ABC Says No to GOP Ads During Obama Healthcare Special

My husband and I were talking just the other night about politics (we differ on opinions greatly!). We BOTH thought it odd that Presidents, and Govenors have term limits, but those Congressmen and Senators that ONCE lived in the region they represent move to Washington DC, set up house and RARELY go back to the regions they represent. They are completely out of touch with their constiuents. Why do they NOT have term limits? Why will they not put it on a ballot to allow us to vote on term limits? Cause they make a whole lot of money and have a whole lot of power in DC.

We have to make our opinions heard... we have to call and write them. All it takes for this country to go to Hell is for good men and women to sit back and do NOTHING! Pick up the phone, send snail mail, send email, make you voice HEARD! This is regardless of your political views. We need people in DC that represent each view.

Gina of AL 2:21PM July 29, 2009

The true hypocrites are the Fox news fans that think their lop-sided view is just fine then scream hypocracy when another network, in their opinion, slants the other way. About time a major news network stood up against the true destroyers of america. Obama is informing america without the political rhetoric - it is evident by Steele's letter that their true intent is to make this issue political - it is not.

Indygirl of IN 7:08PM July 02, 2009

WOW!! I've read numerous posts that relate to the "always was and always will be" war between democrats and republicans and, people, really, you're getting nowhere. You will ALWAYS disagree because if the world didn't have different opinons, we'd still be trying to figure out how to make fire!! The story that sparked this line of interaction is so much bigger than the tiny little battle you have going on between you. I want my news to be news and not some network bully's slant on what the news should be - wether it be ABC or FOX!!! And it's not necessarily a lie just because you don't like what you hear.I want to hear it all. And then i want to use my God given intelligence to figure it out for myself.

Disagreeing with you doesn't mean i'm mean spirited and full of hate. Both parties have liars, cheaters and idiots. And you're lying to yourself if you don't believe so. I don't care about what's been done as much as i care about what's going to be done. And truly... I don't know from one day to the next. I think Obama's trying to make things better, i just don't know how he plans to do that and i don't know if i should believe him just because he is the President of the United States. I don't trust someone just because they were elected to office. All that means is that somehow they managed to get more people to the voting booths. Any idiot can push a button. It doesn't mean that he's doing so with a well informed idea of who he's pushing that button for.

Considering the state that our country is in right now - we cannot afford to let details get lost in the hoopla of poking each other in the eye. Everyone should be terrified when serious changes affecting our economy and our daily lives are being discussed by a group of men (Republican and Democrat alike) who, basically, can't see that UNITED is what makes this country so great... DIVIDED is why we're circling the toilet bowl. When you sit here and knit pick the failures of past and present administations, you waste the knowledge you have and the passion for a better America on people who will NEVER agree with what you're saying just because you say it so eloquently. You cannot sway someone to your side by calling them an idiot. Only an idiot would think so.

Instead, demand more from the media in terms of fact based accounts of the news. Use your passions to hold our elected officials accountable for what they say and what they promise. Don't settle for "We're going to spend $780 billion dollars to stimulate the economy", and not ask how!! We give them soooooo much power and yet, when they fail us, we simply turn on our computers and b*****at each other and never spend a single minute trying to contact any level of our elected officials to express our ourage.

We hold tight to our beliefs because we'd rather die than to open ourselves to the possibility that maybe, just maybe i really don't know what i'm talking about. It's okay to not know... it's a downright disgrace to not try to know.

AEF of LA 9:50PM June 24, 2009

When ABC first announced this special they said that both sides of the argument would be shown. Now they are refusing to show the other side of the argument. ABC is a bunch of hypocritical d-bags.

KD of NY 9:02AM June 24, 2009