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Defend America on Friday, March 19, 2010 10:07:45 PM
Crossing a Line in the Health Care Debate?
Richard Grenell: Is the White House Sending Healthcare Propaganda to Federal Employees?
The White House Office of Health Reform Director Nancy-Ann DeParle has
been feverishly sending out unsolicited email messages to federal
employees in an effort to build support for President Barack Obama’s
health reform package over the last several weeks.
DeParle’s unsolicited emails have been regularly coming to some
federal employees’ official government email inboxes for weeks without
permission or request, causing some federal employees to feel
threatened by the overt political language.
The Department of State employees, who receive hundreds of official
government emails every day, have complained about the annoying and
partisan emails but are nervous to go public for fear of retribution.
The emails are addressed to the federal employees by name and use the
official .gov address.
The unsolicited emails also request that the federal employees take
action in order to ensure that Obama’s health reform package is passed
and the federal budget isn’t at risk for bankruptcy. One federal
employee was so concerned about DeParle’s language in one email that he
questioned whether his department’s budget would be cut or eliminated
without passage of Obama’s bill. DeParle uses scare tactics that some
assume are meant as threats:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/19/opinion/main6313300.shtml