahead and pitch in the $31. I did more, but I think the $31 is a cute idea. A couple of days left. <https://secure.ga3.org/03/Halloween>