Capital Hill Switchboard Illegally Being Used to Push Obamacare? (Question Solved)

**UPDATE** NUMBER IDENTIFIED**

I have finally tracked down what this number is. Apparently it is a left-wing group that uses this 1-800 number as a re-direct to the Capitol Hill switchboard. You call the number, hear the message, and then it re-directs you to the real switchboard. The message is not being hosted on the government service.

This is not the normal number of the Capitol Hill switchboard.

Well, we have gotten to the bottom of this Capitol Hill switchboard number business. It is really the work of a left-wing group called Families USA. They are trying to pass off this 1-800 number as that of the switchboard, but it is not. (Here is an ad from a few years ago where they feature the number.)

But isn’t it interesting how these lefty groups have to lie to their own people? I mean, they are selling this as the number to “contact your Reps and Senators” as if it IS the Hill switchboard. This lefty group is even misleading its own folks! Brazen, eh?

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Well, this certainly can't be legal... can it? If you call one of the numbers that leads you to the switchboard for Congress, the number you'd call to be put through to your Congressman or Senator's office, you get a short message selling Obama's healthcare snake-oil before being transferred to the switchboard operator.

How can this even be legal? After all, this isn't the Democrat Party hotline we are talking about here. It is the main phone number representing all of Congress, not just Obama and his nationalized healthcare policies. I repeat, this is the phone number for all of Congress, not an activist's number to sell Democrats and their policies.

I just cannot see how this is legal, and even if it is legal it is gauche and not right. Can the message for the Congressional switchboard be used for partisan purposes? I just can't see it being legal.

While it lasts, try it yourself and you'll see. The number is 1-800-828-0498.

Here is the transcript of the message you'll hear:

Thank you for calling your Representative and your Senators.

Please urge them to vote yes on health insurance reform. Because the American people can no longer wait for more choices, lower costs, and coverage we can count on.

After this little message the phone rings once again and is patched through to the switchboard operator.

Here is the audio that I recorded just in case the Obama administration does the "transparent" thing and makes this message disappear down the memory hole.

I have to say, this message is frightening. We can't even call our representatives without being hit over the head by the socialized healthcare message. Not to mention the fact that the message is a bald-faced lie. Obama's plan will not give us "more choices," Obama's plan will not "lower costs," and Obamacare will not give us better coverage.

(H/T Lennie at Lake County Tea Party.)

Guest

...typical of conservatives...
If you didn't have sweeping generalisations and stereotypes, would you really have anything left to talk about?
whats_up

So more faux outrage before finding the truth, typical of conservatives these days, dont even find out what is really happening before denouncing something, pathetic!
D-Vega

Doesn't everyone want healthcare reform?
GDR

I very much appreciate all Conservative’s and other dedicated American’s continued focus and analysis on what is happening in the so-called Health Care reform debate.

Unfortunately, all of us who oppose Obamacare may be too late politically to stop this from happen unless the public can be alerted to what is going on right now.

A big event took place yesterday that went just about unnoticed by the all in the media save for the alarm over jail time brought out by Senator Ensign (good catch by him!)…..

The Individual Mandate provisions were kept in the Bacus Bill by the Senate Finance Committee on a near party line vote which makes some form of Obamacare phoney “compromise” highly likely now…

And unfortunately, it was a R who broke ranks with her party….guess who?

Well, the cat is out of the bag - Senator Snowe voted to keep the individual mandate so its very likely that she and the blue dogs will sell us out on the Bacus bill or Wyden-Bennett fake compromises.....

Contrary to popular opinion in the media, the Individual Mandate, not the so-called public option is the key to stopping Obamcare in its tracks. Stop the Individual Mandate and the whole bill will unravel for lack of funding and mandatory participation in the scheme!

Her is what happened yesterday….

Senator Bunning offered an Amendment in the Finance committee today to kill the Individual Mandate in the Bacus bill - it failed by 14-9 vote - a bad result for stopping Obamacare.....

All R’s except Snowe voted Against the Individual Mandate…..

All D’s voted for it....of course…..

This is NOT a good result......If Snowe voted for it, then she is likely to vote for a Fake "compromise" bill with mandates.....and will vote for closure with D.....

Well, the true supporters of some version of Obamacare cant hide now - they will push the defacto takeover with the Individual Mandate!

This is a very dangerous period because Nationalization will still occur even without an overt government run insurance plan like this "public option" provision everyone keeps fixating on - Wyden/Bennett and the Bacus bill are prime examples of this.

Here are the core elements what will be contained in the “health care reform compromise” after the so-called “public option” is in all likelihood dropped:

(a) Federal Regulation aka HEALTH CZAR/DEATH PANELS
(b) Employer/Individual Mandates aka NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE
(c) Government Subsidies aka MIDDLE CLASS MEDICAL WELFARE

With the Federal Government setting the rules, forcing everyone to participate, and is paying the bills for most of the middle class through subsidies how is this anything other than Nationalization?

(There is a great CATO study about how the takeover will work without a public option or COOP)

People need to be up in arms about this - they need to Flood Senator Snowe's email, etc to get her to change this vote NOW!

Also, the so-called "blue dogs" need to be targeted too - they need to know we are on to their support for a de facto takeover.....

We are in bad shape I fear now - Rahm E is likely right and we are on track to pass this so-called "bi-partisan compromise" - but at least we know what is going on now and can mount a reaction....

The conservative print media has had several great features and is leading the charge against the Obamacare bill but he has spoken out directly against these Individual Mandates - I just wish the rest of the conservative media would get a clue and catch on soon before its too late....

We should be attacking these Individual Mandates daily on radio and TV TOO! Conservatives - please continue to do your utmost to alert the conservative media and the GOP Senators and Representatives about what is going on here with Obamacare!

This is the "bridge over" or foot in the water they need to get to fully socialized medicine!

And the Individual Mandate should be an easy target for conservatives and the GOP to attack since Obama has done a huge 180 from his campaign promises!

From the mouth of then Candidate Obama:

“If you look at auto insurance, in California there’s mandatory auto insurance,” Obama explained. “Twenty-five percent of the folks don’t have it. The reason is because they can’t afford it. So John and I, we’re not that different in this sense; that I’m committed to starting the process. Everybody who wants it can buy it and it’s affordable. If we have some gaps remaining, we will work on that. You take it from the opposite direction, but you’re still going to have some folks who aren’t insured under your plan, John, because some of them will simply not be able to afford to buy the coverage they’re offered.”

Can we see some flip-flop or liar adds please?

Why are we blowing this golden opportunity to stop Obamacare in its tracks?

Someone in the GOP Senate caucus also needs to talk some sense into Senator Snowe immediately too!

I hope we can pick up the pace here - a 100 year reign of socialized medicine would not be good for anyone's health.