I urge members of the Obama Administration to step off the health care stage and into the crowd, that “angry mob” they refer to is a growing number of Americans who want to slow down and take part in the health care debate.  One step off the podium will show them this is anything but an “astroturf effort.”  This is zoyzia, it’s real, it’s hearty, and can tolerate the heat.

Chairman of the Blue Dog Democrats health care task force, Cong. Mike Ross (D-AR) along with  Cong. Vic Snyder (D-AR) faced some harsh critics at a health care forum in Arkansas.  Passionate voters said Washington has turned a deaf ear for too long, and they’re forced to turn up the volume.

Critics shouted their concerns about losing control of their health care choices. One urged congress to vote down any public option health plan, saying “we need to open it up to the free market and get the government the hell out of it.”

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 The upcoming ABC prime time health care program is a tough pill to swallow.  "Questions for the President:  Prescription for America" is nothing more than than in infomercial with a healthy dose of skepticism from champions of equal time.

 The administration's record of selective media access and planted questions at press briefings has raised eyebrows of even objective observers.   If you didn't know any better, you'd imagine 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue has a new sign reading: "Welcome to the Obama White House - Journalists please check your integrity at the door." 

Don't get me wrong, you can't blame ABC for accepting the offer to broadcast live from the East Room, the Blue Room, and the South Lawn of the White House.  Not to mention the exclusive conversation with the President of the United States.  Despite the red-carpet treatment, the network has an ethical responsibility to be accurate in their presentation.  I hope they are, but it doesn't look that way.

ABC News has refused to air paid ads which offer an alternative viewpoint during the prime-time program.  They refused to allow the Republican National Committee (RNC) to present the views of any GOP leaders.  RNC Chief of Staff Ken McKay protested the program, saying this is a "glorified infomercial to promote the Democrat agenda."

The quarterback of the Central Intelligence Agency says he doesn't want his agency to be a pawn in a game of political football; it's too late, Democrats have been tackling the CIA for months and President Obama is not willing to toss a penalty flag.

It's difficult to say which is more troubling, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi playing a game of CYA at the expense of the CIA, or President Obama's continued support as she calls members of the intelligence agency liars.  Either way, Republicans say it's time for Nancy Pelosi to put up or shut up, after she apologizes of course.

The primary mission of the CIA is "to collect, evaluate, and disseminate foreign intelligence to assist the president and senior US government policymakers in making decisions relating to the national security."