You might have seen that the nurses from the national RN union--National Nurses Organizing Committee/California Nurses Association--are on a national tour to talk about the role and the importance of healthcare in this election.
After healthcare, what is the first thing that people in battleground states around the country are talking about as the nurses do their ourteach?
Yep.
They're talking about the small fortune Sarah Palin dropped on 2 months of clothes. The $150,000 represents an 80-year clothes budget of the average Joe or Jo Sixpack...and symbolize a party not just out of touch with average people, but really out of hearing, sound, and sight of them as well.
So we're launching DressLikePalin.com. Check it out. What would you spend $150,000 on?
"Obama...Wants to Steal My Big-Screen TV"
During this incredible election, we have seen the nasty and toxic side of the American character forced to the surface.
It has rarely been worse than the words uttered just this morning at a "Stop Obama" rally perpetuated by one Mark Phillips, a conservative activist and sometime Fox News commentator.
Nurses from Nevada and around the country continued rolling through Western Nevada today as part of the "Drive for Healthcare Voters" tour, visiting the small towns of Gardnerville and Fallon. The tour is being put on by the National Nurses Organizing Committee, which is America's largest RN union, and is complemented by a campaign including mail pieces, phonebanking, and advertising. Our goal is to make sure that voters have the information they need to be healthcare voters.
Day 2 of the tour was intense and emotional, as our healthcare outreach led to many conversations with voters about what is going on in their lives.
The National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC) today kicked off a national road show and outreach campaign designed to inform voters about the healthcare proposals of both leading Presidential candidates. 5 swing states will be targeted before the election for this healthcare outreach.
As one nurse from St. Mary's Medical Center Reno put it, "Our patients are voters too, and we're here to get them the information they need."
The road show hits 11 different Nevada cities stops this week--everywhere from Reno to Elko to the Shoshone Reservation--with a striking wrapped bus featuring the nurses' report cards on Obama and McCain. Next week, the bus turns left and heads to Ohio, Pennsylvania, Manchester NH and Bangor ME (along with a visit to healthcare hero Eric Massa, running for Congress in New York.)
Obama: Bailout won't delay health reform
Ramon Castellblanch says we need a public health insurance system.
The National Nurses Movement, and healthcare activists across the country, believe in Andrea Miller. Her message of guaranteed healthcare, as represented by HR 676, is just what this country needs--and just what she needs to beat out-of-touch Republican J. Randy Forbes in Virginia's 4th District.
That's why she's been named this week's Healthcare Hero. The Healthcare Heroes are nominated by the National Nurses Organizing Committee, California Nurses Association, and Leadership Conference on Guaranteed Healthcare to honor and bring attention to Congressional candidates who commit to fight for--and win--genuine healthcare reform.
More about Andrea below...but what she really needs to beat Forbes is your financial support. Can you help out?
In a season of wild stories, here's the next one: Governor Arnold is facing a recall, just as his state is falling apart and some crucial healthcare bills are waiting to be signed. This new threat to his term opens a window of opportunity to push some of those bills through.
He's got no one to blame but himself. There's a ridiculous case of budget gridlock hitting California right now...the budget is historically late, key bills are stalled, the most vulnerable among us are threatened, and there is not a single Republican willing to support the budget proposed by either Republican Governor Schwarzenegger or the legislative Dems.
Into this tinderbox, the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) has just thrown a match. They've started the process to recall Arnold Schwarzenegger, an accidental governor who assumed office when his processor was recalled.
John Conyers yesterday...and the Seattle PI today...ask us the same question: are you ready to rock the boat on healthcare and fight for genuine reform?
The answer is yes from a growing number of people....editorial boards across the country, 450+ labor organizations, 59% of physicians, the national nurses movement, and--I suspect--a majority of delegates to the Dem convention.
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