Press Release
Bob Cleveland
Chairman cleveland County Republican Party
Over 300 people signed a “Free Our Health Care Now” petition urging Congress “to stop any increased role of the government in [personal] health care decisions” during this past weekend’s Cleveland County Fair. The petition,circulated at the fair by the Cleveland County Republican Party also states,
“I also petition the U.S. Congress to protect my right to choose my own doctors and hospitals without delay or denial, to obtain care that is patient-centered, and to have health insurance that is personal, portable
and best suits my needs.” The petition is also available online and is being sponsored by The National Center for Policy Analysis, a nonprofit,
nonpartisan public policy research organization,established in 1983. To date, over 1.3 million people have signed the petition.
GOP County Chairman Bobby Cleveland credits the County Party’s efforts to educate fairgoers about the health care proposal for its success in getting
over a dozen new residents to register as voters, and several who changed their party affiliation from Democratic or Independent to Republican during
the Fair. “The Obama-Kennedy health care plan has grabbed people’s attention and we are seeing a lot of interest in the Republican Party as
more and more people are concerned about the rapid expansion of government power.” “We printed out a copy of the Congressional Health Care version of
the bill and had it bound so fairgoers could see just how monstrous this 1000+page document is. People were shocked to learn that the bill calls for
huge amounts of new government programs and employees and erodes personal liberties and choices. We will be forwarding on the signed petitions to our
Congressional Delegation and we intend to hold them accountable for their votes on health care reform.”
