I somehow wound up on the GOP mailing list, and received this e-mail today:

Dear Matt,

Once again, President Obama stepped in front of the prime time TV cameras to attempt to sell the Democrats’ leftist health care scheme to legislators and anyone else who might still be paying attention.

The charm offensive isn’t working. Americans no longer feel the need to give Barack Obama the benefit of the doubt.

They have seen through the hype and media adoration to understand that the Obama Democrats are determined to push their far-left agenda on our country whether the American people like it or not.

You can feel the rising mood of freedom-loving Americans across this country. Not afraid, but incensed and determined, that their government not be a menace to our
hard-earned liberty and prosperity.

They are extremely concerned that the President and his congressional allies are launching an unprecedented assault against the principles upon which America was built.

At town hall meetings, Tea Party protests, and countless other gatherings of concerned patriots, Americans are saying enough is enough. Enough taxes. Enough spending. Enough debt. Enough entitlement. And enough arrogance. Enough.

Those running the Administration and Congress have never seen this kind of public outpouring of dissent. They alone who have the right to protest. They who “know best.” They are wrong.

Our government is of the people, by the people, and for the people. Those aren’t just fancy words. They are the bedrock upon which our republic was founded. Whether power hungry officials in the White House and on Capitol Hill like it or not, they are to serve the interests of the people — not the other way around.

Well, the town halls are over, and Congress is back in session. That’s why you still need to show your support for the principled position of fiscal restraint, personal responsibility, and unfettered liberty as opposed to the Obama Democrats in Washington who are trying to force leftist “change” upon our country.

Send a personalized e-postcard, your own “Declaration of Independence,” to Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid who lead the elitist, “progressive” Democrats.

Let them know enough is enough — you won’t stand idly by while they threaten our livelihoods and liberty with their outrageous Washington power grab.

And when you send your virtual postcard, I hope you will also take this opportunity to make a secure online contribution of $25, $50, $100 or whatever you can to the RNC today to help fund our efforts to recruit and support effective, principled Republican candidates who will know who they work for when they defeat the Democrats this fall and in 2010.

Let’s hold the Obama Democrats accountable for their opportunistic, selfish power grab. Please send a strong message to the Obama Democrats today

Sincerely,
Michael Steele
Chairman, Republican National Committee

P.S. Matt, you can make the Obama Democrats in Washington know you mean business — send them an e-card today. And when you do, please take this opportunity to make a secure online contribution of $25, $50, $100 or more to the RNC to support and elect Republicans who believe in the conservative principles America was founded on. Thank you.

While I’m hardly a GOP sympathizer, I consider myself open to both sides. And their e-mail surely disappoints in that regard. Note that not a single fact about health care is mentioned, yet the plan is an “unprecedented assault against the principles upon which America was built,” and represents an “opportunistic, selfish power grab” by “Obama Democrats.” For one, why oppose the plan? It’s utterly unmentioned, and most of the reasons I’ve heard are based on baldfaced lies.

But more significantly, I think, it never once mentions the GOP plan to reform health care. During the elections, McCain was nearly as vehement as Democrats in stating that the health care system needs urgent reforms. We need to lower costs, insure more people, and improve quality. It would seem that you can’t do them all at once, except that many other nations are doing just that. And the thing that bugs me so much is that I know that some Republicans have excellent ideas, and that, if both parties worked together, we’d have the most effective, most efficient health care system in the world.

But instead, we have this crap. Name calling, baseless accusations, and outright lies. I hear that Pelosi has cooties, too.