If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, what will keep our GOP
governor from mixing apples and oranges in his bogus arguments against
reforming health care for South Dakotans?
In an interview with the Rapid City Journal,
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2009/08/10/news/local/doc4a7f5751dd121262737460.txt,
Rounds tries to argue against health care reform by pointing to
problems with the Indian Health Service.
While no South Dakotans would disagree that Indian Health Care needs
reform, too, trying to stop President Obama's health care policy by
changing the subject is part of the nationwide corporate campaign to
take attention away from the real issues. It is part of the same
script that finances protesters who are aligned with the corporate
lobbyists and insurance companies who are trying to stop reform. These
are the people who got us into this mess to begin with, and South
Dakota's Governor is part of that industry.
August is the critical time. Call or write TODAY to tell Governor
Rounds, Rep. Herseth-Sandlin, Sen. Johnson and Sen. Thune that South
Dakotans want the same cure for our sick health care system as all
Americans—affordability, access, and quality.
Fight back! Click here to email, call or write:
http://www.state.sd.us/governor/
http://hersethsandlin.house.gov/contact.html
http://thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Email
http://johnson.senate.gov/contact/
http://healthcareforamericanow.org/site/fight
MEET ME AT THE FAIR!
The Pennington County Democratic Party will join forces with other
West River county parties to staff a booth at the Central States Fair
from noon, Friday August 21 to noon on Sunday, Aug. 30. Ritchie
Nordstrom is chairing the effort to recruit staff to tend the booth
from noon to 8 p.m. daily. Ritchie is looking for your ideas to make
the booth attractive, and your time to meet and greet neighbors and
friends. Please sign up for a two-hour shift on any of the days of the
fair, to help set up on the 21st or take down on the 30th. You can
contact Ritchie at ritch@rushmore.com.
HEALTH CARE TOPIC OF AUGUST COUNTY MEETING
Find out what's really going on with Health Care Reform from advocates
in the midst of the action.
Pennington County Dems are hosting a picnic and panel discussion on
health care reform on Thursday, August 27 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the AFL-
CIO Labor Temple, 922 E. St. Patrick St. We'll provide the chili.
Bring something to share.
Watch this site for more details.
SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER BEGINS CAMPAIGN
State Senator Scott Heidepriem of Sioux Falls is running for governor
of South Dakota!
The campaign website will launch soon, but in the meantime, supporters
can join Sen. Heidepriem's Facebook group here:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=122462618768#/group.php?gid=122462618768
This group serves as an official meeting place for all of his
supporters. You can show support for the campaign, offer comments or
ask questions of Scott. All are also encouraged to use this group to
organize community-wide door-to-door campaign events with family and
friends, or any number of other events to celebrate and support
Scott's campaign.
Heidepriem for Governor
431 N. Phillips Ave., Suite 400
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
You can check out news from the South Dakota Democratic Party
Newsletter at http://sddp.org/ or download a copy of the latest
newsletter, Tatanka Blue.
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