Thursday, August 06, 2009

Your Weekly GOP Trunk - Playing Doctor



Issue 22; August 8, 2009

Welcome to The Weekly Trunk -- The Republican National Committee's new weekly email update on all the latest news and political happenings. The goal of The Weekly Trunk is to inform and arm you with the facts you need to spread our conservative message and refute the misstatements of the Democrats.

This week's issue features...

"I'm Not A Doctor, But I Play One On TV"
Watch House Minority Leader Boehner's new web ad on President Obama's attempt to impose his government-run health care experiment on America.
In response to the Obama administration's request for citizens to report "fishy" claims about President Obama's government-run health care plan, Republican Senator John Cornyn wrote a letter to President Obama raising concern and demanding answers. (Susan Davis, "Cornyn Questions WH's Call to Report 'Fishy' Behavior on Health Care," The Wall Street Journal.com, 8/5/09) - Read the Letter Here
House Minority Whip Eric Cantor explains how President Obama's reliance on "czars" not only undermines his campaign promise of transparency, but more importantly, the U.S. Constitution. (Rep. Eric Cantor, "Obama's 32 Czars," The Washington Post, 7/30/09)
Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) explains one of many Republican solutions for health care reform. (Rep. Tom Price, "How The GOP Wants To Fix Health Care," Politico, 7/30/09)
House Minority Leader Boehner explains why President Obama's and Congressional Democrats' government-run health care experiment would put small business in critical condition. (Rep. John Boehner, "Health Bill Could Handicap Small Businesses," CNN.com, 7/31/09)


Health Care Trojan Horse
Congressman Barney Frank admits President Obama's "public option" plan will eventually lead to a single-payer government-run health care system. (Jordan Fabian, "Frank: Public Option Health Ins. Could Lead To Single Payer," The Hill, 7/30/09) - View video here


So Much for Ending the "Politics of Fear"
Karl Rove outlines how President Obama and his administration are relying on scare tactics to pass their government-run health care scheme. (Karl Rove, "Obama's Great Health Scare," The Wall Street Journal, 7/29/09)


Another Broken Promise
In his haste to spend the taxpayers' money as fast as he can, President Obama's stimulus bill is not fixing America's most dangerous bridges. (Brett J. Blackledge and Matt Apuzzo, "Stimulus Cash Not Fixing Dangerous Bridges," The Associated Press, 7/31/09)


Hold On To Your Wallet
To pay for his experiment on our economy, President Obama is going to have to break his campaign promise and raise taxes on the middle class. (Op-Ed, "Teeing Up The Middle Class," The Wall Street Journal, 8/4/09)


Weekly Republican ResponseBe sure to check out U.S. Senator John Thune's (R-SD) new Weekly Republican Response
video message.

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