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| Posted by: Dan McGrath |
11/17/2009 |
Reagan’s prophetic message rings as true today as it did nearly 50 years ago
Today Minnesota Majority released a new radio and internet advertisement featuring excerpts of a talk by Ronald Reagan which was sponsored by the American Medical Association (AMA) in 1961. The program was used as part of Operation Coffee Cup, a neighbor-to-neighbor campaign that involved people gathering in living rooms across the nation to listen to a LP recording of Ronald Reagan warning of the dangers of a government takeover of healthcare. The record came with other informational materials and instructions on how to write letters to Congress.
“It was like a pre-internet action alert,” said Jeff Davis, president of Minnesota Majority. “Today we have new tools like email and YouTube to get our message out more quickly, but the basic principles are essentially the same,” he said. “It’s amazing to consider that we’ve been fighting against this encroachment by government for nearly five decades.”
The AMA recording, “Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine” was dedicated to the public domain by the AMA. They encouraged the message to be spread by any possible avenues. “The AMA is a completely different organization today,” noted Davis. “They have done a complete flip-flop on this issue, bowing to political pressure from the Obama administration.”
Minnesota Majority has also dedicated our Ronald Reagan Health Care audio/video production to the public domain, making it available to any organization that is interested in using the audio or video with their own brand in other markets. “Since the bill has been passed in the House, we have a limited time to try to stop it in the Senate,” said Davis. A generic version of the advertisement, excluding Minnesota Majority’s branding, is available for download for any organization that wishes to make use of it. [MPG2 video | WAV Audio]
Take Action: Call 1-888-REAGAN-8 to hear a short message about the health care bill and then you will be transfered to the US Capitol switchboard to be connected to your Senators. Ask for either Senator Franken or Senator Klobuchar. Better yet, call twice and talk to both of them. |
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Re: New Ad Featuring Ronald Reagan Combats Government Takeover of Healthcare |
By Steve Hansmann on
11/19/2009 |
| It's no surprise that Reagan would do this with the help of the Doctor's union, which is all the AMA really is. The republican party, the AMA, the chamberof commerce, the pharmaceutical and insurance industries, have been against ANY reform or change in how health care is provided since Teddy Roosevelt. I cannot, for the life of me, imagine how any republican can hold their head up in public after literally being against every single thing that even remotely benefitted people who actually work for a living. |
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Re: New Ad Featuring Ronald Reagan Combats Government Takeover of Healthcare |
By Barb on
2/8/2010 |
Growing up democrat, too young to vote for Reagan, he inspired me to vote for those that spoke of power to the people. Freedom to the people and dignity of the people. Democrats take any matter and emphasize a pity party for power, control and money. Read the constitution Steve, and then state your claim! Reagan was a genuine man who PUT FAITH in a FREE PEOPLE. Unlike the looney goons leading now.
EVERYTHING'S A CRISIS, BECAUSE WE THE GOVERNMENT SAY SO! |
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Re: New Ad Featuring Ronald Reagan Combats Government Takeover of Healthcare |
By Josh on
2/8/2010 |
Trackbacks don't seem to show on this blog, so here's the permalink of my outsider-thoughts:
http://www.esinner.com/2009/12/01/why-is-the-us-against-universal-healthcare/ |
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