ABC, NBC Won't Air Ad Critical of Obama's Health Care Plan

Posted by Gordon on August 31, 2009 at 10:00am
Posted 8/31/2009 6:11 AM PDT on thecalifornian.com

ABC, NBC Won't Air Ad Critical of Obama's Health Care Plan

By Joshua Rhett Miller

FOXNews.com

Thursday, August 27, 2009

The refusal by ABC and NBC to run a national ad critical of President Obama's health care reform plan is raising questions from the group behind the spot -- particularly in light of ABC's health care special aired in prime time last June and hosted at the White House.

The 33-second ad by the League of American Voters, which features a neurosurgeon who warns that a government-run health care system will lead to the rationing of procedures and medicine, began airing two weeks ago on local affiliates of ABC, NBC, FOX and CBS. On a national level, however, ABC and NBC have refused to run the spot in its present form.

"It's a powerful ad,” said Bob Adams, executive director of the League of American Voters, a national nonprofit group with 15,000 members who advocate individual liberty and government accountability. "It tells the truth and it really highlights one of the biggest vulnerabilities and problems with this proposed legislation, which is it rations health care and disproportionately will decimate the quality of health care for seniors.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEHl_RhpMh8&feature=player_embedded

Today, the health of millions of Americans is threatened by a planned government takeover of our health care system. This takeover will ration health care, limit important medicines and surgeries for seniors and end Medicare as we know it. It will add 50 million new patients — including illegal aliens.


If the above doesn't move you then maybe the following will:

Rep. Jim Moran, D. - Va, Town hall Meeting


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIKPKjl0-pg&feature=player_embedded

Town-hall clash! Arrest threat over Obama 'Joker' poster
Officer to protester: This ain't America no more

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Posted: August 28, 2009
10:57 pm Eastern



By Drew Zahn
© 2009 WND

This used to be America," argued a protester outside a health care town hall meeting in Reston, Va., after a security officer threatened him with arrest for holding up a sign with a picture critical of Barack Obama.

Officer Wesley Cheeks Jr. then told the protester that even though others were holding signs, his sign was unacceptable because of the depiction of Obama.

"But you got this with a picture," Cheeks said, explaining why the protester was being singled out from the others. "That's the difference. This has got a picture on it. That don't have a picture on it.

"Sir, leave the picture down," the officer said. "If you put the picture back up, you'll be charged with trespassing."

The protester continued the argument, wondering how his presence among hundreds of others at the town hall meeting could be deemed trespassing.

The officer answered, "If I told you once to take it down and you put it back up, I can charge you with whatever I want to charge you with."

The argument continued until the officer walked away.

"This used to be America," said the protester.

"It ain't no more, OK?" answered Cheeks.


Officer Cheeks is a member of the Fairfax County Public Schools' trained School Security Officer team. The school's security force, however, refused to comment on the story until its communications offices reopen on Monday.
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Comment by Josie on August 31, 2009 at 10:50pm It figures! They're all in love with Obama.