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VotedHillary · Platinum

YouTube: "Call Me Senator"....a Friday funny.

Sanders · Diamond

That's quite an advertisement production by RightChange. Personal politics of putting down the person to hurt their policy position?

I wonder who are the people funding it!

So.... I looked up in wikipedia

According to National Public Radio, RightChange "reported $2.7 million in contributions from its president, Fred Eshelman, CEO of PPD, a pharmaceutical research firm in North Carolina. PPD's chairman, Ernest Mario, gave an additional $1 million. Mario also runs Capnia Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based company developing a system to treat migraines using medical gas." NPR noted that "RightChange.com's other directors also have connections to the health industry. Board member Jeff Barnhart is CEO of Cabarrus Community Health Centers, which RightChange's corporate secretary, Fletcher Hartsell, helped found. Both Barnhart and Hartsell are Republican state legislators in North Carolina."

May be they dont want any curbs on the Pharmaceutical industry that is very likely to come as the MLR (85% and 80%) constraints begin to force insurance companies to go up and down their cost curve to reduce cost.

AND, By the way, RightChange and PACs raise funds from public. Your contribution to RightChange or any PAC is NOT reported, but your contribution directly to a candidate will be reported. How's that for fairness?

Which corporations do we want to fund DNP party candidates and Independents? I'd say none!

And, BTW, I like this video clip actually. Both what Sen.Boxer did and the journalist's assessment.. Very fair and balanced real good assessment.

-- Edited by Sanders on Friday 22nd of October 2010 11:31:26 PM

freespirit · Moderator

That "call me senator" statement was a tad over the top. I recall watching that hearing when Boxer was doing the questioning. She came off as arrogant and hostile. My guess is that she regrets that little tirade.

VotedHillary · Platinum

I was motivated to do something on this after I saw the video of Barbara Boxer interrogating Brig. Gen. Michael Walsh.

I remember immediately feeling embarrassed that a member of Congress would treat an officer of the U.S. military like that. And doubly embarrassed that back in the early 90’s I had contributed to Barbara Boxer’s campaign. I was so outraged at the pure arrogance of that moment, that I sat down to write the spot, highlighting the pure absurdity of our California Senator dressing down a Brigadier General for calling her “Ma’am.” No Naked Gun or Scary Movie ever had an opportunity as good as that one for pure ridicule. Never mind that the military personnel are instructed to call their superiors including members of congress ‘Sir’ or ‘Ma’am’, including specifically, Members of Congress!

Snip:

In her debate with Carly Fiorina, the subject was brought up, but Senator Boxer was quite adept at deflecting it — and still without an apology. Let this video be my apology. Every time I see the public record listing my campaign contribution to Boxer — I wince. I mean, we all have things we’ve done in the past that we’re embarrassed about, but I’d rather have my being restricted to stay at least 100 yards away from elementary schools be public knowledge than that $5,000 Boxer campaign contribution.

http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dzucker/2010/10/22/call-me-madam-let-this-video-be-my-apology-for-once-supporting-sen-boxer/

David Zucker is a writer/director/producer of films such as Airplane, the Naked Gun and Scary Movie. He has gone from liberal Democrat to Republican-leaning and backed Hillary Clinton in 2008.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Zucker

-- Edited by VotedHillary on Sunday 24th of October 2010 12:02:48 AM