November 03, 2009
GOP Fights Health Care Reform Online
Republicans are embracing the Web, using social networking site Amplify and conducting online town hall meetings, to fight the Democrats' health care overhaul.
House Republicans have invited citizens to join them online to pour over the 1,990 pages of the health care measure this afternoon and are taking to the Internet to engage their constituents in the fight against the Democrats' major health care overhaul. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) Webcasted the reading, which took place on Tuesday afternoon.
According to a CBS article, "the Republican caucus is using the social networking site Amplify to highlight portions of the bill with which they take issue. On their page healthcaretruth.amplify.com, Republican users share the actual text of the bill up for discussion and leave a comment. Other users can leave their own comments or share the content using Twitter, Facebook, Digg and other social networking tools."
Will this new communication strategy being embraced by the Republican party halt the Democrats' health care reform bill?
Posted by Buzz Webster at November 3, 2009 05:26 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
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