This is so typical. The only thing surprising is that it was reported by CBS News.
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:
“No ifs, ands or buts about it — if we do nothing to reform our broken health care system, costs will continue to skyrocket and break the budgets of American families, small businesses and the Federal Government,” read the March 12th email from DeParle.
But should federal employees be subjected to partisan propaganda? What precedent does it send for the White House to use the federal work force for their partisan agenda? And shouldn’t we let State Department federal workers concentrate on pressing issues like the Israeli-Palestinian issue or the Iranian nuclear weapons issue? Why would Department of Transportation employees have to worry about forwarding The White House’s partisan emails to their address books?
Federal employees are public servants not partisan foot soldiers for President Obama and shouldn’t have to decide whether a partisan White House request can be ignored without consequences.
One email, sent by the White House Office of Health Reform Director Nancy-Ann DeParle, instructed the federal employees to forward the email to their friends and family.What will happen if they don’t?
These statists are creepy.
Oh, and they still don’t have the votes.
Via memeorandum
Keep the pressure on. It will pay off in the end. Even if they’ve committed yes, I keep up the calls and emails.
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I finally got through to Maffei’s office late this afternoon. I gave his statist little staffer an earful. Now I’m going to bed and will start re-reading Atlas Shrugged. Thought it’s an appropriate time to do so.
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Well…for whatever it’s worth, I sent off a bunch of e-mails to the ‘Blue Dog’ representatives listed on Hugh Hewitt’s website. I got two replies, both automated- one from John Boccieri saying my message was bounced because I didn’t live in his district (they ask for a ZIP code when filling out the contact form) and one from Rep Arcuri saying that my message was recieved.
I politely-but-firmly told them of my plight, what I thought the Administration’s priorities should be (jobs- but then again, considering how much everything else 0bama touches turns to crap, maybe it’s for the best he’s ignoring jobs), how I’m dead set against 0bama’s healthcare legislation and if it passes- regardless of how that particular representative voted on it, I would be sending money to their opponent….
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Oh….almost forgot- here’s a list of on-the-fence Blue Dogs compiled by Hugh Hewitt
http://www.hughhewitt.com/blog/g/d43c5fcc-226a-4742-ba2d-f1dbe87c03ea
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