SEIU Plan For Missouri Based On National Propaganda Strategy

Big Government Just dropped a bomb on the healthcare debate.

The work of Robert Creamer:

In the book, Creamer draws lessons from decades of experience on the radical left, including the teachings of arch-radical Saul Alinsky, and several episodes from Rep. Schakowsky’s political career. He also lays out a “Progressive Agenda for Structural Change,” which includes a ten-point plan for foisting universal health care on the American people in 2009:

• “We must create a national consensus that health care is a right, not a commodity; and that government must guarantee that right.”
• “We must create a national consensus that the health care system is in crisis.”
• “Our messaging program over the next two years should focus heavily on reducing the credibility of the health insurance industry and focusing on the failure of private health insurance.”
• “We need to systematically forge relationships with large sectors of the business/employer community.”
• “We need to convince political leaders that they owe their elections, at least in part, to the groundswell of support of [sic] universal health care, and that they face political peril if they fail to deliver on universal health care in 2009.”
• “We need not agree in advance on the components of a plan, but we must foster a process that can ultimately yield consensus.”
• “Over the next two years, we must design and organize a massive national field program.”
• “We must focus especially on the mobilization of the labor movement and the faith community.”
• “We must systematically leverage the connections and resources of a massive array of institutions and organizations of all types.”
• “To be successful, we must put in place commitments for hundreds of millions of dollars to be used to finance paid communications and mobilization once the battle is joined.”

Creamer adds: “To win we must not just generate understanding, but emotion—fear, revulsion, anger, disgust.”

In Missouri - this took place through the use of Missourians for Quality Home Care. The MEC site is mess, but I can show you these two screenshots I pulled that show how Missouri progressives sought to change the term of the debate with millions of dollars. 

The reports aren't active on that page, but I'll eventually find them. It's an example of how "transparency" really is designed to look good, but not really work. 

Who got this money? Citizen Services, Inc.

Here is the first document of what the progressives were up to last year.

Here is an expenditure report for April 2008.  Ballotpedia says over $500,000 was eventually paid to CSI for petitions support. That's quite a hefty sum, and let's be clear - that's money from SEIU to ACORN (CSI writes the checks for ACORN).

So in Missouri, we see hundreds of thousands of dollars used to build up a massive field organization, repeated efforts to demonize the health insurance industry, a progressive push to make Democrats think there is a groundswell of support for the healthcare they have to support to stay elected, and a clear attempt to "systematically leverage the connections and resources of a massive array of institutions and organizations of all types."

Heathcare isn't about making people healthy. It's not about coverage.  It's a massive propaganda effort written by a convicted felon and embraced wholeheartedly by the Democrats.  They don't even bother to hide it anymore. 

And who happened to be standing in front of that juggernaut?  Kenneth Gladney.  After the attack, that same massive machine wasn't about to let some black guy in St Louis who had the audacity to complain about being punched and kicked derail their plans.  

Comments

[Gretchen]

Why don't we have our sterling attorney geneal Nixon look into this matter? hahaha. However, as his ratings are falling, perhaps he can redeem himself in some way before he has to face re election.

This is robbery of the maximum degree.