Recent Bias in the News about Passing of Healthcare Reform

Opinion: GOP needs to grow up, get back to work

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By Roland S. Martin

Republicans on Capitol Hill are acting like spoiled brats after Democrats snatched victory from the jaws of defeat by passing health care reform.

This is where President Obama should say the heck with all of this partisan nonsense. He should say, "Either you get in the game or get out of the way."

This is the nonsense that voters have tired of. If politicians on both sides are there to represent their views, then they have to do it. For the GOP, stop canceling hearings. Stop threatening not to engage in legislative negotiations. And if Republicans make it clear they will say no to everything, the Democrats must learn to lead and go it alone.

The author of this piece is clearly expressing a biased attitude in this editorial, as the quote above shows. Read the entire article for more samples of biased opinion. Expressly, "If politicians on both sides are there to represent their views, then they have to do it" offends me.

Did the polls not show that the majority of Americans were against the Healthcare Reform Bill that has since become law? Why are the Democrats not being held up to this standard? Democrats did not vote to represent the views of their constituents.

I am one of those constituents feeling very betrayed right now. I voted for Obama in the last election, which I dearly regret now, even though overall I do still like him—but I do not approve of the growth in government and spending and I despise the healthcare reform law that puts my individual rights into the hands of the federal government.

So that they can do what feels "right" is not why I voted my Representative and Senators into office. I voted them into office to represent my views in Congress.

I was betrayed, as were a majority of the American people. Whatever happens after the fact, even if people do begin to believe the healthcare reform law is satisfactory, never forget that a majority of Americans did not want their Representatives and Senators to vote for this legislation and that their views were not represented by the Democrats in Congress.

Watch Thank You Ads for Clues of Who Not to Vote for in November

Pro-Obama groups plan health care ad blitz

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Washington (CNN) — Democratic legislators in 40 Congressional districts are about to see TV ads thanking them for their support of the health care reform bill the president signed into law Tuesday, Democratic officials told CNN.

The $5 million ad campaign is being paid for by several pro-Obama groups, three officials said, and will target Democrats like Rep. Tom Perriello in Virginia and Rep. Bob Etheridge in North Carolina, who serve in tough swing districts and have been under heavy pressure from anti-reform groups from the business community and elsewhere.

The Democratic National Committee, the Obama-affiliated grassroots group Organizing for America and labor unions like the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and the Service Employees International Union are among the key sponsors of the ads.

Catholics United, a group of Catholics who support abortion rights and supported the reform effort, is also involved in the coalition.

The Democratic officials vowed the ads would only be the first phase of a sustained campaign between now and the mid-term elections in November to support endangered incumbents who supported Obama’s top domestic priority.

Since many people I know were against this bill, watching these televised thank you ads is a good way to pick out who you shouldn’t support come November. As this news article says, these will likely be the endangered incumbents and are the most easily ousted from the next Congress.