Bob's Backyard

I received yet another email from Moveon.org

Wait.  Some explanation is in order.  I got unwittingly subscribed to MoveOn.org after subscribing to Barack Obama’s site during the campaign.. I donated $5 to Obama’s campaign in the beginning because he sounded interesting and on the Democrat side, I thought he was by far the best choice.  But ever since donating, I got put on the MoveOn.org distribution list. 

So anyway, I received the following email

Dear MoveOn member,

Right-wing mobs aren’t just disrupting congressional town halls—their outlandish lies are now making their way into mainstream news coverage, too.

We need to set the record straight. The majority of Americans support real health care reform. And no wonder, given the incredible cost of inaction.

In Michigan alone, 620 people lose their coverage every day. And for those with insurance, yearly premiums will hit $22,579 in a few years if we don’t act.

We can’t let right-wing extremists ruin the biggest opportunity in a generation to get real reform. Can you send a quick letter to the editor of The Detroit Free Press—or another local paper—about the urgent need in Michigan for Congress to pass health care reform with a real public option?

Ugh.  So instead of doing the right thing and just unsubscribing to the email list (which would probably help keep me more healthy in terms of blood pressure, heart attacks and apoplectic shock), I decided to use their email system to give my voice.

Here’s the email I sent through their system.

Subject: The government needs to stay out of our healthcare

The American public is overwhelmingly opposed to government involvement in our healthcare.

Obama was touted as the great unifier, but clearly he’s overstepping his bounds by ignoring more than half of this country’s citizens views and charging ahead solely on party lines.

There are much bigger problems for our Congress and President to focus on rather than imposing Socialist policies that will cripple our already fledgling economy.

The White House needs to stop asking neighbors to turn in other neighbors, stop the marketing assault on our public and turn to policies that enable individual liberties.

Thank you for your time.

But, come on, really.  Surely MoveOn.org will end up filtering emails like these and would NEVER allow my letter to get through.  In fact, I bet they report me to the IRS or something, or send some Union thugs my way or otherwise make my life hell.  I expect them to fight dirty, I really do.

Who knows.  Maybe my use of their system might convince one or two people on the back end?

You can write a letter through MoveOn.org, too!  Just follow this Write A Letter link and compose it up!