A two-sided color flyer featuring mug shots of all 105 Idaho legislators and grading them on their vote on Gov. Butch Otter’s health exchange program has been distributed to those same lawmakers. A Senate Committee will hear public testimony on the House-passed bill Tuesday afternoon.
Opponents of Otter’s state-run insurance marketplace under the U.S. Affordable Care Act are members of the “A Team” and pictured with the logo “The People Will Not Forget Defenders of Freedom.”
On the reverse side, “F Team” members are depicted with the logo, “The People Will Not Forget Epic Failures of Freedom.” A identification key provides the names of all 105 lawmakers and text explains Tea Party Boise’s opposition to the state exchange.
Tea Party Boise President Chad Inman said Tuesday that the group has been distributing leaflets opposing the state-run exchange for several weeks. The new flyer has a disclaimer at the top, “Proofread copy only. NOT final.”
Whether graded “A” or “F,” the lawmakers are smiling; their photos were clipped from the 2013 Legislative Directory.
“That’s because the final vote has not been taken,” Inman said.
Otter’s Senate Bill 1042 passed 23-12 last month, putting 23 senators on the F Team and 12 on the A Team. The House substitute, HB 248, passed last week, 41-29, putting 41 on the F Team and 29 on the A Team.
The Commerce and Human Resources Committee will consider HB 248 at 1:30 p.m. in the Lincoln Auditorium.
The Tea Party will remember them as they wish and continue their attempts to initimidate. Considering all the polling tells us that the majority of Idahoans support the exchange, many of us will remember legislators who voted yes as having enough integrity and bravery to stand up to the threats and political bullies to do the right thing for Idaho. Thank you!!
So the Tea Party thinks defending freedom means letting the FEDS run the exchange, having no say at all in the process?? Now that I did not expect…
The Tea Party should know about Epic Failures of Freedom, alright.
They may not have invented them but they DID perfect them.
Let Jesus dropkick THEM though the goalposts of life, without the retrieval net begind them.