Ga. democratic party letter - John Oxendine and petition for healthcare reform

[groundloop]

www.georgiademocrat.org/healthcarefacts

www.georgiademocrat.org/healthcarepetition


Just received this email, figured it would be worth posting here in case anyone didn't get it. I have no elusions about getting any meaningful action out of the Georgia repubs in Washington or Atlanta, but at least sign the petition and let them know we exist.



Dear Groundloop,

Yesterday, one of our Democratic Party of Georgia staff members walked into my
office and said, "Matt, you've got to see this. John Oxendine has started a website
to stop health care reform."
I was floored. John Oxendine, Georgia's Insurance Commissioner and right-wing
candidate for Governor, has started a website to stop health care reform?
The same John Oxendine who has taken over $2.6 million from special interests in the
insurance industry.
The same John Oxendine who was caught red-handed by the Atlanta Journal Constitution
for taking an illegal amount of money from insurance PACS.

His hypocrisy would be funny, if the need for health care reform was not so
pressing. We have 1.6 million Georgians who don't have health care today, and over
95% of them are either working or looking for work.
I believe that John Oxendine ought to be looking out for those folks, but instead
he's doing what he's always done, toting water for the big insurance companies.
When you take a look at John Oxendine's smear site, it's nothing new - the same
trash and distortion that Republican mouthpieces like Rush Limbaugh have been
dropping all over the country. Here at the Democratic Party of Georgia, we believe
in the truth. That's why we've got a new page on our website, dedicated to
rebutting the distortions of John Oxendine and folks like him. You can see for
yourself at www.georgiademocrat.org/healthcarefacts.
Here's one thing you can do right now to help the fight for health care reform. You
can go to www.georgiademocrat.org/healthcarepetition and join thousands of Georgians
who know that the time for health care reform is now. We need your voice to add to
the call for affordable, quality health care for every American.
In the end, the fight for health care reform is about people - victims of a health
care system that, for far too long, has been gamed in favor of big insurance
companies and special interests. John Oxendine wants to keep it that way. You can
tell him that he's wrong.
Sincerely,
Matt Weyandt
Executive Director
Democratic Party of Georgia

[Laelth]

1. Done. k&r n/t

:dem:

-Laelth

[RebelOne]

2. Done. Hope it helps. n/t

[SeaLyons]

3. Done...n/t

[Raffi Ella]

4. "...but at least sign the petition and let them know we exist."

It's sad Ga is so SO red. Anyway, I exist! signed sealed and delivered.

Thanks.