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They’re making noise, but not making much sense
- By Richard Burger
- Published 12/29/2009
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The discussions surrounding the federal imposition of mandated health insurance has generated far more than its share of remarkable rhetoric, but some of the most non-germane and amusing instances of it I’ve seen and heard is from a group calling itself Rock the Vote.
This non-profit organization claims it is non-partisan, but a look at its activities quickly gives the impression that the only reason they say so is to protect their 501(c)3 status. In reality that claim is about as non-sensical as their patently left-wing ideology.
The Rock the Vote tag line is “Building political power for young people,” and their contribution to the health care debate, (which is anything but a debate and has nothing to do with health care) is a lovely little video “public service announcement” produced for them and prominently displayed on their Web site.
I can’t recite here the entire dialogue in the video because this is a community newspaper and there’s language in the video that we would not print.
If you’d like to see for yourself, just go to www.rockthevote.com. Just make sure the children are out of earshot when you play it.
Anyway, in the video, in answer to the question, “What would you do for health care?” some young males and some mostly young females with busts bigger than their brains - which isn’t necessarily saying anything good about their busts - encourage viewers to “move in close,” “unbutton” and “flirt” to help convince their peers to support government-mandated health care.
What’s more, they pledge to “stand with those who fight for us and against those who do not,” and warn those who do not stand with them that they, the vote rockers, will never ever, never ever, never ever… Well the word they use next is pretty much what you’d expect from one of the “stars” in the video, an “actress” whose claim to fame is a bit part in a cable television series named “Californication,” in which she plays a stripper. Really a classy bunch, these vote rockers.
Really a confused bunch, too, apparently. They demand health-care insurance mandated in legislation being considered by congress, which will force them to buy it or pay a fine.
That’s curious, because at their age they can buy private plans for considerably less than the mandated insurance, which they presumably would have already signed up for, considering how important they seem to believe such insurance is. You get the sense that there are some things about the proposed legislation they don’t understand.
The other thing they don’t understand is that in the high-stakes game of finding support for legislation among those who share the vote rocker ideology, it takes a lot more than “flirting” to get the job done.
Consider the senate, for example. The going price there to assure the desired vote is $100 million, and that’s just for a procedural vote. When it’s time for the actual approval of the bill, there’s no telling what a vote could be worth.
Still, I suppose one has to admire the initiative of Rock the Vote, and clearly they’re on the right track. After all, they and congress are willing to do much the same thing to get what they want. It’s just that congress doesn’t kiss you first. -RB
This non-profit organization claims it is non-partisan, but a look at its activities quickly gives the impression that the only reason they say so is to protect their 501(c)3 status. In reality that claim is about as non-sensical as their patently left-wing ideology.
The Rock the Vote tag line is “Building political power for young people,” and their contribution to the health care debate, (which is anything but a debate and has nothing to do with health care) is a lovely little video “public service announcement” produced for them and prominently displayed on their Web site.
I can’t recite here the entire dialogue in the video because this is a community newspaper and there’s language in the video that we would not print.
If you’d like to see for yourself, just go to www.rockthevote.com. Just make sure the children are out of earshot when you play it.
Anyway, in the video, in answer to the question, “What would you do for health care?” some young males and some mostly young females with busts bigger than their brains - which isn’t necessarily saying anything good about their busts - encourage viewers to “move in close,” “unbutton” and “flirt” to help convince their peers to support government-mandated health care.
What’s more, they pledge to “stand with those who fight for us and against those who do not,” and warn those who do not stand with them that they, the vote rockers, will never ever, never ever, never ever… Well the word they use next is pretty much what you’d expect from one of the “stars” in the video, an “actress” whose claim to fame is a bit part in a cable television series named “Californication,” in which she plays a stripper. Really a classy bunch, these vote rockers.
Really a confused bunch, too, apparently. They demand health-care insurance mandated in legislation being considered by congress, which will force them to buy it or pay a fine.
That’s curious, because at their age they can buy private plans for considerably less than the mandated insurance, which they presumably would have already signed up for, considering how important they seem to believe such insurance is. You get the sense that there are some things about the proposed legislation they don’t understand.
The other thing they don’t understand is that in the high-stakes game of finding support for legislation among those who share the vote rocker ideology, it takes a lot more than “flirting” to get the job done.
Consider the senate, for example. The going price there to assure the desired vote is $100 million, and that’s just for a procedural vote. When it’s time for the actual approval of the bill, there’s no telling what a vote could be worth.
Still, I suppose one has to admire the initiative of Rock the Vote, and clearly they’re on the right track. After all, they and congress are willing to do much the same thing to get what they want. It’s just that congress doesn’t kiss you first. -RB