MOVEON: Emergency White House HEALTH CARE rally 1 pm TODAY

[chimpymustgo]

Dear MoveOn member,

Last night, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that Senate Democrats are willing to accept Joe Lieberman's demands to gut the health care bill.1

According to press reports, Sen. Reid was acting at the behest of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, who told him Democrats should give up on the public option and on expanding Medicare in order to get Lieberman's vote.2

But while the White House is pressuring Democrats to cave in to Joe Lieberman, President Obama doesn't appear to have even bothered to contact Lieberman directly to tell him to stop obstructing health care reform.3

This new deal isn't final yet, but to stop it we need President Obama to step up. So MoveOn members are holding an emergency rally in front of the White House at 1 p.m. this afternoon, where we'll call on the President to stand up to Joe Lieberman and fight for real health care reform with a public option.

We know it's short notice, but we need as many people as possible to get the media's attention and show that grassroots progressives aren't ready to cave in to Joe Lieberman. Can you join us?

Yes, I'll be at the White House at 1 p.m.

Sorry, I can't make it.

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Posting to inform. I applaud the fighting spirit.

[eridani]

1. After signaling to Congress that they were willing to compromise

--the "public option" into near non-existence, WTF did they expect, anyway?

[tavalon]

2. Hopefully, some of the locals can get out there.