Plouffe warns of 'swiftboat' attacks on health reform

By GottaLaff

Just as I posted that video of a statement of bipartisanship, I spotted this. Hence, my earlier skepticism. All sorts of alarms started going off, and for good reason:

Days after President Obama and members of Congress said they were confident they can pass health care reform this year, Obama's former campaign manager warned supporters Saturday that opposing forces are lining up to "torpedo" the plan.

::ding!::

David Plouffe [...] wrote in a fundraising e-mail to Obama's massive supporter e-mail list that the same operatives behind the swiftboat campaign that helped end Sen. John Kerry's (D-Mass.) quest to unseat President George W. Bush are regrouping to target Obama's healthcare efforts.

::dingding!::

Rick Scott, who helped fund the swiftboat ads during Kerry's run, is helping to fund a new group that is targeting what he and some Republicans consider an effort by Obama to socialize medicine.

::siren!::

"The swiftboaters are once again trying to sell the American people short," Plouffe wrote. "As during the election, we deserve a serious conversation -- not fear-mongering and deceit. You and I see the importance of healthcare reform every day."

::gasp!:: Oh noes! How can we possibly combat all these Swiftboat attacks?! What effective, folksy-driven means of counterattack can we come up with? A people's revolution, if you will. ::light bulb:: I know! Tea parties! Someone get hold of MSNBC and see it they're up for some genuine, top-down, corporate grassrootery.