GOP Crazy – Keep it coming!

Our #GOPCrazy video already has a couple thousand views, and the antics just keep on coming.  here’s my favorite selection so far, from Michael David Murphy -

The good news is that despite the hype, most of these would-be revolutionaries will arm themselves primarily with lawn chairs.
Keep it coming at #GOPcrazy

Not Again.

While GOP crazies lay siege to town halls across America, some in Washington are starting to wave the white flag on health care reform. We can’t let that happen. We need medicine, not mobs; doctors, not death threats. That’s why we produced our latest video.
If you see something, say something.
Use the twitter hashtag #GOPcrazy to [...]

Health Care Debate and Bogging Down the Public Option

For the defenders of a public option, things are looking pretty grim.  Slim progress has been made in winning over Dems-on-the-take of the health care industry. Mostly this has to do with the comandeering of the news cycle undertaken by right-y astroturf groups.
The Town Hall takeovers and Teaparty nonsense transformed the campaign for health care [...]

The Ground War: Health Care Astroturf and Greenpeace

Here at Agit-Pop, we’re obviously big believers in the power of internet organzing to change the world.  But sometimes to create a compelling story, you just have to get boots on the ground.
Consider the stir caused by astroturf groups disrupting congressional town hall meetings during the August recess – even though these groups read from [...]

National Taxpayer’s Union and the ‘No’ Solution

The National Taxpayers Union thought it would be cute to produce a wildly deceptive visualization of Obama’s rhetoric and the (as of yet, unwritten) healthcare bill in the House.  We decided they needed a little pushback.
Their propaganda is actually a pretty clever tool – it tries to ‘unmask’ Obama’s language on health care reform with [...]

Health Care Metaphor Roundup

As the Obama Administration slogs through health care reform in DC’s swamp of self interest and corruption, progressive groups have gone on the attack over the airwaves.  Interestingly, most of these ads have relied on somewhat abstract metaphors for reform, rather than making more concrete appeals that resonate directly with the experience of most Americans [...]