DNC's ObamaCare Repeal Lies in the E-Mail

January 16th, 2011 6:38 AM

It's not shocking that Organizing for America, identifying themselves as a project of the Democratic National Committee, would send an e-mail arguing that Republican attempts to repeal ObamaCare were cynical and pandering to insurance companies. No, what's shocking is that they would lie so shamelessly that "We don't take our cues from special interests or lobbyists, and we never will" and "We don't their take their money either." This would seem like an occasion for the returning Fact Checker feature at The Washington Post. An e-mail sent on January 7 by Yohannes Abraham of OFA insisted the Republicans were turning back the clock:

The motivations here have little to do with good policy. Repeal is just the first agenda item of a new Republican majority that is much more interested in appeasing their right-wing base and looking out for special interests than working together to create jobs and grow the economy.

Behind the scenes, insurance-industry lobbyists are working overtime with Republicans to take us back to the days when their clients were able to do whatever they wanted.

But this movement is different. We don't take our cues from special interests or lobbyists, and we never will. We don't take their money either, relying solely on support from folks like you -- and it only makes us stronger.

Is anyone going to believe Barack Obama ascended to the White House without once taking a cue from a special interest? Don't just think corporate hacks -- or perhaps think of the corporate hacks at Abortion Incorporated, Planned Parenthood. Or think, Barack Obama has never "taken a cue" from the NAACP? Then on the "we don't take their money," just imagine the DNC without the financing of unions. Abraham could have made the same feint about being less corporate than the GOP without just shredding credibility.